§ 9.6.3 PURPOSE
The purpose of this Article is to provide a process and a set of standards for the construction of wireless telecommunications facilities in order to:
   (A)   Implement a municipal policy concerning the provision of wireless telecommunications services, and the siting of their facilities;
   (B)   Establish clear guidelines, standards and time frames for the exercise of municipal authority to regulate wireless telecommunications facilities;
   (C)   Allow competition in telecommunication service;
   (D)   Encourage the provision of advanced telecommunications services to the largest number of businesses, institutions and residents of the Village of Los Ranchos;
   (E)   Permit and manage reasonable access to the public rights of way of the Village of Los Ranchos for telecommunications purposes on a competitively neutral basis;
   (F)   Ensure that all telecommunications carriers providing facilities or services within the Village of Los Ranchos comply with the ordinances of the Village of Los Ranchos;
   (G)   Ensure the Village of Los Ranchos can continue to fairly and responsibly protect the public health, safety and welfare;
   (H)   Encourage the collocation of wireless telecommunications facilities, thus helping to minimize adverse visual impacts on the community;
   (I)   Enable the Village of Los Ranchos to discharge its public trust consistent with rapidly evolving federal and state regulatory policies, industry competition and technological development;
   (J)   Further the goals and policies of the Master Plan, while promoting orderly development of the town with minimal impacts on existing uses; and
   (K)   Protect the scenic and visual character of the community.