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Personal Wireless Facilities Ordinance (City of Pleasanton) Chapter 18.110 page 4 / 8 undertake batch broadband permit processing of two or more broadband permit applications for substantially similar broadband project sites under a single permit and extends the existing state law “deemed approved” remedy in Government Code Section 65964.1, if a city or county fails to approve or disapprove an application within a reasonable period of time specified in applicable law, subject to certain requirements and limitations; and WHEREAS, given the rapid and substantial changes in applicable law, the active and effective federal prohibition on reasonable moratorium ordinances to allow local public agencies to study these changes and develop appropriate responses and the significant adverse consequences for noncompliance with these changes in applicable law, and in response to practical experience processing applications for wireless facilities under the Pleasanton Municipal Code (“PMC”), the City Council desires to amend PMC Chapter 18.110 by adopting Exhibit A hereto to allow the City greater flexibility and responsiveness to these federal and state laws in order to preserve the City’s traditional authority to the maximum extent practicable; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that amending PMC Chapter 18.110 by adopting Exhibit A hereto will allow the City Council to quickly and efficiently adopt administrative policies that provide clear procedures for wireless facilities, small wireless facilities, eligible facilities requests and emergency standby generator applications and deployment and bolster the City’s policies and regulations concerning public health, safety and welfare and the aesthetic character of the City; and WHEREAS, amending PMC Chapter 18.110 by adopting Exhibit A hereto is necessary to protect public health, safety, welfare, and aesthetic interests, and the enforcement thereof will not result in the imposition of excessive costs on operators and users of wireless telecommunications services. The City Council finds, further, that the amendment of PMC Chapter 18.110 by adopting Exhibit A hereto neither materially limits a person’s ability to receive wireless communications services nor creates unfair competition among wireless telecommunications service providers; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the amendment of PMC Chapter 18.110 by adopting Exhibit A hereto will, to the extent permitted by federal and California state law, protect and promote public health, safety, and welfare, and also balance the benefits that flow from robust, advanced wireless services within the City’s local values, which includes without limitation the aesthetic character of the City, its neighborhoods, and community; WHEREAS, the Pleasanton Planning Commission considered the proposed Exhibit A hereto at a duly noticed public hearing on March 25, 2026, and by a vote of _-_ recommended the City Council approve a categorical exemption per CEQA and approve Exhibit A hereto to amend PMC Chapter 18.110; and WHEREAS, on April 21, 2026, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to take public testimony and consider the introduction of this Ordinance to amend PMC Chapter 18.110 by adopting Exhibit A hereto; Docusign Envelope ID: 51CE5BDE-55F1-4B3D-8865-17E5814CF0C5