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25 <br />8.8.17a.1 Definitions <br />Words, terms and phrases, when used in this Section, shall have the meanings <br />ascribed to them as in Sestien-8-1.8 Article 22. <br />8.8.17a.1a Additionallnformation <br />In addition to the information required in Subsections 6.18.4, 8.2 and 8.8, the <br />fallowing shall be submitted as part of the application. <br />a) A Site Plan showing the entire site (including property boundary lines) <br />and size of all existing structures within five hundred (500 feet of the site, <br />existing and proposed structures on site, the fall zone of the tower, <br />existing and proposed topography at a contour interval of five feet and <br />any officially designated floodways and floodplains, or the presence of <br />alluvial soils. <br />b) Plans, and elevations for all proposed structures and descriptions of the <br />color and nature of all exterior material. <br />c) A Landscape Plan showing, at the same scale as the Site Plan, existing <br />and proposed trees, plus shrubs, ground cover and other landscape <br />materials. This plan shall minimize adverse visual effects of <br />telecommunications tewerswireless support structures and antennas <br />through careful design, siting, landscape screening and innovative <br />camouflaging techniques. Notwithstanding any other provision of this <br />article, to minimize adverse visual impacts associated with the <br />proliferation and clustering of telecommunications tewerswireless support <br />structures, co-location of telecommunications equipment on existing or <br />new tewers wireless support structures shall be encouraged. <br />d) Wireless support <br />structures shall not be located within one-half '/~ mile of any existing <br />monopole, lattice or guyed telecommunications fewer wireless suogort <br />structure. An exception may be allowed when the applicant can <br />sufficiently demonstrate that: 1) appropriate space on the existing <br />telecommunication fewer wireless suaoort structure is not available; or 2) <br />the applicant has made good faith effort to negotiate an agreement with <br />the owner of the existing telecommunication fewer wireless suooort <br />structure and has been unsuccessful, which must be documented in <br />writing; or 3) the telecommunication equipment on the existing <br />telecommunication fewer wireless support structure is not compatible with <br />the proposed telecommunication equipment of the applicant; or 4) <br />adequate coverage by the applicant cannot be met at the location of the <br />existing telecommunication-fewer wireless support structure; or 5) the <br />existing telecommunication-~ewe~wireless support structure cannot be <br />reasonably modified to accommodate additional co-location by the <br />applicant. Exceptions shall only be allowed after a thorough analysis of <br />the search area, provided by the applicant is performed by the County's <br />consultant or Staff, indicating that coverage is not possible on an existing <br />t~weF wireless support structure at the four-carrier capacity or other user <br />capacity that can be achieved. There must be a e~t~i 80%~ approval <br />vote of the deciding board for this specific finding to pass the exception <br />criteria. <br />