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REQUIREMENT UDO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE & <br />PROPOSED FINDING(S) OF <br />FACT <br />Staff BOA <br />USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS for Telecommunication Facilities <br />Overall Policy and Desired Goals: <br /> <br />Promoting and encouraging <br />alternatives to constructing new <br />wireless support structures. <br /> <br />5.8.10 (B) (1) <br />(a) <br /> <br />Application (TAB(s) 8, 13, 21 and <br />21) and Narrative (TAB 1) <br /> <br />Proposed Finding: There are <br />currently no wireless <br />telecommunications towers or <br />alternative structures of sufficient <br />height for collocation in the search <br />area, leaving no alternative to <br />constructing a new tower. <br /> <br />YES <br />Overall Policy and Desired Goals <br /> <br />Promoting and encouraging <br />placement to minimize adverse <br />aesthetic impacts, etc. <br /> <br /> <br />5.8.10 (B) (1) <br />(b) <br /> <br />Application (TAB(s) 8, 13, 21 and <br />21) and Narrative (TAB 1) <br /> <br />Proposed Finding: It will be under <br />200 feet and will be made of <br />material intended to blend with the <br />sky, will be located at the rear of <br />the large property, is set back <br />1,000 feet from the adjacent public <br />right-of-way, will be located on a <br />densely wooded property in a not <br />densely populated area that is <br />separated from large residential <br />developments. <br /> <br />YES <br />Balloon Test <br /> <br />5.8.10 (B) (2) <br /> <br />Abstract (Attachment 5), <br />Application package 8, 31, 21) and <br />Narrative (TAB 1) <br /> <br />Proposed Finding: The applicant <br />arranged for and conducted a <br />Balloon Test, which occurred on <br />October 15, 2016, in accordance <br />with the requirements of UDO <br />5.8.10(B)(2) <br /> <br />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) (4) <br />(a) <br /> <br />Application package (TAB 21) and <br />Narrative (TAB 1) <br /> <br />Proposed Finding: No other tower <br />or suitable facility exists in the area <br />where the equipment to be placed <br />on the tower will function in its <br />intended manner (UDO <br />5.10.8(B)(4)(a)(iv)) <br /> <br />Yes <br /> <br />Location of Wireless Support <br />Structures <br /> <br />5.10.8 (B) (4) <br />(b) <br /> <br />Application package (TAB(s) 30 <br />and 31) and Narrative (TAB 1) <br /> <br />Proposed Findings: The <br />telecommunications structure is <br />located on property zoned Rural <br />Yes <br />154