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ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE 22 <br />C) A Landscape Plan showing, at the same scale as the Site Plan, existing <br />and proposed trees, plus shrubs, ground cover and other landscape <br />materials. This plan shall minimize adverse visual effects of <br />telecommunications towers and antennas through careful design, <br />siting, landscape screening and innovative camouflaging <br />techniques. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, to <br />minimize adverse visual impacts associated with the proliferation <br />and clustering of telecommunications towers, co- location of <br />telecommunication&equipment faellities on existing or new towers <br />shall be encouraged. <br />d) Monopole, lattice or guyed telecommunications towers shall not be <br />located within 1/2 mile of any existing monopole, lattice or guyed <br />telecommunications tower. Aaexcept ' i when t <br />applicant: can sui�rci @nilr demonstrate �a�"��ol , <br />existiri'g telecommunication toweris nofati'tl _ _ <br />made faith-eiiori to negotiat@ an~ :,n�t� <br />t <br />existinga telecommunication tow @r and hasp __ <br />must ba documenfedir< writing; or 3} .theeea gory <br />on the exis ft telecommunication tower Is not om with <br />prvposedtelecommunication equipmerMaltapanoc' <br />adegvatp•co�nerag&by the applicant cannot .r _ <br />e�ii-AK*mmunication towed <br />towsocacr mt reasonablymodiirgdito ,. ° - <br />�6*applkant ..Exceptions <br />of th&search area r <br />tarot is - 8aa� Pm! m <br />•.,rte s- <br />bnned'by-the' County- srconsulfar�ar, r. eovera¢e is <br />nospossitir @Xisft tower at -gle user <br />caparr -that can be achieved. There mus be a 8t appmvel vote of <br />ft- board for this specific finding to pass the exception-criteriai <br />do) Evidence that the applicant has investigated the possibilities for locating <br />the proposed equipment faeilkies on an existing tower. Such evidence <br />shall consist of: <br />1) A listing of all telecommunications towers within a 441 -mile <br />(for towers 150 feet in height or shorter -th8R 288 feet) or 4- 2- <br />miles (for towers greater than 288150 feet OF talleF in height) <br />radius of the proposed tower site. Documents shall be <br />submitted at the time of application filing that indicate the <br />applicant's ability or inability to co- locate on the identified <br />tower(s) and reasons why. <br />