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ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE 21 <br />d) All sites specified in the Plan shall be deemed permitted <br />sites for the construction of wireless telecommunications <br />towers without the necessity of further public hearing. For <br />those sites specified on the Plan which are on property <br />owned or controlled by the County (regardless of zoning <br />classification), the applicant shall, prior to seeking a <br />Building Permit for such use facility, negotiate and execute <br />a lease agreement with the County for such site upon terms <br />and conditions which are acceptable to the County. <br />e) Withdrawal from the Plan. Withdrawal from the Plan is <br />permitted by submitting a notarized statement requesting <br />withdrawal from the Plan <br />Section 8. (Pages 8 -21 to 8 -24) Amend Section 8.8.17a to read as follows: <br />8.8.17a Telecommunications towers <br />Overall Policy and Desired Goals for Special Use Permits for <br />Telecommunications towers. Promoting and encouraging, wherever <br />possible, alternatives to constructing new towers, including but not limited <br />to the co- location of wireless telecommunications equipment and <br />mitigating the visual effect of a telecommunication tower to an extent not <br />commercially Impracticable; promoting and encouraging, wherever <br />possible, the placement, height and quantity of wireless <br />telecommunications towers and equipment in such a manner, including but <br />not limited to the use of stealth technology or camouflage techniques, to <br />minimize adverse aesthetic and visual impacts on the land, property, <br />buildings, and other facilities adjacent to, surrounding, and in generally the <br />same area as the requested location of such telecommunications towers, <br />which shall mean using the least visually and physically intrusive facility <br />that is not technologically or commercially impracticable under the facts <br />and circumstances. <br />8.8.17a.1 Definitions <br />Words, terms and phrases, when used in this Section, shall have the <br />meanings ascribed to them as in Section 6.18. <br />8.8.17a.1a Additional Information <br />In addition to the information required in Subsections 6.18.4, 8.2 and 8.8, the <br />following shall be submitted as part of the application. <br />a) A Site Plan showing the entire site (including property boundary lines) <br />and size of all existing structures within 500 feet of the site, existing and <br />proposed structures on site, the fall zone s -18,6 of the tower, <br />existing and proposed topography at a contour interval of five feet and <br />any officially designated floodways and floodplains, or the presence of <br />alluvial soils. <br />