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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 5, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # vla-cr <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> (Article 8 .8. 17 Radio, Television and Communication Towers, <br /> and Elevated Water Storage Tanks (Class B Special Use) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk <br /> Proposed Amendment Ext. 2582 <br /> Map of Cellular Tower Sites <br /> Draft 8-22-94 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> 9-14-94 Letter from David M. Rooks, III TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 9-19-94 Draft Planning Board Minutes Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Zoning <br /> Ordinance to add new requirements for additional <br /> information and standards of evaluation regarding <br /> communications towers. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of Adjustment has grown <br /> increasingly concerned about the increasing number of <br /> applications for communications towers. The Board has <br /> reviewed five Special Use applications for towers since <br /> 1990. The concerns relate to the number of towers and <br /> the reasons they cannot co-locate on an existing tower <br /> in the vicinity. Generally there are good reasons why <br /> towers cannot co-locate, i.e. , loading capabilities, <br /> frequency incompatibility, and directional focusing of <br /> signals. However, in some instances there may be <br /> situations where towers can co-locate. <br /> The proposed amendments would require an applicant to <br /> first look into co-locating communication equipment on <br /> an existing tower. if use of an existing tower was not <br /> feasible, then approval of a Special Use Permit for a <br /> new tower would be considered. However, permit <br /> approval would include provisions related to the <br />