6-54-130 - Amateur radio service.
6-54-130. Amateur radio service.
(a) A municipality, including a city and lesser incorporated area, or a county may not enact or enforce an ordinance that does not comply with the ruling of the federal communications commission in Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2nd 952 (1985) or a regulation related to amateur radio service adopted under 47 CFR part 97.
(b) If a municipality adopts an ordinance involving the placement, screening or height of an amateur antenna based on health, safety, or aesthetic conditions, the ordinance shall:
(1) Reasonably accommodate amateur radio communications; and
(2) Represent the minimal practicable regulation to accomplish the municipality's or county's purpose.
[Acts 2003, ch. 63, § 1.]