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Article 5: Uses <br />Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br />Director shall inform interested parties that the property has been withdrawn from <br />consideration. Removal of the property from the Plan shall be processed as a <br />modification as detailed herein. <br />5.10.3 Annual Telecommunications Projection Meeting (ATPM) <br />(A) Purpose and Outcome <br />(1) The purpose of the ATPM meeting is to allow for a complete review of collocation <br />opportunities, address coverage issues, and discuss the location of needed <br />telecommunication support structures with providers who intent on submitting <br />development applications for action by the County. The intended outcome of the <br />meeting is to allow the County and interested parties to develop a plan for facility <br />deployment within the County that provides reasonable coverage based on the <br />needs of the County and its residents, while minimizing the total number of <br />needed telecommunication support facilities, including minimizing the <br />intrusiveness of such facilities, and encouraging the development of a more <br />efficient telecommunication network. <br />(2) The intended outcome of the meeting is an understanding amongst the Planning <br />Director and providers on areas of the County where telecommunication support <br />facilities are needed and application request for the year should be focused. <br />(B) Applicability <br />(1) By December 31st of each calendar year, telecommunication providers shall <br />submit to the Planning Director a plan indicating proposed search rings for <br />anticipated telecommunication support structures. This plan shall identify areas <br />where providers are looking to locate facilities, as well as identify those areas of <br />the County that are underserved by existing facilities. <br />(2) As of the effective date of this Ordinance amendment any pending applications <br />that have not received a zoning compliance permit or a special use permit shall <br />meet all requirements of this Ordinance, including, but not limited to submission <br />deadlines, application standards and processing, excluding the ATPM <br />requirement. <br />(C) Meeting Specifics <br />(1) The meeting shall occur by the end of January of each calendar year. <br />(2) Attendees shall include all carriers and tower companies who have either filed <br />applications the previous year or anyone who has expressed an interest in filing <br />an application to construct a telecommunication support facility within the County. <br />(3) The County shall notify each party of the date, time, and place of the meeting no <br />later than 30 days prior to the meeting. <br />(4) Those individuals /firms intent on submitting development applications are <br />expected to attend the meeting. While a lack of attendance will not prevent the <br />submittal of an application, it will prevent the applicant's ability to participate in <br />the discussions outlining the areas of concentration for the location of <br />telecommunication support structures for that given year. <br />(D) Applications for the development of telecommunication support structures shall be <br />processed in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. <br />5.10.4 Existing Wireless Telecommunications Support Structures <br />(1) Telecommunications equipment as accessory uses may be placed on existing <br />wireless support structures in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -81 <br />