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24 <br />Part II That Article Eight (8) be amended as follows: <br />8.4 Procedure For Submission and Consideration of Apulications For Approval <br />of Special Uses. <br />8.4.1 Pre-Apulication Conference <br />a) Prior to the application being received as prescribed in Article 8.4.2, the <br />applicant must request apre-application meeting with the Orange County <br />Planning Department. A sketch plan illustrating the location, size and major <br />design elements of the development of the site must be submitted five (5) <br />working days prior to the pre-application meeting. The Planning <br />Department may request that representatives of other public agencies <br />be present at the pre-application meeting. These agencies may include,. but <br />not be limited to, the Orange County Planning Board, the Orange County <br />Recreation Department, the Orange County Health Department, the <br />municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Durham, the <br />North Carolina Department of Transportation, and Orange Water and Sewer <br />Authority. <br />b) Annual Telecommunications Projection Meeting (ATPM). In January of each <br />year the County shall hold a meeting of all carriers and tower companies who <br />have filed applications the previous year or anyone who has expressed an <br />interest in filing an application to construct a facility within the County in order <br />to develop a plan for facility deployment within the County that provides <br />reasonable coverage based on the needs of the County and its residents; <br />while minimizing the number and intrusiveness of the facilities and the most <br />efficient facility site use. The County shall notify each party of the date, time <br />and place of the meeting no later than thirty (30) days prior to the meeting at <br />the last known address of the party and attendance shall be expected from <br />all parties desiring to. locate wireless telecommunication facilities within the <br />County during the year. Attendance at the ATPM is mandatory. <br />1) Prior to the acceptance of any applications for Telecommunications <br />Wireless Support Structures, a plan indicating proposed search <br />,a-r~a~s rin s shall be submitted to the Zoning Officer on or before <br />December 31St of each year. The purpose of the ATPM is to allow <br />for a complete review of collocation opportunities and address <br />coverage issues. After all site plans or search area plans are <br />received, the Planning Department Staff shall schedule an ATPM <br />during the month of January with the providers. New applications <br />for Class A Special Use Permits for telecommunications wireless <br />support structures will be reviewed twice per year at the County <br />Commissioners' May and November Public Hearings. New <br />applications for Class B Special Use Permits for telecommunications <br />wireless support structures will be reviewed by the Board of <br />Adjustment in accordance with the published Board of Adjustment <br />meeting schedule. No application will be considered unless the <br />