CITY OF CAPE TOWN MUNICIPAL PLANNING
“''minor freestanding base telecommunication station'' means a freestanding support structure on land. or anchored to land and used to accommodate telecommunication infrastructure and
The telecommunication infrastructure will form part of the base station that may be attached to street lamps, trafic lights, road directional sig-nage, camera poles and flag poles or similar suport structure which may not exceed: 300mm diameter for the post or support struc-ture to which the antenna is to be attached.
how the proposed TMI facility addresses Section 9 Development Control: Objectives, Guidelines and Requirements as contained in the City of Cape Town Telecommunication Mast Infrastruc-ture Policy. The City may require a statement that the site will be compliant with the current public expo-sure guidelines prepared by ICNIRP.
In the case of cellular phones, two-way communi-cation must be established between the cellphone and the base station. First, the base station acts as the source of radiation and then the cellphone. A simplistic view of RF communication when the base station acts as the radiating source is shown in Figure 1.
OBJECTIVE 4. Proliferation of TMI could result in visual cluter which would be detrimental to Cape Town's built and natural environment. The visual impact is especially important in natural open environments or on ridge lines. TMI should be integrated into the landscape (whether rural or urban) to be as visually unobtrusive as possible.
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