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24 <br />May and November Public Hearings. New applications for <br />Class B Special Use Permits for telecommunications <br />#$wer-swireless support structures will be reviewed by the <br />Board of Adjustment in accordance with the published Board <br />of Adjustment meeting schedule. No application will be <br />considered unless the proposed site was identified on either <br />the site plan or the search a~r-ea rin plan shown at the <br />ATPM. <br />2) Formal applications for the May and November Public <br />Hearings by the County Commissioners, and meetings of the <br />Board of Adjustment, shall be submitted in accordance with <br />the published yearly calendar of meetings schedule. <br />3) Exceptions to the ATPM requirement as it applies to a <br />particular site may be allowed in the case of unforeseen <br />events as defined in Section 6.18 provided the applicant <br />shall submit documentation for review by the Orange County <br />Development ~ev+ew Advisory Committee (Dfi~AC) that such <br />a waiver is necessary. The D~AC shall make a <br />determination on the waiver request and notify the applicant <br />within a reasonable time period. <br />4) As of the effective date of this Ordinance amendment, any <br />pending applications that have not received a zoning <br />compliance permit or a special use permit shall meet all <br />requirements of this Ordinance, including, but not limited to <br />submission deadlines, application standards and processing, <br />excluding the ATPM requirement. <br />8.8.17a Telecommunication ~=owe~sWireless support structures <br />Telecommunications T^ <br />for <br />The overall aolicv and desired coals for Special Use Permits for <br />telecommunications wireless support structures shall be ~oromotino and <br />encouraging, wherever possible, alternatives to constructing new +^`~ wireless <br />support structures, including but not limited to the co-location of wireless <br />telecommunications equipment and mitigating the visual effect of a <br />telecommunication fewer-wireless support structure to an extent not <br />commercially impracticable; promoting and encouraging, wherever possible, the <br />placement,- height and quantity of wireless telecommunications towers and <br />equipment in such a manner, including but not limited to the use of stealth <br />technology or camouflage techniques, to minimize adverse aesthetic and visual <br />impacts on the land, property, buildings, and other facilities adjacent to, <br />surrounding, and in generally the same area as the requested location of such <br />telecommunications taawerswireless support structure, which shall mean using <br />the least visually and physically intrusive facility that is not technologically or <br />commercially impracticable under the facts and circumstances. <br />