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~~ • .Use Category PD17C -Telecommunication Towers - (150 feet in height or shorter) - Permitted by right subject to the issuance of a Class B Special Use Permit (hereafter `SUP') in accordance with Article Six (6) Section 6.18, Article Eight (8) Special Uses including Section 8.8.17 (a) Telecommunication Wireless Support Structures, and Article Fourteen (14) of the Ordinance. Per Article Eight (8) Section 8.3 of the Ordinance, Class B SUP applications are reviewed and acted upon by the Orange County Board of Adjustment • Use Category PD17A -Telecommunication Towers - (greater than 150 feet in height) Permitted by right subject to the issuance of a Class A SUP in accordance with Article Six (6) Section 6.18, Article Eight (8) including Section 8.8.17 (a), and Article Fourteen (14) of the Ordinance. Per Article Eight (8) Section 8.3 of the Ordinance, Class A SUP applications are reviewed and acted upon by the Orange County Board of Adjustment It should be noted that Article Six (6) 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 (150) 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' Towers approved under this process are required to adhere to the various development standards detailed within Article Eight (8) Section 8.8.17 (a) of the Ordinance. This includes adherence to the following requirements: a. Development of a site plan denoting the location of the proposed tower, setback distances, fall zone requirements, etc, b. A landscape plan denoting the planting of require foliage for the tower, c. Draft bond agreements for the project, d. Data concerning possible environmental impact, and e. All other required documentation detailed within the Ordinance. This does not include conducting balloon tests, the notification of residents within 1,000 feet that a tower application is being reviewed by staff, or holding a public hearing to review the application through the administrative process. Please refer to Attachments 6 and 7 for a summary of the various tower types and approval processes associated for each classification of tower. Ordinance Requirements -Location of Towers: In accordance with Article Eight (8) Section 8.8.17 (a) (2) (a) of the Ordinance, the County has adopted the following standards with the respect to the location of towers: Location of Wireless Support Structures. Applicants for facilities shall locate, site, and erect said facilities according to the following priorities, in the following order.• 1) On existing County-owned facilities without increasing the height of the tower or structure.