Ordinance on second reading - PUBLIC HEARING - adopting an ordinance enacting a 90 day extension to the temporary moratorium on the filing, acceptance, or processing of any permit, development order, or other official action of the City having the effect of authorizing the construction of Wireless Communication Antenna Support Structures (“WCASS”) within City rights of way adopted on March 1, 2017 by Ordinance No. 17-59.  The City of Daytona Beach continuously monitors and reviews the City’s Code of Ordinances and Land Development Code (LDC) in order to ensure that they appropriately regulate development and zoning within the City. The City also has an obligation to manage City rights-of-way in a manner that protects public health, safety, and welfare, including with respect to aesthetic concerns. The existing provisions of the City Code and LDC that regulate City rights-of-way activities, do not contemplate or clearly address the deployment of WCASS in the rights-of-way.  During the current moratorium the City has halted the processing of applications to deploy WCASS within City rights-of-way in order to give the City adequate time to plan, consider, review, and adopt regulations, or revise existing regulations. The time additional afforded will allow the City to devise regulations that fully address the public interest while also complying with federal and state laws.

David Waller, Deputy Public Works Director, to report.

Recommendation:  Deputy Public Works Director recommends adoption of the Ordinance.

Action:  Motion to adopt Ordinance.