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a) A pre - application meeting is to be X Yes N A pre - application meeting was held <br />held with the Orange County Planning o at the Planning and Inspections <br />Department. Department Conference Room on <br />July 6, 2006. <br />b) A plan indicating proposed search X Yes N Piedmont gave proper notice at the <br />area was submitted to Zoning Officer o January 26, 2006, a copy of map of <br />on or before December 31st of the proposed site and attendance <br />previous year to be considered at the log are attached. (Minutes of the <br />Annual Telecommunications meeting are found on Page 145) <br />Projection Meeting (ATPM). <br />ARTICLE 8.8.17a - TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS <br />( "Yes" indicates compliance-, "No" indicates non - compliance) <br />PLANNING <br />BOARD <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />RECOMMENDED <br />TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />FINDINGS <br />Ordinance Reauirements <br />8.8.17a. <br />Overall Policy and Desired Goals for <br />X Yes N <br />Piedmont did investigate the <br />Special Use Permits for <br />o <br />possibility of utilizing existing towers <br />Telecommunications towers. Pro- <br />in the nearby area. The analysis is <br />moting and encouraging, wherever <br />attached to these findings. Co- <br />possible, alternatives to constructing <br />location on near -by towers would <br />new towers, including but not limited to <br />reduce two -way radio coverage <br />the co- location of wireless <br />areas by 30 %, reducing the <br />telecommunications equipment and <br />proposed 20 -mile coverage to 14 <br />mitigating the visual effect of a <br />miles. (Page 49) <br />telecommunication tower to an extent <br />not commercially Impracticable; <br />The tower is proposed to be placed <br />promoting and encou- raging, wherever <br />in a heavily wooded, mature <br />possible, the place -ment, height and <br />hardwood forested area just east of <br />quantity of wireless <br />the existing tower on the PEMC <br />telecommunications towers and equip- <br />headquarters campus. Situated as <br />ment in such a manner, including but <br />such to take advantage of the <br />not limited to the use of stealth <br />existing topography and tree <br />technology or camouflage techniques, <br />canopy, the tower will be minimally <br />to minimize adverse aesthetic and <br />visible from the surrounding <br />visual impacts on the land, property, <br />subdivisions. <br />buildings, and other facilities adjacent <br />(Page 47) <br />to, surrounding, and in generally the <br />same area as the requested location <br />of such telecom - munications towers, <br />which shall mean using the least <br />visually and physically intrusive facility <br />that is not technologically or <br />commercially impracticable under the <br />facts and circumstances. <br />a. A Site Plan showing the entire site <br />X Yes N <br />An "as- built" site plan, dated July 7, <br />(including property boundary lines) and <br />o <br />1984, provided at a scale of 1 " =20' <br />size•of all existing structures within 500 <br />and a site plan for the replacement <br />feet of the site, existing and proposed <br />tower, dated December 13, 2005 <br />structures on site, the fall zone of the <br />are attached. No buildings are <br />tower, existing and proposed <br />located within the replacement <br />topography at a contour interval of five <br />tower fall zone. <br />feet and any officially designated <br />floodways and floodplains, or the <br />The site is not located in a flood <br />presence of alluvial soils. <br />hazard. <br />b. Plans, and elevations for all <br />X Yes N <br />The FAA license requires the tower <br />proposed structures and descriptions <br />o <br />be lighted, precluding the need to <br />of the color and nature of all exterior <br />paint the tower in contrasting colors. <br />material. <br />The tower will be galvanized grey in <br />color. (P. 50) <br />24 <br />24 <br />