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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 1. 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item#__q-4 <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 <br /> Elevated 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 Yes_X_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Mary Willis <br /> Separate Enclosure- 9/3/96 BOCC Agenda, Item VIII-G Extension 2583 <br /> Revisions to Permitted Use Table TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Proposed Amendment Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider amendment of Zoning Ordinance provisions relating to <br /> telecommunication towers. <br /> BACKGROUND: On September 3, 1996, the Board of Commissioners considered action on a <br /> proposed Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment related to telecommunication <br /> towers. <br /> Discussion of the item included: <br /> • Concern with proposed Article 6.18, which would allow administrative <br /> approval of "stealth' towers up to 160 feet in height; <br /> • Questions regarding the proposed changes to the Permitted Use Table <br /> (which copied too dark during duplication and could not be read); and <br />