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203 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Current Planning �� ° 306F Revere Road <br />(919) 245 -2575 u P O Box 8181 <br />(919) 644 -3002 (FAX), Hillsborough, <br />www.co.orange.nc.us North Carolina, 27278 <br />TO: Land owners expressing interest in the Orange County, NC Master <br />Telecommunications Plan (MTP) <br />DATE: April 5, -2004 <br />SUBJECT: Orange County, NC Master Telecommunications Plan (MTP) Public Hearing <br />Orange County has recently amended the current zoning regulations regarding <br />telecommunication towers and related facilities. In the course of amending the regulations, the <br />County has attempted to identify public, private, and semi - /quasi - public properties that may be <br />suitable for the location of telecommunication equipment (towers or antennas). The purpose <br />being to identify sites that, given their strategic location in relation to existing <br />telecommunications facilities and related infrastructure, may be suitable for the location of future <br />telecommunications towers or related facilities. The resulting plan is called a . "Master <br />Telecommunications Plan (MTP) ". <br />The purpose of the MTP is to provide the best locations for overall public benefit, public safety, <br />Emergency Management information, public service information trasfer, and limit the number of <br />towers built in the County by suggesting some prime locations for such towers. Only if <br />property owners are interested in being part of the MTP program do they have to <br />participate. Many potential sites include Voluntary Agricultural Districts, fire stations, <br />community centers, and public lands where tower revenue could be returned to the entities that <br />provide benefits to the area citizens. Towers or tower antenna could be located on silos, <br />steeples, water tanks and be restricted by whatever the landowner prescribes, as long as it <br />does not exceed the general standards of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />The County understands and feels strongly that cooperation with potential and known <br />stakeholders within the County is an important factor to consider, while the MTP is being drafted <br />and proposed. You are receiving this notice because you have expressed interest in being <br />inclued in the MTP. No telecommunication towers are being proposed for these sites at this <br />time, only that the noted sites may be supportive of an efficient pattern of future tower <br />placement. <br />A public hearing on the subject will be held on May 24, 2004, where this issue will be discussed <br />but not voted upon. The public hearing will begin at 7:00 P.M., and will be held in the F. Gordon <br />Battle Courtroom, 106 East Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC. There is a possibility that <br />GACurrent Planning Div \Tking \MTPTowerStakeholder3.ltr 67 <br />