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22 <br />ARTICLE 8.4.1 - PRE- APPLICATION CONFERENCE <br />("Yes" indicates compliance: " No" indicates non - compliance) (continue <br />PLANNING <br />PLANNING <br />STAFF <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED <br />TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />FINDINGS <br />FINDINGS <br />Ordinance Requirements <br />Article 8.4.1 requires the following: <br />-a) A pre - application meeting is to be <br />X Yes No <br />A pre - application meeting was <br />Yes No <br />held with the Orange County <br />held at the Planning and <br />Planning Department. <br />Inspections Department <br />Conference Room on July 6, <br />2006. <br />b) A plan indicating proposed search <br />X Yes No <br />Piedmont gave proper notice at <br />Yes No <br />area was submitted to Zoning Officer <br />the January 26, 2006, a copy of <br />on or before December 31 It of <br />map of the proposed site and <br />previous year to be considered at the <br />attendance log are attached. <br />Annual Telecommunications. <br />Projection Meeting (ATPM). <br />ARTICLE 8.8.17a - TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS <br />(" Yes" indicates compliance: " No" indicates non- compliance) <br />PLANNING <br />PLANNING <br />STAFF <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED <br />TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />FINDINGS <br />FINDINGS <br />Ordinance Requirements <br />8.8.17a. <br />Overall Policy and Desired Goals for <br />X Yes No <br />Piedmont did investigate the <br />Yes No <br />Special Use Permits for <br />possibility of utilizing existing <br />Telecommunications towers. <br />towers in the nearby area. The <br />Promoting and encouraging, <br />analysis is attached to these <br />wherever possible, alternatives to <br />findings. Co- location on near -by <br />constructing new towers, including <br />towers would reduce two -way <br />but not limited to the co- location of <br />radio coverage areas by 30 %, <br />wireless telecommunications <br />reducing the proposed 20 -mile <br />equipment and mitigating the visual <br />coverage to 14 miles. <br />effect of a telecommunication tower <br />to an extent not commercially <br />The tower is proposed to be <br />Impracticable; promoting and <br />placed in a heavily wooded, <br />encouraging, wherever possible, the <br />mature hardwood forested area <br />placement, height and quantity of <br />just east of the existing tower on <br />wireless telecommunications towers <br />the PEMC headquarters campus. <br />and equipment in such a manner, <br />Situated as such to take <br />including but not limited to the use <br />advantage of the existing <br />of stealth technology or camouflage <br />topography and tree canopy, the <br />techniques, to minimize adverse <br />tower will be minimally visible <br />aesthetic and visual impacts on the <br />from the surrounding subdivisions. <br />land, property, buildings, and other <br />facilities adjacent to, surrounding, <br />and in generally the same area as the <br />requested location of such <br />telecommunications towers, which <br />shall mean using the least visually <br />and physically intrusive facility that <br />is not technologically or <br />commercially impracticable under the <br />facts and circumstances. <br />22 <br />