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NOTICE OF MEETING <br />BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT <br />OF <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> <br />Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A, <br />Sections 340 and 345.1, Chapter 160A Section 388, and Section 2.11 of the Orange County <br />Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), notice is hereby given that the Board of Adjustment will <br />hold a public hearing in the 2nd flood meeting room of the Whitted Building located at 300 West <br />Tryon Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina on Monday June 8, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. for the <br />purpose taking specific action on the following item(s): <br /> <br />1. A-1-15 – Class B Special Use Permit application proposing to erect a <br />telecommunication facility at 5022 Kerley Road: <br />In accordance with Section(s) 2.7 Special Uses, 5.2.2 Table of Permitted Uses, <br />5.3.2 Application of Use Standards – Special Uses, and 5.10 Standards for <br />Telecommunication Facilities of the UDO Skyway Towers LLC and T-Mobile have <br />submitted a Class B Special Use Permit application seeking a permit to erect a <br />129 ft. tall (125 ft. tall tower with a 4 ft. lighting pole at the top for a combined total <br />height of 129 ft.) monopole telecommunication facility (i.e. a telecommunication <br />tower) on a parcel of property located at 5022 Kerley, further identified utilizing <br />Orange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 0801-15-4533. <br />The parcel, owned by Leah Bergman, is zoned Rural Buffer (RB), is approximately <br />5.8 acres in area, and is located at the intersection of Mt. Sinai Road (SR 1718) <br />and Kerley Road (SR 1717) near the border with Durham County (hereafter ‘the <br />property’). <br />As detailed within the application, the applicant wishes to erect a <br />telecommunication tower within a 100 foot by 100 foot leased area on the <br />aforementioned parcel. There will be an equipment cabinet at the base of the <br />tower to house equipment for the various communication providers utilizing the <br />tower within a 60 foot by 60 foot fenced compound. Access to the facility shall be <br />through a proposed 20 ft. wide access drive off of Mt. Sinai Road. <br /> <br />The application can be viewed utilizing the following link: <br />http://www.orangecountync.gov/new_departments/planning_and_inspections/CurrentDevelopm <br />entProjects.php <br /> <br />All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing. This is a quasi-judicial hearing <br />requiring a fair trial standard including accepting only competent material, and substantial <br />evidence presented by parties with standing. Following the close of the public hearing, only <br />evidence presented at the public hearing will be examined by the Board of Adjustment for <br />decision. <br /> <br />Changes may be made in the advertised proposal, which reflect debate, objections, and <br />discussion at the hearing. <br /> <br />Questions regarding the proposal may be directed to the Orange County Planning and <br />Inspections Department located on the second floor of the West Campus Office building at 131 <br />West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to <br />5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. You may also call 732-8181 (Hillsborough), 688-7331 <br />108