ORD-2006-105 - Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation (PEMC) Planned Development (PD-OI) and Special Use Permit, Class A

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4. That the service entrance from NC -86 to the entrance gate into the storage yard be paved to NC Department of Transportation buffeon the perimeter r of the site and take 5. That the developer marks the 100 precautions to insure that the grading contractor does not disturb the area. 6. The final site plan and narrative of the project incorporating all changes, deletions and additions through the final approval of the project are incorporated herein and made part of the Special Use Permit. A copy of the final site plan and narrative are to be maintained on file with the Orange County Planning Department. Only those uses specified in the project narrative and on the site plan, including but not limited to the offices, warehousing, maintenance service and outside storage of utility materials will be permitted at the office facility. All improvements as indicated shall be constructed according to the construction schedule set forth in this permit. 7. The following construction schedule shall be adhered to by the applicant. Construction shall begin within six months of the issuance of the Special Use Permit. 8. All necessary easements to permit utility (electricity, telephone, sewer and water) installation, servicing and hookups to the development shall be provided at no cost to the utility provider. 9. That the site plan be revised to adhere to the recommendations contained in a letter dated December 15, 1982 from S. H. Jones, District Engineer, NCDOT. 10. That the lighting shall be shaded and shielded so it does not produce glare in surrounding neighborhoods. On June 30, 1983, subsequent to the rezoning action, a small portion of property owned by PEMC located across NC Highway 86 from the PEMC offices was merged with the Wildwood residential subdivision. In exchange for that portion across NC Highway 86, PEMC received approximately one acre of land adjacent to the PEMC offices. This property has now been merged with the PEMC tract at issue in this rezoning application. The subject tract now consists of approximately 34.737 acres. On April 2, 1984, the BOCC approved a Class B Special Use Permit to erect a 150' tower on the PEMC tract. PEMC now wants to construct a 350 -foot replacement tower for the purposes of updating its total communications system throughout Orange, Person, and Caswell counties. New towers in Caswell and Person counties have already received local approvals. This new proposed tower will allow PEMC to complete improvements to its radio coverage across its service territory and to better coordinate storm restorations and routine field communications. The Department of Homeland Security Maintenance has defined the PEMC trunked radio communication system as critical infrastructure because, if severely damaged, there would be a significant impact on the ability to serve large quantities of customers for an extended period of time. Such damages would have a detrimental impact to the reliability or operability of the energy grid, and could cause significant risk to public health, safety and welfare. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has permitted three new radio frequencies for the facility. PEMC has requested an extension of its FCC license for the tower. (Please refer to pages 89 and 92 for the FAA and FCC approval.) SUP approval will facilitate the processing of the FAA and FCC approval applications. When this new PEMC tower is operational, the LAWS tower, located in the Hurdle Mills neighborhood in the northern part of the County, will be available for other public and private communication antennas. The North Carolina Highway Patrol VIPER 800 mega hertz communication system has requested co- location of the LAWS tower. This will allow multiple public agencies, such as the NC Highway Patrol, Orange County