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1 <br />REQUIREMENT UDO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE Staff BOA <br />STANDARDS for Telecommunication Facilities (continued) <br /> <br />Visual Impact Assessment <br />requirements <br /> <br />5.8.10 (B) <br />(3) (n) <br /> <br />Staff is recommending a finding that <br />this provision is not applicable as <br />the project does not involve the <br />erection of a telecommunication <br />tower requiring the submittal of a <br />visual addendum or analysis. <br /> <br />No visual impact assessment was <br />required. <br /> <br />N/A N/A <br /> <br />Demonstration that the wireless <br />support structure is sited so as to <br />have the least visually intrusive <br />effect reasonably possible and <br />have the least adverse visual effect <br />on the environment and its <br />character, on existing vegetation, <br />and on the residences in the area <br />of the telecommunications tower. <br /> <br />5.8.10 (B) <br />(3) (o) <br /> <br />Original Special Use Permit <br />Application file and recorded Special <br />Use Permit allowing for the erection <br />of the approved tower. This <br />information can be found on page(s) <br />200 through 240 of the <br />supplemental information supplied <br />to the Board. <br /> <br />Also the Vicinity Map (Attachment <br />1), the application for modification <br />(Attachment 2), the submitted site <br />plan, and staff’s abstract support <br />this conclusion. <br /> <br />Yes Yes <br /> <br />A statement, prepared by a <br />professional engineer licensed in <br />the State of North Carolina <br />certifying the tower's compliance <br />with applicable standards as set <br />forth in the State of North Carolina <br />Building Code, and any associated <br />regulations. <br /> <br />5.8.10 (B) <br />(3) (p) <br /> <br /> <br />The structural analysis reports <br />contained on pages 241-341 of the <br />supplemental packet of information <br />supplied to the Board provides <br />evidence the tower is structural <br />sound and that same complies with <br />applicable State building code. <br />Yes Yes <br /> <br />Proposed telecommunications <br />equipment planned cannot be <br />accommodated on an existing <br />wireless support structures <br /> <br />5.10.8 (B) <br />(4) (a) <br /> <br />Original Special Use Permit <br />Application file and recorded Special <br />Use Permit allowing for the erection <br />of the approved tower. This <br />information can be found on page(s) <br />200 through 240 of the <br />supplemental information supplied <br />to the Board. This provides <br />documentation that the tower was <br />necessary, which is why the permit <br />was approved. <br /> <br />Staff would like to remind the Board <br />the project does not involve the <br />erection of a telecommunication <br />tower requiring an assessment of <br />Yes Yes <br />58