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1 0 2 <br /> 2 <br /> The Board of Adjustment reviewed the draft ordinance on August 12, 2002. Their primary <br /> concern was the restriction of the telecommunication application processing to two meetings <br /> per year. The Board felt that applications should be filed and processed on an as needed basis <br /> so that the workflow was even rather than point loaded at specific meetings. Some Board <br /> members questioned the need for annual inspections after a tower is has approved and <br /> constructed. . <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENTS: <br /> New Provisions: <br /> A) Height and User Amendments <br /> 1. Lowers height of Special Use Permit, Class B (less than 4 users)from 200 feet to 150 <br /> feet maximum . <br /> 2. Maintains height of Special Use Permit, Class (4-user minimum) of less than 200 feet <br /> if the tower is designed and reserved for up to four users. Provides incentives and <br /> promotes co-location on existing and proposed towers. <br /> 3. Require towers greater than 160 feet height (with less than 4 users) to be processed as <br /> a Special Use Permit, Class A which is processed through the Planning Board & Board <br /> of County Commissioners. <br /> B) Yearly Pre-Application Meeting required in January between telecommunication providers <br /> and Planning Staff <br /> . Determines the telecommunication industry's needs in Orange County for the coming <br /> year. <br /> 2. Will allow staff and consultant to review industry needs and proposals to determine if co <br /> location opportunities exist on existing facilities or on proposed new towers. <br /> 3. No applications will be accepted during the following year unless the tower was <br /> identified and discussed in the annual pre-application meeting. <br /> 4. Ordinance proposes bpi-annual processing of telecommunication tower applications <br /> a. Board of Adjustment to hear cases in April and October <br /> . The Board of Adjustment has reviewed a Draft of this ordinance and was <br /> concerned that hearing cases only twice yearly could cause a meeting overload if <br /> three or more cases were filed at once. <br /> b. "Board of County Commissioners to hear cases at May and November Quarterly <br /> Public Hearings <br /> l. The same potential for numerous proposals at the same meeting will exist. <br /> C) Ordinance promotes co-location of antenna(s) on existing buildings, transmission towers, <br /> u <br /> utility poles, and similar structures through lower fees and staff approval. <br /> 'l. Engineer's approval required prior to staff issuance of any permit for antenna(s). <br /> 2. Maximum height of antenna(s) set at twenty- (20)feet. <br /> 3. Encourages stealth facilities;justification required if stealth antenna(s) is not proposed. <br /> 4. Limits any accessory'structures pertaining to either tower(s) or antenna(s) to 600 square <br /> feet per user with a maximum height of 12 feet. <br /> D) Ordinance has higher technical standards for tower review at both the Special Use Permit <br /> and the building permit application stages <br /> l. As a result of higher technical standards the County will need to contract with a <br /> telecommunication consultant for technical expertise regarding telecommunication <br /> towers. (Board comments noted this need previously). <br /> /robe cell tower amendment/abstract Public Hearing <br />