Opinion ID: 2971860
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Sixty-Day Order

Text: On appeal Wireless contends that the district court erred when it ordered the City to either grant or deny Wireless’s permit applications within sixty days. Specifically, Wireless contends that the proper remedy for the City’s violations of the TCA would be to require the City to issue the requested permits. In response, the City contends that Wireless’s claim is not ripe for review under the TCA. For the reasons set out below, we reject the City’s ripeness claim and agree with Wireless that the district court erred in failing to require the City to issue the requested permits. The TCA, codified at 47 U.S.C. § 332, provides in subsection (c)(7)(B) the following: (ii) A State or local government or instrumentality thereof shall act on any request for authorization to place, construct, or modify personal wireless service facilities within a reasonable period of time after the request is duly filed with such government or instrumentality, taking into account the nature and scope of such request. (iii) Any decision by a State or local government or instrumentality thereof to deny a request to place, construct, or modify personal wireless service facilities shall be in writing and supported by substantial evidence contained in a written record.