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c. A Type C Landscape Buffer shall be <br />provided between the tow.er and <br />accessory structures and adjoining <br />property. 6cisting vegetation may be <br />removed only to the extent necessary <br />to accommodate the tower, <br />equipment buildings, and support <br />structures such as guy wires. <br />Plantings around the compound <br />perimeter shall be composed entirely <br />of fast growing evergreen vegetation. <br />New plantings and existing <br />vegetation used for screening shall be <br />at least six (6) feet in height or <br />greater at planting. Proposed <br />plantings (name, type, height) shall be <br />shown on the Landscape Plan for the <br />facility. <br />d. The site plan shall indicate a <br />location for at least two equipment <br />buildings in addition to that proposed <br />for use by the applicant. Lighting for <br />equipment buildings shall be situated <br />so that the sources of light and <br />subsequent light spill are wholly <br />contained on the site. Photometrics <br />of the lighting for the proposed facility <br />shall be submitted as part of the site <br />plan. Shields shall be placed on all <br />lighting fixtures to prevent - light <br />diffusion extending upwards from the <br />light source. <br />e. An 8 -foot fence or wall shall be <br />required around the base of any <br />tower. This fence or wall shall <br />encompass all accessory equipment <br />within the compound. Fences shall <br />be required around guy wire tie downs <br />as well. The fence or wall may be <br />placed around the perimeter of the <br />facility to include guy wire tie downs <br />and associated equipment should the <br />applicant /owner wish to do so. <br />f. The telecommunications equipment <br />planned for the proposed tower <br />cannot be accommodated on an <br />existing tower'due to one or more of <br />the following. reasons: <br />1. The planned equipment would <br />exceed the structural capacity of <br />existing and approved towers, <br />considering existing and planned use <br />of those towers and the towers <br />cannot be reinforced to accommodate <br />planned or equivalent equipment at a <br />reasonable cost. <br />30 <br />X Yes No The tower is proposed to be Yes No <br />placed in a heavily wooded, <br />mature hardwood forested area <br />just east of the existing tower on <br />the PBNC headquarters campus. <br />Situated as such to take <br />advantage of the existing <br />topography and tree canopy. No <br />additional landscaping is required. <br />X Yes No The equipment building will not _Yes No <br />be lit on the exterior. <br />XYes No The eight -foot high fencing' Yes No <br />around the existing facility will be <br />duplicated for the proposed <br />support facility. The tower is <br />self- supporting. No guy wires are <br />required. <br />XYes No A radio propagation study <br />N/A included these tower sites. <br />Because of terrain, coverage is <br />not concentric. The best <br />coverage for PEMC is 'the <br />proposed 350' tower. Each of <br />the existing tower sites listed <br />have coverage deficiencies that <br />would have a sever impact on the <br />radio coverage PEMC requires <br />due to structure height, antenna <br />height, ground elevations, and <br />terrain features. <br />Yes <br />N/A <br />No <br />30 <br />