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z A type C 40-firm landscaped buffer is pmvided around the facility with existing force meeting the buffer requirement. The site is presently wooded and existing vegetation will only be disturbed to accommodate the tower and entrance road. There are no existing towers smart one mile of Ws site on which the applicants could co-locaze however, an application has been received from Spectmsite Communications, Inc. for a 199 ft telecommunications tower approximately 1 33 miles cut of Ws site. This proposal is scheduled to be heard before the Orange County Board of Adjustment in their September meeting. The application indicates this tower can structurally accommodate 5 users. Gearon has indicated they are willing b negotiate with other users to attach additional communication facilities provided they do not interfere with the primary, purpose of the tower. The facility will be unmanned; therefore, water and sewer facilities will not be required. Once Comtructed the tower will only he visited for scheduled maintemeace and emergencies. RECO1,4MBNOATION: Article 8.43 of the Zoning Ordimvice requires that the Zoning Officer's recommrndetion be presented to the Planning Board within 45 days of receipt of an application. The 45 -day period may be extended up to W days with the written commit of the applicant. The public bearing is the tune scheduled for presentation of the Zoning Officer's recommendation. The Zoning Officer has we received intervention which would establish grounds for mawsg a reagarivefiniing on the general standards. These standards include maintaining or promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare, maintaining or eNwncing the value ofcontiguorseproperly, and the use being in compliance with the general plan for the physical development cliche County The Zoning Officer heir reviewed the application, the site plan and all supporting documentation and has found that the application does comply with the specific standards and required regulations concerning the Special Use Permit Provided the Planning Board and County Commissionersfind in the affirmative on the general standards, the Zoning Officer recommends; approval of the request for a Special Use Permittor flowers Communications subject to me fonowin one conditions: