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2 Exhibit III I I A' r - r --I- Proposed Urgency Ordinance

3 AN - INTERIM PIIIZI URGENCY u -I'I I ORDINANCE XZ'JIuIuI OF I THE l CITY ulll OF In BEAUMONT, - '~l- ENACTING I'll II- AI TENIPORARY ll-i-- r '-I---Ir-II'-I--r I'lI P: I- - "l J'I I-I-III _ - _- MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PERMITS FOR NEW AND RELOCATED " WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS IIII-rIm---rl- - FACILITIES I 'IHI'I-'II_'IfI+I WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS, -1-Irul--I_ PURSUANT IIIIJ-=I' TO II a- risu GOVERNMENT CODE rrq-- -I SECTION '1-I-2 ORDINANCE NO ' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1 Findings The --, City Council?nds r_ and declares as follows: A Under Public Utilities Code 79011, a municipality can adopt reasonable _ : I- I, g_-_ l time, -1-' I1" -rll-- - '-In place and manner regulations with respect to the -51 manner in -'1 which--f public rights-of- n_ - way may be accessed by telephone companies, including wireless communication 'I II r- -_- u-- a- -_-,-_ '' -ra companies which have been granted state authorization permitting - - the construction I-' of '-"-II-'I'-f-'J- facilities in public rights-of-way B - Title -I-I 47, United -_ -r -J --r-_ - - States Code 332 appears to authorize municipalities to regulate -- Ir--Ir the placement, construction - l---l and modi?cation Illfl of --Irrl wireless telecommunication r _ a- n--i-'-i-r-r I--I-I-I---" facilities, subject to speci?ed limitations IIrI- "-I---Iaa-' r- -II: C As used in this ordinance, "Wireless Facilities" means all equipment ---- _--- -_ ;--,_ installed for the purpose of providing wireless transmission of voice, data, images or other JJ_-_- --a information including, but not limited to, cellular _- _ --_-_ telephone service, personal components suchi1--i - as towers, utility poles, r--u-r transmitters, base -I stations I I-I- - I and emergency power communications _a-a J-'-I services and paging -I services, consisting _ of _ - equipment and network -I systems :-_-_-_ "Wireless Facilities" shall not be deemed to include _l_ facilities constructed _n_ by and operated -,--- _ by suppliers of electric,? gas or water utilities

4 _- g,,_-y r D The BEAUMONT Municipal Code (BMC) is silent with respect to the development, -_: siting, u_-_ -_ installation, and operation of Wireless Facilities within City rights-ofway i In ' I--I Sprint Telephone "u PCS, LP v County u ofsan Diego (2008) 543 F3d 571 ("Sprint _- Telephone"), _ - -_ the Ninth Circuit Court of -, Appeals overruled seven years of Ninth Circuit jurisprudence relating to " - 47 USC 253, a,_l provision of Federal - -_,_ n_- - -,-_-_ --- Act that, until this case was decided, had been interpreted to severely limit local authority to regulate Wireless Facilities ii In- Sprint _ --, PCS Assets, I - LLC v City I of Palos Verdes Estates (2009) - F -, _- _,_, -- -I ' - J _i_ State and federal law addressing the scope and manner of local regulation of Wireless Facilities continues to develop and evolve as evidenced by the following cases and rule changes: Telecommunications 583 F3d 716 ("Sprint PCS"), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals set out _ -n- - - signi?cant new standards establishing how municipalities may consider and decide applications for Wireless Facilities to be located within the public right-ofway iii On --I-_ February 22, 2012, section r 6409(a) of the I- umiddle Class -- Tax _ -1-_ -- "'Il"-'I" Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ("Act") --II-u---I --- was enacted and changed how colocated _ Wireless Facilities must be evaluated, and in some cases must be approved, changing i- - more than --- a decade of national jurisprudence j - relating to 47 I USC 332 -_--a_-,,a--a--] that, until the passage of the Act allowed local governments wide - J_- _ -_ _-- latitude and discretion in considering co location of Wireless Facilities in_ ; the public II:-'-I right-of-way, u-u and -Jul-F -I-I on public and private -In'Iuproperty III I- I -_ I_JI_ iv On October 17, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") - issued ra-i a "I" Report and H Order -I-l»' ---I-In- ---I-----I updating its rules and procedures governing - -'- ~-- ---; _ - _--_a J_ - new and modified Wireless Facilities, which includes clari?cations on local zoning powers with respect to Wireless Facilities and the procedures for the review -u I: of u : siting I--u applications uu

