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135 <br />ORANGE COUNTY i -,;7 Od <./ d r <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />and <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 24, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 0.1 <br />SUBJECT: Wireless Element of the Master Telecommunications Plan (MTP) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />• Proposed Zoning Ordinance <br />Amendments <br />• MTP text and maps, which includes: <br />✓ An -inventory of existing cell tower <br />sites, <br />✓ Environmental and Cultural <br />Constraints <br />✓ Available Sites, and <br />✓ A timeline of relevant meetings and <br />hearings <br />• May 27, 2003 and November 25, 2002 <br />Public Hearing minutes <br />• Copies of letters sent to MTP <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />stakeholders <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig N. Benedict, Director, ext 2592 <br />Glenn Bowles, Planner II, ext 2577 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336 - 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on the proposed Wireless Element of the Master. <br />Telecommunications Plan (MTP). <br />BACKGROUND: This is an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to <br />Article 6.18 and Article 8.8, and specifically Article 6.18.5, entitled "Master Telecommunications <br />Plan ", and Article 8.8.17a, entitled "Telecommunications Towers ", to allow for the adoption of a <br />"Master Telecommunications Plan" Map ( "MTP ") that will identify sites within the County where <br />Telecommunication Tower facilities already exist and also pre - identified properties (Pre - <br />identified Properties ") whose owners have expressed an interest in locating Telecommunication <br />Towers in the future, subject to all Orange County Zoning Ordinance requirements. Properties <br />identified on the MTP may include those related to fire stations, voluntary agricultural districts, <br />public and private utility authorities, State and, County owned properties, privately owned <br />properties, etc. <br />As with any other proposed telecommunications tower facility, an application to site a tower <br />facility on Pre - identified Property on the MTP may be approved only upon the issuance of a <br />Special Use Permit and after meeting all other Orange County Zoning Ordinance requirements. <br />Provided the initial MTP plan is adopted, the County will consider additions or modifications to <br />the MTP annually at the February Public Hearing each year. Applications to add to, withdraw <br />