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Report on the National Antenna Tower Policy Review

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Section A - Executive Summary

Section B - The National Antenna Tower Policy Review

Introduction

Data Collection

Section C - Overview of Antenna Siting

Section D - The Six Policy Question

Question 1(a)

  1. Legislative Authority over Consultations
    Recommendation 1
  2. Role for Community Groups and Concerned Citizens
    Recommendation 2
  3. Policy Framework for Consultation Requirements
    Recommendation 3
  4. Classification of Radio Stations as Type 1 or Type 2
    Recommendation 4
  5. Policy Trigger for Mandatory Consultations
    Recommendation 5
  6. Consultation Issues and Accommodations
    Recommendation 6
  7. Criteria for Determining Local "Concurrence"
    Recommendation 7
  8. Policy Framework for Dispute Resolution
    Recommendation 8
  9. Consultation Document for Land-use Authorities and the Public
    Recommendation 9
  10. Industry Canada's Role in Local Consultations
    Recommendation 10
  11. Local Consultations and Antenna Site/Tower Sharing
    Recommendation 11
  12. Information about Compliance and Sanctions
    Recommendation 12
  13. Information on Obligations to Abate Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
    Recommendation 13
  14. Swamping and Immunity Determinations Involving Broadcasters
    Recommendation 14
  15. Preliminary Environmental Assessments
    Recommendation 15
  16. Towers and Bird Collisions
    Recommendation 16

Question 1(b)

  1. Current Time Frames
  2. Opinions About the Appropriateness of Current Time Frames
  3. Recommendations about Appropriate Time Frames
    Recommendation 17
    Recommendation 18
    Recommendation 19

Question 2

  1. Information Related to the Consultation
  2. Information Relevant to Potential Local Impact
  3. Other Information Requirements
    1. Necessity for particular antenna infrastructure
    2. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) questions
    3. Questions related to Safety Code 6 (RF exposure)
      Recommendation 20
      Recommendation 21
      Recommendation 22
      Recommendation 23
    4. Questions about aeronautical marking and lighting
      Recommendation 24
    5. Questions about impact upon property values

Question 3

  1. An Overview of Safety Code 6
  2. Industry Canada and the Implementation of Safety Code 6
  3. Means Available to Radio Users to Ensure Compliance with Safety Code 6
  4. Means Available to Land-Use Authorities and Citizens

Question 4

  1. Canada's History with Negotiated Protocols
  2. Implications of Local Protocols for the Planning and Siting of Antenna Structures, Visual (Impact) Guidelines and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
    1. Planning and siting of antenna structures
    2. Visual (impact) guidelines
    3. Dispute resolution mechanisms
      Recommendation 25
      Recommendation 26
      Recommendation 27

Question 5

  1. Sharing of Supporting Structures
    Recommendation 28
  2. Site Sharing
    Recommendation 29
    Recommendation 30
    Recommendation 31
    Recommendation 32
  3. Sharing Networks
    Recommendation 33

Question 6

  1. Opinions and Evidence Offered by Participants to Policy Review
  2. Discussion of the Opinions and Evidence
  3. Antenna Towers and Property Assessment Value
  4. Evidence of Antenna Towers' Impact upon House Sales Transactions
    Recommendation 34

Section E - Conclusion

Section F - Appendices

Appendix A - User Opinions from the Online Discussion Forums

Appendix B - Analysis of the Closed-ended Questions from the Data Obtained from the E-townhall Web site

Appendix C - Analysis of the Open-ended Questions from the Data Obtained from the E-townhall Web site

Appendix D - New Maryland Tower Site Investigation

Appendix E - Municipal Antenna Protocols

Appendix F - Comparative Regulatory Material: Antenna Siting in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America

Report on the National Antenna Tower Policy Review (PDF, 676 KB, 250 pages)
Submitted December 6, 2004

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