Revisions for Rooftop Satellites Supported

The Glendale Planning Commission this week approved proposed city ordinance revisions that would allow homeowners to place satellite-dish antennas on their rooftops.

The City Council will consider the revisions Jan. 29. They would require residents to obtain approval from the city’s design review board before installing the antennas and also to screen them from view.

Rooftop antennas now are prohibited by the city, and those installed on the ground must be screened so that they are not visible from the street.

Under the revisions, dishes placed in back yards in a structure under eight feet high would require some screening and a building permit, but not a design board review. Antennas smaller than three feet in diameter would be exempt from the new laws.