{"id":8245,"date":"2024-08-16T07:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T11:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebelmarblog.com\/?p=8245"},"modified":"2024-08-16T07:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T11:41:53","slug":"cell-tower-update-from-councilwoman-caitlin-donovan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebelmarblog.com\/?p=8245","title":{"rendered":"Cell Tower Update from Councilwoman Caitlin Donovan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone,<\/p>\n

I wanted to drop a quick note about a little ordinance that the Belmar
\nCouncil passed last night.<\/p>\n

In my last email, I wrote about how the Supreme Court had recently handed
\ndown a decision impacting the Chevron doctrine. Through the Chevron
\ndoctrine, courts deferred to federal agencies’ interpretation of ambiguous
\nfederal legislation, allowing federal agencies to write rules and
\nregulations even if the courts disagreed, as long as they could be
\nconsidered a reasonable interpretation of the statute. In the new Loper
\ndecision, the Supreme Court scaled back the Chevron doctrine, basically
\nleaving room for new challenges to federal agencies’ rules and regulations.<\/p>\n

When that happened, I asked Belmar’s telecommunications attorney how this
\ndecision might change things for us.<\/p>\n

*The result is Ordinance 2024-18, outlawing cell towers on Ocean Avenue.
\nhttps:\/\/ecode360.com\/BE4028\/document\/753078804.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s right!! (Are you celebrating? I’m celebrating.)<\/p>\n

Okay, now that we’ve celebrated, you should know that this isn’t foolproof.
\nThe Monmouth County vs Verizon lawsuit is still in the works, and those
\nparties could still agree to construct however many towers on Ocean Avenue.<\/p>\n

BUT…*if *the judge in that case orders the case to basically start over
\n— *which is possible *– then this ordinance is in play.<\/p>\n

If that happens, there are three possible outcomes:<\/p>\n

1) Verizon sues us, and they win.
\n2) Verizon sues us, and we win.
\n3) Verizon decides that losing to us could carry grave national
\nconsequences and that they don’t want to take that risk. They walk away or
\ndecide to work with us for a mutually agreeable outcome.<\/p>\n

I bet you know what I’m hoping!<\/p>\n

Hope you are all having a great summer. Oh! And if you have time, save the
\ndate for October 6th, when we’re having a cornhole tournament to raise
\nmoney to redo the girls’ softball field – flyer attached, if you’re
\ninterested.<\/p>\n

As always, thank you for all that you do.<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nCD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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