5 -_ --I_I-_-, - -'"i'i -- - '=- -' -I -'= -- V The case of T-Mobile West, LLC et al vs City and County et al 3 CalApp5th 999 (2016) the court i'j'iij-' upheld the legal _ authority -I-I ofsan Francisco of municipalities to regulate timing, location and manner " l Facilities I I' 'I-I 'u'iu'i"iu'u III Ifu"If IJIu"II? I by In: telecommunications Iu l' u :u providers to ul-5-11 establish new or ' 1I- expanded Wireless Juuxlu Facilities -uu-'- within the F l City rj- However, -- _a -ai as noted above, the existing provisions url-h :_ _ of the BMC are inadequate and time is II-'I-'I";'l'IJI'i'II I'' needed to review, study and revise the BMC to fully -lj -r--_l -l take into account to I-- --I-I '- I -I-I-F the timing, location and manner of construction of Wireless Facilities by multiple telecommunication providers f""i"'l'i' within the public rights-of-way 1" -a---- as well as other -' public and r private I property, including the public I health, _-_qe- :_ safety and welfare concerns -- of --\_-- pedestrian _ and - -- G In - addition- to detracting I-- from II public In views - and neighborhood -Ja- -rl- character, -'I-I'"f"I"I-'-'I'l-I - -- r- --I-r where members of the- -- _-1 public, _a l - _- including children, commonly walk along public right-ofways - --J_- For these reasons, the City -_ Council?nds -II- that it must - _ consider - regulating 1--' 'l the and location of Wireless I_ _IJ_-- _I -- Facilities within the public right-of-ways in order to appearance _ - r promote - the public health, ṙ, safety and welfare H - The- BMC '- must be updated in order to protect 1--Ilrr the public against - l-i the potential -- I- - -I '-'- threats to the health, safety and welfare of the --- I-- public arising from,l-n-- _- a_--a_ public -- 1'-I---I-----I3 safety hazards such as distracted driving -I' - This poses r-- a safety -5- concern --'r -:- City - _ requires additional time to prepare, a _- _ --: evaluate and adopt reasonable regulations regarding -- _ -_ _ the use of the public rights-of-way and other r J--a-- public and private property - -'-in - I-I--I--- -II-I-r of construction of Wireless F The City has recently received and anticipates receiving additional requests vehicular traf?c 'lj' '?I---I-I --- -I"'-'- -I- -I-'1- --I the impacts related unsightly Wireless Facilities and their related visual clutter can lead to or exacerbate telecommunication providers constructing the City for Wireless Facilities in Beaumont Wireless Facilities throughout the City The within I The absence of this ordinance would impair the orderly and effective implementation of contemplated amendments to the BMC, and any further authorization to construct Wireless Facilities in the City's rights-of-way or other public or private property I n r )2 u - I

6 within - 'II-I- the City - during --I the I" f period of -I-I-I r-iii this moratorium may be -I in con?ict II-I ri- I- the contemplated updates and revisions to the BMC -a _ ---\ _-_ ,- ---;I _--I-_- -a-_-_- with or may frustrate J Without the enactment of this ordinance, multiple telecommunication providers could quickly receive permits to install Wireless Facilities that pose a threat to Facilities could: the I public - health, II safety -I' IJ'I and welfare For "-I-:- example, without --I-I this ordinance, I:- Wireless 5- i Create -I-II_I---I--Ir- land use con?icts and incompatibilities --I - ---I-I- including excessive ii Create visual and aesthetics blights and potential safety concerns arising from excessive size, heights, noise or lack of camou?aging of Wireless Facilities including the associated pedestals meters, equipment boxes and power generators; iii Create -I-II-r-I-I-I I-2 unnecessary visual and aesthetic -I- blight ---I-I by failing to utilize r_i alternative technologies or capitalize on collocation _l_l opportunities; _ II'I'u'-' F II -- -IJ'-' r- --_I -_-- iv Cause substantial disturbances to rights-of-way through the installation and maintenance of Wireless Facilities; IH III fj' I-Flu 'TuI1fuaJJ In In 2 : Iu V Create traf?c and pedestrian safety hazards due to the unsafe location of Wireless Facilities; and vi Negatively '-uiu- I impact 'ui I the II unique?j quality L and ulul-f- character of J-I the City I- K I The I---I---,---I City Council further?nds that this moratorium is a matter of local - and City-Wide _=;:- -I importance and is not directed _--J towards any particular -I-_--i telecommunication provider I- that II currently -'-J J-I' IJJ I--' seeks to establish a Wireless Facility L I Government IJIII a-iaiaaiii-_i-ii- Code and authorize the adoption of an urgency IIu-III I -II-I--I--I-Irr-I-I'I- --I---II- -I-I-I-l- lii- I'I""l"l'-l' I ordinance to protect the public health, safety and welfare, and to prohibit certain land uses that may con?ict with land use regulations that the City's legislative bodies are considering ori intend n: to study -_'_I_ within a reasonable 1 - time I -- r - _II-l-I_I I_II-- M The City Council finds that there is a current and immediate threat to the public 'Iu-zlu-Iuhealth, safety AI-'I1I1Fu niui'uu'juuj uj-i'ji and welfare based on the above?ndings, and upon that basis has

