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NOTICE OF MEETING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A, Sections 340 and 345.1, Chapter 160A Section 388, and Section 2.11 of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), notice is hereby given that the Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing in the main Conference Room located on the Lower Level of the West Campus Office Building located at 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, North Carolina on Monday December 12, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose taking specific action on the following item(s): 1. A-2-16 – Class B Special Use Permit application proposing to erect a telecommunication facility at 1941 MT. CARMEL CHURCH ROAD (PIN(s) 9796-09-9658 and 9797-00-5005) In accordance with Section(s) 2.7 Special Uses, 5.2.2 Table of Permitted Uses, 5.3.2 Application of Use Standards – Special Uses, and 5.10 Standards for Telecommunication Facilities of the UDO, TowerCom IV, LLC has submitted a Class B Special Use Permit application seeking a permit to erect a 199 ft. tall (195 ft. tall tower with a 4 ft. lighting pole at the top for a combined total height of 199 ft.) monopole telecommunication facility (i.e. a telecommunication tower) on a parcel of property located at 1941 Mt. Carmel Church Road, further identified utilizing Orange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9796-09-9658. The parcel, owned by the Buckner Family Farm Trust, is zoned Rural Buffer (RB) and Jordan Lake Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District and is approximately 18 acres in area (hereafter ‘the property’). As detailed within the application, the applicant wishes to erect a telecommunication tower within a 100 foot by 100 foot leased area on the property. There will be an equipment cabinet at the base of the tower to house equipment for the various communication providers utilizing the tower within a 60 foot by 60 foot fenced compound. The proposed facility will be accessed via an existing private roadway, specifically Wilbuck Lane, through a driveway extending accross an approximately 2 acre parcel of property owned by Edwards Williams (PIN 9797-00-5005). This parcel is a part of this application and review process. The application can be viewed utilizing the following link: http://www.orangecountync.gov/new_departments/planning_and_inspections/CurrentDevelopm entProjects.php All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing. This is a quasi-judicial hearing requiring a fair trial standard including accepting only competent, material, and substantial evidence presented by parties with standing. Following the close of the public hearing, only evidence presented at the public hearing will be examined by the Board of Adjustment for decision. Changes may be made in the advertised proposal, which reflect debate, objections, and discussion at the hearing. 142