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• <br /> i TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 <br /> L GUIDELINES FOR PERMITTING PROCESS 3 <br /> Local Government Issues 3 <br /> Visual Impacts 3 <br /> Health and Safety Issues 3 <br /> Wireless Communications Industry Issues • 3 <br /> Local Permitting Process 4 <br /> Technical Feasibility 4 <br /> How to Balance the Needs of Local Governments and Industry <br /> Providers -Guidelines 4 <br /> II. TECHNICAL OVERVIEW 9 <br /> Background 9 <br /> Technology 9 <br /> Antennas 11 <br /> Lattice Towers 13 <br /> Monopoles 14 <br /> Building-Attached Facilities 15 <br /> How Cellular Mobile Telephone Technology Works 15 <br /> Types of Cell Sites 16 <br /> Analog and Digital Technologies 17 <br /> How Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio-Technology(ESMR)Works 18 <br /> How Personal Communications Services (PCS)Works 18 <br /> Concluding Notes on Technological Aspects of Wireless <br /> Communications Technology 19 <br /> III. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 21 <br /> Federal Level 21 <br /> Federal Communications Commission 21 <br /> Federal Aviation Administration 22 <br /> State Level 23 <br /> California Public Utilities Commission 23 <br /> Local Level 24 <br /> Local Permitting Process 25 <br /> Permitted Zones and Locations 25 <br /> Standard Provisions 26 <br /> i <br /> v <br />