Here’s a recap of Greenville County Council’s Sept. 1 meeting:
Approved: Wireless communication facilities ordinance
Council approved third and final reading of an ordinance establishing guidelines for where wireless communications facilities like cell towers can be placed in the unincorporated portions of the county.
The final measure included a number of amendments proposed by council Chairman Benton Blount (District 19) to ensure the county’s measure did not conflict with existing state and federal regulations regarding cell towers and other wireless communications facilities.
When asked if the amendments adequately addressed concerns that the new regulations might be open to legal challenge, County Attorney Chris Antley cautioned that the ordinance and regulations involve a very complex and varied field of law. He said neither he nor anyone in his office was expert in that field and that involving outside counsel with that expertise would have to be authorized by the council…