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ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 28, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# C 4 (a) 1-5 <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT- Telecommunication Towers <br /> Article 4.3 Permitted Use Table <br /> Article 8.8.17 Radio and Television Transmitting and Receiving Towers and Elevated <br /> Water Storage Tanks(Class B Special Use) . <br /> Article 8.8.17a Telecommunication Towers(Special Use Permit requirements) <br /> Article 6.3.1 Principal Uses <br /> Article 6.18 Administrative Approval of Stealth Telecommunication Towers(new) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X_Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 11/27/95 Public Hearing Minutes Mary Willis <br /> Response to Comments Extension 2583 <br /> Proposed Amendment <br /> Existing Provisions TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment of Zoning Ordinance <br /> provisions relating to telecommunication towers <br /> BACKGROUND: Concern with the increasing number of telecommunication towers has been <br /> raised locally and nationwide by citizens, advisory boards and governing <br /> boards in recent years. At the November 27, 1995 public hearing, the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners and Planning Board received citizen <br /> comments on a proposed amendment to Special Use Permit provisions relating <br /> to telecommunication towers. Minutes from the public hearing are attached. <br /> Speakers included five industry representatives and one Orange County <br /> resident. <br /> On January 18, 1996, the Ordinance Review Committee, as well as another <br /> interested Planning Board member and a member of the Board of Adjustment, <br />