Wireless Facilities Text Amendment
Description
Provisional adoption was scheduled of an ordinance revising the city's wireless facility and telecommunications rules to comply with federal law, with the Community Development Board having recommended approval.
Impact summary
Sets new federal-mandate review timelines and standards for cell towers and small wireless facilities citywide.
Applicant
- Address
- City-wide, all zoning districts
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · City Commission
Last discussed Jul 14, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
City Commission - Jul 14, 2026
Final adoption on consent of the rewritten wireless facilities ordinance bringing the 1998-era telecom code into compliance with federal law.
City Commission - Jun 16, 2026
Provisional adoption of a citywide text amendment updating wireless facility regulations to comply with federal telecommunications law, the first overhaul since 1998.
Community Development Board - Jun 1, 2026
A city-initiated text amendment overhauling Bozeman's wireless facility rules — application shot clocks, exempt facilities, submittal requirements and definitions — to comply with federal telecommunications law. The board recommended approval 6-0, with an added residential-aesthetics amendment.
Related issues (1)
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