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WHAT THIS DOES NOT DO: <br /> • Alter/modify submittal requirements <br /> • Alter/modify pre-application standards (i.e. balloon test, notification of surrounding <br /> property owners, etc.) <br /> • Alter/modify inspection requirements for towers both during and after construction <br /> • Eliminate/modify required fees, including consulting escrow fee <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> 1. Receive the request, <br /> 2. Conduct the Public Hearing and accept public, BOCC, and Planning Board comments. <br /> 3. Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be <br /> returned to the County Board of Commissioners in time for the May 1, 2012 BOCC <br /> regular meeting. <br /> 4. Adjourn the public hearing until May, 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning <br /> Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br /> Clarifying questions were answered by staff. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that the tower height related to bird fatalities. He suggested that it <br /> would be nice to track that in the document somehow. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to <br /> page 5 and avoiding areas with protected natural and cultural resources. He asked about the <br /> environmental assessment. <br /> Michael Harvey made reference to pages 25-27 where there are provisions about <br /> environmental assessments. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that the County requires that developments identify significant <br /> natural areas and have a plan to protect them or avoid them. He would like this reflected. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to <br /> refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be retumed to the <br /> County Board of Commissioners in time for the May 1, 2012 BOCC regular meeting and adjoum the <br /> public hearing until May 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board's recommendation <br /> and any submitted written comments. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz asked to amend the motion to include Commissioner Jacobs' <br /> concerns about the natural areas. <br /> VOTE ON AMENDED MOTION: UNANIMOUS <br /> 5. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments -To review government- <br /> initiated amendments to the text of the UDO to add a new Section 6.20 that will pertain to <br /> public sewer connection requirements. <br /> Planning staff Kevin Lindley gave background on this material. In general, this is a new <br /> section, Section 6.20. About 25 years ago, the County invested in a small sewer system in <br /> Efland for the general purpose of improving public health by helping out with some failing septic <br /> systems. The County is currently constructing a sewer system as an extension to that original <br />