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b) All telecommunications towers shall <br />be placed in heavily wooded areas on <br />the site to the maximum extent <br />possible so as to lessen the visual <br />intrusiveness of the structure and <br />accessory structures. The applicant <br />stating how the proposed tower will be <br />minimally visually intrusive to <br />surrounding properties in the area <br />shall submit a statement. Criteria that <br />may be used for such evidence may <br />be height and type of existing trees <br />surrounding the proposed tower, and <br />local topography. <br />c) A statement shall be submitted, <br />prepared by a professional engineer <br />licensed in the State of North Carolina, <br />which through rational engineering <br />analysis, certifies the tower's <br />compliance with applicable standards <br />as set forth in the State of North <br />Carolina Building Code, and any <br />associated regulations; and describes <br />the towers capacity, including an <br />example of the number and type of <br />antennas it can accommodate. <br />d) Applicants shall provide: <br />1) The existing cell sites (latitude, <br />longitude, power levels) to which this <br />proposed site will be a handoff <br />candidate, <br />2) A Radio Frequency plot indicating <br />the coverage of existing sites, and that <br />of the proposed site, <br />3) The search area utilized in finding <br />the proposed site, <br />4) Antenna heights and power levels of <br />proposed site, and <br />5) The frequency, modulation and <br />class of service of radio or other <br />transmitting equipment. <br />6) The actual intended transmission <br />and the maximum effective radiated <br />power of the antenna. <br />7) The direction of maximum lobes and <br />associated radiation of the antennas. <br />X Yes <br />X Yes <br />N <br />0 <br />M <br />X Yes N <br />0 <br />X Yes N <br />0 <br />X Yes N <br />0 <br />X Yes N <br />0 <br />X Yes N <br />0 <br />X Yes N <br />0 <br />X Yes N <br />0 <br />This tower is being placed in a <br />heavily wooded, mature hardwood <br />forested area just east of the <br />existing tower at the PEMC <br />Headquarters. It has been situated <br />so as to utilize as much of the tree <br />coverage as possible. As is <br />evidenced from the attached balloon <br />test report, , the new tower will <br />practically be unseen from the <br />north- looking south along NC <br />Highway 86 and from the south near <br />the mini - storage looking north along <br />NC Highway 86. (Page 47) <br />Drawings sealed by a registered <br />engineer in the State of North <br />Carolina indicated that the tower is <br />constructed so as to support the <br />PEMC antennas and is equipped to <br />support at least, five (5) other <br />antenna systems and there could be <br />room for many more than five. <br />PEMC is willing to make the site <br />available to other antenna systems <br />for a fee. PEMC has offered the <br />Orange County Sheriffs office <br />space on the tower at no- charge. <br />The PEMC radio system is a <br />trunked, two -way VHR system and <br />does not utilize cellular technology. <br />(Page 48) <br />Attached propagation maps indicate <br />the two-way radio coverage for both <br />outgoing and in coming messages. <br />(Pages 102 and 103) <br />A search area is not applicable for <br />this tower since PEMC has <br />determined that the tower will be <br />more securely located on their <br />existing property. (Page 112) <br />The tower is a 350' self - supporting <br />model NSX Nello tower. The <br />antennas will be Andrew DB264 <br />antennas with 6dBm of gain <br />mounted at 350' AGL. The total <br />effective radiated power of the site <br />will be about 160 watts. (Page 48 <br />and 49) <br />VFH frequencies assigned to this <br />site are 153.530, 153.470, and <br />153.605 mHz. The modulation <br />scheme for the proposed radio will <br />be analog with an emission code of <br />11 K2F1 D. The class of service will <br />be F132 per the FCC license. <br />(Pages 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101) <br />The antenna systems will be <br />installed in an omni- directional <br />fashion with an effective radiated <br />power of about 160 watts. (P. 49) <br />No directional antennas will be used <br />on this radio system. All antennas <br />will be omni - directional. (Page 49) <br />21 <br />21 <br />