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33 <br /> July 23, 1996 <br /> Page 4 <br /> should be unnecessary to "assess whether the tower could be structurally <br /> strengthened." Submitting the required information should be dependent on <br /> whether the tower can be used for co-location. I suggest drafting Section <br /> 8.8.17a.1 .(d) to contain a conditional alternative as follows: <br /> "Delineation of the boundaries of the maximum search range within <br /> which the tower equipment can function as intended. The following <br /> information shall be provided for all existing towers within he search range: <br /> (a) Tower height; <br /> (b) Existing tower users; <br /> (c) Planned tower users, if available; <br /> (d) If the tower owner will consider co-location at a height usable by <br /> the applicant, then <br /> 1 ) Whether the existing tower could accommodate the antenna to <br /> be attached to the proposed tower without causing structural <br /> instability or radio frequency interference; and/or <br /> 2) If the proposed antenna cannot be accommodated on the <br /> existing tower, assess whether the existing tower could be <br /> structurally strengthened or whether the antennas, transmitters <br /> and related equipment could be protected from electro- <br /> magnetic interference, and generally describe the means and <br /> projected cost of shared use of the existing tower." <br /> 3) To my knowledge, only Orange County interprets the General <br /> Statutes to require that leased property be subject to the Subdivision <br /> Ordinance. Most transmission sites are on small tracts of leased property. <br /> We ask for additional relief from this interpretation. <br /> 4) The-area in which property owners are to be notified of a Class B <br /> Special Use Permit application is proposed to be increased from 500 to <br /> 1 ,000 feet. A Class B Special Use Permit can only be issued for towers <br /> under 2004"t. There is no reason to notify a property owner 1 ,000 feet <br /> away from a 200 foot tower, unless you are planning to increase the notice <br /> area for all Special Use Permits. The standards for a Class B Special Use <br /> Permit under your current ordinance makes any concerns of residents 1 ,000 <br /> feet away from a 200 foot tower very hard to address. Any impact of a <br /> 200 foot (or lower) tower on a property owner 1 ,000 feet away is going to <br /> be very difficult to establish in the context of a quasi-judicial Special Use <br /> Permit hearing. <br />