ORD-2006-086 - Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation (PEMC) Planned Development (PD-OI) and Special Use Permit, Class A

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8. Grady A. Brown Elementary School - Hidden Voices - Barbara Higgins:- Hillsborough Elementary School PTA - Glenwood Elementary School - Cornelia Kip Lee - NC Arts in Action - NC Writers' Network - Orange County Artists Guild - Orange County Historical Museum - PlayMakers Repertory Company - Adam Sobsey - Jill Snyder - Susan Wells= a. _4614 of Janice Wereszczak ck- not available tonight not available tonight Cathleen Turner not available tonight Cornelia Kip Lee Lisa Kang & Shirley Berger Virginia Freedman Mary Harley Kruter Linda Schmitt Stacy Payne not available tonight Jill Snyder Susan Wells The Board held a public hearing to hear public testimony regarding the PEMC request to amend its Planned Development - Office/Institution (PD-01) zoning district and its Class A Special Use Permit to permit the principal use of a 350-foot replacement tower at its administrative and operations center located at 2500 NC Highway 86 South, Hillsborough. Planning Director Craig Benedict introduced this item. This is a 34-acre site that is home to Piedmont Electric and the request is to replace the present tower with a 320-foot tower with a 30-foot extension antenna. The process is a two-part process. The first is a planned development rezoning modification, which is a legislative process. The second part is a special use permit, which is a quasi-judicial process. This will include swearing in people that will be providing testimony. These meetings are not usually held at regular County Commissioners' meetings, but since this will serve some public safety purposes, the process will be expedited. The higher amount of the tower would permit for co-location opportunities by other providers. He made reference to page 65 of the abstract and bird migration patterns. The staff certifies that the material has been advertised appropriately in accordance with Article 20, Section 6.3, and notices to property owners that are adjacent and within a radius of the site have been sent out. Over 200 notices have been sent out and there have been approximately five inquiries. There is also technical data supporting this application. The process is for the Chair of the Planning Board to jointly chair this part of the meeting. The remainder of this item was transcribed verbatim. Jay Bryan: Thank you, Mr. Benedict, I appreciate that. I'm Jay Bryan, I'm Chair of the Planning Board, and we have members of the Planning Board sifting here to my left, to your