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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 2,1999 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # 4•dl <br />SUBJECT: SUP -2-98 Gearon Communications <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes ,x No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes _x_No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Findings of Fact Eddie Kirk <br />Materials compiled in separate binder: Extension: 2582 <br />Application and associated materials <br />Complete record of public hearings <br />Lists of property owners who spoke at public hearings <br />and maps identifying their properties <br />Minutes of Planning Board <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Map of tower sites in Orange County Mebane 227-2031 <br />List of tower sites showing any collocation sites Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br />Article from Sept., `98 Zoning and Planning Law Report <br />PURPOSE: To consider a Class A Special Use Permit application for the construction of a <br />telecommunication tower. <br />BACKGROUND: The property is located in Bingham Township approximately 1155 feet north of <br />NC Highway 54 with the access proposed from O'Day Drive, an existing private <br />road. The entrance from NC 54 is approximately 600 feet west ofBethel-Hickory <br />Grove Church Road (SR 1104). A 2.77 acre tract is proposed with a 10,000 square <br />foot leased area and an additional area designated as a fall zone easement. The <br />property is zoned Rural Buffer (RB) and University Lake Protected Watershed <br />(UNIV-PW). <br />The applicant is requesting a Class A Special Use Permit under Article 8.8.17a of <br />the Orange County Zoning Ordinance to construct a 230 foot telecommunication <br />tower (please refer to the attached letter from the applicant to Eddie Kirk dated <br />August 18, 1998), an equipment cabinet, and an area for future additional <br />