(A) In the event it is determined by the City Attorney that state or federal law prohibits discretionary permitting requirements for certain wireless telecommunications facilities, or wireless telecommunications collocation facilities, the permits required by this chapter for those facilities shall be deemed to be ministerial permits. Such a determination by the City Attorney shall be in writing with citations to legal authority and shall be a public record. For those facilities, in lieu of an administrative review, minor conditional use permit (mCUP) or a conditional use permit, a ministerial permit shall be required prior to installation or modification of a wireless telecommunications facility or a wireless telecommunications collocation facility, and all provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any such facility with the exception that the required permit shall be reviewed and administered as a ministerial permit by the Director rather than as a discretionary permit. Any conditions of approval set forth in this chapter or deemed necessary by the Director shall be imposed and administered as reasonable time, place and manner rules.
(B) If subsequent to the issuance of the City Attorney’s written determination pursuant to division (A) above, the City Attorney determines that the law has changed and that discretionary permitting is permissible, the City Attorney shall issue such determination in writing with citations to legal authority and all discretionary permitting requirements shall be reinstated. The City Attorney’s written determination shall be a public record.
(Ord. 2021-10 § 6 (part), 2021)