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The requirements of this chapter shall apply to all new personal wireless communications facilities within the city of Bellingham and the expansion and/or alteration of any existing personal wireless communications facilities. The following are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:

A. Satellite earth stations using antenna(s) not more than two meters in diameter in commercial and industrial districts and direct-to-home satellite services.

B. Send and receive citizen band radio antennas or antennas operated by federally licensed amateur (“ham”) radio operators.

C. Industrial, scientific and medical equipment using frequencies regulated by the FCC.

D. Military and government radar antennas and associated communication towers used for navigational purposes as regulated by the FCC by 47 CFR Parts 97 and 95, respectively.

E. Military and federal, state and local government communications facilities used for emergency preparedness and public safety purposes; and

F. Normal, routine and emergency maintenance and repair of existing wireless communications facilities and related equipment which do not increase the size, footprint or bulk of such facilities and which otherwise comply with the city, state, and federal law and regulations.

G. Wireless communications facilities located in the public right-of-way subject to the provisions of Chapter 13.16 BMC. [Ord. 2018-09-014 § 2; Ord. 1998-07-057].