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8 Wireless Facility, provided that the exterior physical dimensions of the _ existing I Wireless,_ Iw_ - - : :--_ - Facility - _ are not -_--- substantially changed -I- _ or increased; ---_- -'-'--''I'- r--i 2 ---! B I The maintenance, updating, repair or improvement of an existing Wireless '-u'u'u- ui-juf'jifu'- Facility, provided that the physical dimensions of II'uI-'- the Wireless FacilityIuJIu' '-Iul-In are not substantially "changedthe Ir I detennination -I-I--I-- of whether '\-'l-l'f""ii the physical dimensions -r- I- -- will be -r_-i--i substantially changed --I---II-'-I--- '--F shall be in accordance with criteria stated in I-----I--I-I the FCC Report and Order dated October I "J 17, 2014 SECTION - -_- 5 Report The I- City --J:- _ Manager or his designee is -- J_ --_-J-_ authorized and directed to prepare and issue, on I-'-I"J' behalf of the City _ Council, a_r-a--- _J written report describing the measures taken by the City to alleviate the conditions which have led to the adoption of this ordinance, at least ten (10) I'III'I -v---i J-- ri-iiri II-I days,-_-:-- prior to the expiration of this ordinance --,- - A copy of the same shall be subsequently provided to the City Council for review _ SECTION 6 CEQA Review The City Council hereby?nds that this ordinance is -_ - - _ J I-- III --_ to not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA ---I-I-r Guidelines sections -: :_ai 15060(c)(2) [the activity- will not I result ui-j- in a direct or I -I-I---I-l--2-- I ni--j---i-ii reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment], l5060(c)(3) I [the - J _,_ - _-,_,_- activity is not a project as de?ned by CEQA], and 1506l(b)(3) [there is no possibility the - activity in question _-_-3---n :- may have a significant effect on the environment] These?ndings are premised II-1 on I the In In fact that -In-In -I the adoption of this In urgency u-pu interim 'I-"- ordinance '- u- will maintain u II Iufn existing J"'J'I- environmental conditions -u'- IL: arising from ' I the In City's uu fu'i-e current land use regulations -ufu without signi?cant change or alteration The City Manager is hereby directed to ensure that a Notice of Exemption is?led pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section [14 CCR 15062] SECTION 7 No Liability The provisions of this ordinance shall not in any way be construed as imposing any duty of care, liability or responsibility for damage to person or -_ -a- J_ -J -_ -- I'- _ property '-"I'IJ"-' upon the City-- -- of BEAUMONT, or any of?cial, I--r _IJI employee or agent thereof

9 'Ir ri -_-1a-- _ _ a- I ri SECTION 8 Pending Actions Nothing in this ordinance or in the codes hereby - III'II'I'I'IJIII'I --II adopted lulu- - -I- -I--I shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending or impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired "I'I 'II'I'I'-II" "f'l-i"f"ii"i'l1'i' 'I'l'I'I' or existing, _- - under any act or --_-I_-_- i--- ordinance or code repealed by this ordinance, nor shall any _ just -_----_- - I- 1--'- J:-'\-"I'- II'II or legal right or remedy of the City of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this ordinance SECTION I ----L1 9 Severability If _ -I -- - any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, --a sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or its application to any person or I"'IdII"l'I'If'I- a_ -- ri-r -a-- - circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity _l l_lr,_ - F- _ unenforceability ' _ -_ _ - _ _ -- - ''l subsections, subdivisions,paragraphs, -_-f' sentences, clauses 1 or-; phrases of'- this ordinance, -F- or I I1'II-I- II; I-"-III' -' '-II I-I'II-I "II ' I'-' J I-Z-J Id?h-Iuh 1* 'I'I'I'I'IIl'f subdivision, paragraph, sentence, I I I clause IfI'fI'If or phrase hereof, irrespective ZIZ"'I of the fact 'II"I' that any I shall not affect the validity or enforceabilityof the remaining sections, its application to any other person or circumstance The City Council of the City of Beaumont hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, one or more other sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, III phrases hereof be declared invalid or unenforceable or clauses or SECTION I- III 'I 10 Construction 15 The In City II Council - intends 1-I this '-I ordinance I I II-I to II:iI-II 1' I'IIJJ II "-II - ZI h JI'I -I III II supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this ordinance Id shall be Iconstrued J'- in I light -I of that I-F intent III To the II extent II'I-I'J'I the provisions :I ofi'llthe --- Beaumont _,,_, - Municipal Code as amended by --, this ordinance are substantially the same as provisions in the Beaumont Municipal Code existing prior to the effectiveness of this ordinance, then those amended provisions shall be construed as continuations of the earlier provisions and not as new enactments SECTION 11 Urgency; Effective Date; Duration and Publication This ordinance is adopted by the City Council pursuant to the California Constitution, article XI, section 7 and Government Code section by a four-fifths (4/5) or greater vote, as an urgency measure to protect the public health, safety and

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