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PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE (DRAFT) 13 <br /> 017 <br /> Section 8. (Pages 8-21 to 8-24)Amend Section&8.i 7a.to read as follows: <br /> 8.8.17a Telecommunication Towers <br /> 8.8.17a.1 Definitions <br /> Words, terms and phrases,when used in this Section, shall have the <br /> meanings ascribed to them as in Section 6.18. <br /> 8.8.17a.1 a Additional Information <br /> In addition to the information required in Subsections 8.18,8.2 and 8.8, the <br /> following shall be submitted as part of the application. <br /> a) A Site Plan showing the entire site and size of all existing structures <br /> within 500 feet of the site, existing and proposed structures on site, <br /> the fail zone of the tower, existing and proposed topography at a <br /> contour interval of five feet and any officially designated floodways and <br /> floodplains, or the presence of 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 /> telecommunication towers and antennas through careful design, <br /> siting, landscape screening and innovative camouflaging <br /> techniques. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,to <br /> minimize adverse visual impacts associated with the proliferation <br /> and clustering of telecommunications towers,co-location of <br /> facilities on existing or new towers shall be encouraged. <br /> d Monopole, lattice or guyed telecommunication towers shall not be <br /> located within ' mile of any existing monopole, lattice or guyed <br /> telecommunications tower. This distance restriction shall not apply <br /> to any monopole, lattice or guyed telecommunication tower owned <br /> by a public, not for profit agency or entity. <br /> d e) Evidence that the applicant has investigated the possibilities for locating <br /> the proposed facilities on an existing tower. Such evidence shall consist <br /> of: <br /> - 1 A listing of all towers within a 44 1-mile(for towers 150 feet in <br /> height or shorter-ttian 2004e or 4-2-miles(for towers greater <br /> than 200 150 feet in height)radius of the proposed <br /> tower site. Documents shall be submitted at the time of <br /> application filing that indicate the applicant's ability or <br /> inability to co-locate on the identified towers and reasons <br /> why. <br /> GATKing‘Tower OrdZkeeil Tower Ordinance RevB <br />