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Attachment 1 2 NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD A joint public hearing will be held at the Department of Social Services, Hillsborough Commons, 113 Mayo St., Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Monday, February 28, 2011, at 7:00 PM for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following items: A. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) -Continuation of November 22, 2010 public hearing: The November 22, 2010 public hearing was continued to February 28, 2011 to give the public more time to review the proposed document. The public hearing draft of the UDO is available on the Planning Department's website at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/UDO.asp Purpose: To receive additional citizen comment on the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). 2. Master Telecommunications Plan Map: In accordance with the provisions of Section 6.18 Telecommunication Towers and Equipment and Section 6.18.5 Master Telecommunication Plan of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, the County proposes the adoption of the Master Telecommunications Plan Map (MTP). The purpose of the MTP is to identify potential properties where telecommunication providers are encouraged to develop, redevelop, modify, or expand telecommunication facilities. The plan is further intended to illustrate an efficient distribution of telecommunication facilities that will benefit the public at large. The MTP, once adopted, may be modified on an annual basis at the February Quarterly Public Hearing. Properties identified on the MTP may include: • Public sites (i.e. County or government owned property), • Quasi-publicly owned property (i.e. volunteer fire departments, public utilities, etc), and • Property where current owners have expressed a formal interest to the County in locating telecommunication towers. The MTP will identify potential location(s) for telecommunications facilities including locations that serve, or may be required to serve, the public safety and information technology telecommunications network. Approval of the MTP only pre-identifies potential telecommunication sites. It does not formally approve a specific application for the shown properties allowing for the development of telecommunication towers nor does it exempt providers from obtaining all required permit approvals consistent with the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, which may or may not require a special use permit. No formal applications proposing the development of telecommunication facilities have been received or will be approved through this scheduled public hearing.