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8 <br /> Specific documentation to indicate that efforts to co-locate on an existing tower were <br /> unsuccessful must be provided. Issues of tower color, lighting and view from historic site, <br /> scenic road and major view corridor must be resolved. Obsolete towers must be removed. <br /> QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. <br /> None. <br /> QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD. <br /> Planning Board member Bill Waddell asked about the request that engineers could <br /> provide evidence that a setback includes the potential collapse zone. <br /> Mary Willis commented that the industry representatives are able to calculate the <br /> collapse zone. It is possible to calculate where a tower would break if it were to fall. It is also <br /> possible to calculate the area to which the debris would be contained. <br /> QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. <br /> Jim Cain, a representative of the Carolina PCS Limited Partnership, made several <br /> comments. This Partnership, which is comprised of Bell South Corporation, Duke Power <br /> Company, Carolina Power& Light and the 31 independent telephone companies in North <br /> Carolina, was formed to bring to the citizens of North Carolina a new technology called <br /> Personal Communication Services. This is a new technology, recently licensed by the FCC, <br /> which provides a wider range of services and operates at a lower power than existing cellular <br /> services. This is a digital rather than an analog technology which means that it can transmit <br /> data as well as voice. This provides greater clarity and security. All of the towers that use this <br /> new technology will be lower than 200 feet. The concerns that he has about this proposed <br /> amendment include the possibility that it will be too restrictive for this new technology to grow <br /> and expand. He asked that incentives be implemented to encourage all companies to build <br /> their systems without constructing new towers. Other possible places to locate using "stealth <br /> technology" are bell towers and church steeples, water towers, and tall buildings. Stealth <br /> technology would be a tower hidden or disguised in conjunction with another use. He <br /> suggested that the incentives would be the cost savings as well as the possibility that the Board <br /> of Commissioners could exempt "stealth technology" locations from the Use Permit process and <br /> allow for staff approval. He also commented on the suggested standard for"unreasonable <br /> interference with the view" from historic sites, scenic roads or major view corridor. He felt that it <br /> would be impossible to accurately determine this standard because of its subjectivity. If the <br /> intent is to assure that the tower is in harmony with the area of location, that standard already <br /> exists in the ordinance. <br /> Rick Isherwood, Manager of Forsythe Development for GT Mobil Net (owner/operation of <br /> Cellular One), reiterated Mr. Cain's comments. He disagreed with the requirement that industry <br /> notify other companies about intention to erect a tower. The construction of towers which <br /> support co-location of towers is already required. County staff is aware of all activity and is the <br /> logical entity to keep track of new requests for towers and/or tower use and matching those <br /> requests with already erected towers with available space. He also felt that requiring this type <br /> of notification unfairly handicaps current tower owners both competitively and from a capital <br />