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ATTACHMENT 8 ~~~ ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Current Planning (919) 245-2575 (919) 644-3002 (FAx) www.co.orange.nc.us 131 West Margaret Lane P O Box 8181 Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278 MEMOFt~~NDUM TO: Craig Benedict AICP -Planning Director FROM: Michael D. Harvey AICP, CFO, CZO -Current Planning Supervisor DATE: February 17, 2011 RE: POSSIBLE voluntary, self imposed (i.e. County as the owner applicant of property) conditions for the development of wireless support structures located on County property Pre your request, please accept this memorandum as a brief synopsis on the possibility of the County requiring additional `levels of review' for wireless support structures (hereafter `towers') developed on County owned property in accordance with the provisions of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance (hereafter `the Ordinance'). BACKGROUND: Section 6.18.1 (a) Administrative Approval of Certain Telecommunication Facilities of the Ordinance provides that under certain circumstances, towers over seventy-five (75) feet but under one hundred fifty (150) feet in height, can be approved administratively under certain circumstances, specifically: • Any tower: `less than one hundred fifty (150) feet in height that is located on property that is owned or leased by Orange County' and/or • Any tower: `less than one hundred fifty (1 SO) feet in height on which the owner of such facility permits the County to collocate its wireless facilities on the structure at no charge to the County when the location of such facility is of benefit to the County as determined at the sole discretion of the County' It should be noted that towers approved under this process are required to adhere to the various development standards detailed within Section 8.8.17 (a) of the Ordinance.