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Communities must develop the necessary communication Infrastructure its they do with sewers, <br />Dads, and other public utilities. Poorly designed or insufficLmt communication infrssh cmre <br />will result in communities not recent able m imports, adequate education, information, and safety <br />services. A direct result and obvious ben%ft of brute. Commumicmions'propaml is tie <br />alleviation of the Proliferation ofunneresary mulfiple towers written a rommuniry <br />hI nts /rte FCrninoComplained <br />The subject property is zonM AR. The proposed facility Is a use Permitted after approval by the <br />Planning Board and Board of Commissioners pamuantto the Zoning Ordinance, Change County, <br />North Carolina ( "Ordinance' ), Amile 8o specifically section 8.8.17A.I "Telecommunication <br />Towers' and all applicable provisions of Articles a, 5, 6, J, 9, 10, and 12. <br />Special Use General Conditions: <br />1. The use will maintain or promote the public health, safety and general welfare, if <br />located where proposed and developed and operated according to the plan as <br />submitted. AS Stated abovey the subject site is critical to providing continuous, quality <br />warless; ce to NC Hwy, 56 and the surrounding residences, businesses, and oaf ic <br />Furthermore. the servces provided wil enhance me Pasc al welfare . <br />For example, (a) <br />over 50,000"911 - calls are made from wireless phones every day, (b) new mobile data <br />materials give police officers Instant access to information needed for critical decisions, <br />and (c) wireless phones arc vital during times of emergency when traditional land line <br />phones am not available or in cases of power failure. <br />2. The use will maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property. The facility is <br />carefully designed to minimize visual impact on adjacent property. An Impact <br />Investigation prepared by J.F. Smothers be Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 5, <br />verifying that then will he no diminutive effect on property values. <br />3. The location and character ofthe use will beinformatory with the area in which it is <br />W be located and the use is in compliance with the plan for the physical <br />development of the County. The proposed use will gimme that the permitted use <br />developments outlined in Ns, Ordinance will have adequate access to necessary <br />ces. <br />a. Specific Standards <br />Specific <br />n Sewage disposal faulidm, solid waste, and water. As deplored an the site <br />plan, these art apt applicable to This type of Facility . <br />to Method and adequacy of police, fire and mesa squad protection. <br />Verification boom the appropriate minorities are attached hereto as Exhibit 6. <br />C. Method and adequacy of vehicuW seem to the site and traffic conditions <br />around the site. The facility will be accessed by a private mad Rom Lloyd <br />Towv Ruad as shwa an the sit plans submived herewith and subject m <br />approval ofdmed, tivision Appliwdoodulemaintenance enncummdy. The Ones <br />will bemencemed visitd only for achedubd 7)o use: and of generate (mosture, tteeplan at=Me hones fExhibitot no use: will not genent 800 <br />tripa/day, thertfore a IntRc imWmsnWy is not applicable. <br />Telecommu non Towers Standards of Evaluation <br />a) Setbacks — The facility is sobeck boom adjacent propacl, that is not under <br />common owmenhip and is l«ated in a msidendsl zoning disaict Aimposed in <br />the required setback Gam propertry under common ownership to one -half the <br />