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8 109 <br />41 <br />1 Howard said that American Tower has nine existing towers in Orange County. Some of the <br />2 towers were acquired from Alltel Communications, so American Tower was not necessarily <br />3 involved in the construction of the towers. They would have a structural analysis of the towers <br />4 which they built. He said that the requirement to provide a capacity analysis of the towers would <br />5 set American Tower back approximately $36,000. <br />6 <br />7 The Planning Board agreed to take out the word "current" from item 5e on page 16 of the agenda <br />8 packet. <br />9 <br />10 At this point, the Board agreed to vote to continue the meeting past the automatic adjournment <br />11 time. <br />12 <br />13 MOTION: Katz moved to continue the meeting to 10:30 p.m. Seconded by Schofield. <br />14 <br />15 VOTE: Ayes, 8; No, 1 (Chair Gooding -Ray — she does not think the Board can get <br />16 through all the issues by 10:30 p.m.) <br />17 <br />18 Davis pointed out that the normal adjournment time was 10:30 p.m. anyway. <br />19 <br />20 Chair Gooding -Ray asked about tower separation. Davis provided some additional language on <br />21 page 19, item d, as follows: "Exceptions to this requirement shall only be allowed after thorough <br />22 analysis of the search area by the County's consultant indicating that coverage is not possible <br />23 with the existing towers at its four - carrier capacity. Also, an 80% vote would be required for this <br />24 specific finding." <br />25 <br />26 Regarding grouping, Benedict said that it would be permitted if evidence is provided that the 1/2 <br />17 mile requirement would not work. <br />28 <br />29 The next issue was "visually intrusive." Benedict said that this term means to locate a tower on a <br />30 site to be the least visually intrusive, meaning that there would be less impact. This is on page <br />31 13, item b. The language was changed to say, "will be minimally visually intrusive." <br />32 <br />33 On page 22, the language was changed to say that the light source would not be visible from <br />34 adjacent properties. Also, light spill should be contained. <br />35 <br />36 The next set of comments was from Duke Communications. Most of these were repetitive. <br />37 <br />38 Regarding fees, the Planning Board decided that the Board of County Commissioners should <br />39 determine the fee structure. <br />40 <br />41 VOTE ON RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS <br />42 ORDINANCE: <br />43 <br />44 Item #1: Definition of unforeseen events — addition of "reconstruction of modification allowed <br />45 in accordance with the existing SUP." <br />46 <br />