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7 Pu ose: To review the item and receive citizen comment on the proposed Zoning Atlas amendments. 4. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment: In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8 Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance Amendments of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), the Planning Director has initiated a text amendment(s) to Section(s): a. Section 5.3 Table of Permitted Uses to modify the allowable tower heights approved under the Class A and B Special Use Permit process; and b. Section 5.10 Standards for Telecommunication Facilities inclusive to modify existing language governing allowable tower heights under various approval processes as well as reorganize regulations to eliminate existing redundancies and contradictions. Currently the Ordinance requires a developer proposing a tower over 75 feet but under 150 feet in height to apply for a Class B Special Use Permit acted upon by the Board of Adjustment. Towers over 150 feet in height are reviewed by the BOCC through the submittal of a Class A Special Use Permit application. The proposed modification would allow towers over 75 feet but under 200 feet in height to be processed as Class B Special Use Permit while towers 200 feet and higher would be processed as a Class A Special Use Permit. The changes are recommended to coincide with lighting requirements enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and to foster additional tower development opportunities in an effort to address communication needs in the County. Purpose: To review the item and receive citizen comment on the proposed text amendments. 5. Master Telecommunications Plan Map: In accordance with the provisions of 5.10.2 Master Telecommunication Plan of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), the Planning Director proposes to modify the adopted Master Telecommunications Plan Map (MTP) by adding 4 additional sites. 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 only pre-identifies potential telecommunication sites and does not formally approve the location of telecommunication towers for the denoted properties. Developers are still required to obtain all required permit approvals consistent with the UDO. The MTP may be modified on an annual basis at the February Quarterly Public Hearing. The Director has received formal, written, requests to add the following sites to the MTP: