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OC Board of Adjustment – 6/8/2015 Page 30 of 68 1 Tom Johnson: I object to anything regarding Durham, this is a hearing in Orange County. 2 3 Bob Hornik: Give me a minute. 4 5 Larry Wright: Let him proceed. 6 7 Bob Hornik: The standard in Durham is whether you have the least visually obtrusive facility and the standard here in 8 Orange County, in your own UDO is whether this proposal will be the least visually intrusive and I offer this to show th at 9 the contrast was proposed by the applicant here with what was done in Durham at a site less than a quarter of a mile 10 down the road. 11 12 Tom Johnson: Again, I object, because the Durham ordinance is not in front of you. The Durham Ordinance is different 13 and I understand the point of that type of tower versus what we proposed but so far as comparing the ordinances, the 14 Durham Ordinance is not before you nor relevant. I will consent that there is a stealth portion of the Orange County 15 Ordinance that would be relevant to our proceedings. 16 17 Samantha Cabe: What I got from that is you are presenting this to see visually the difference in what was done here 18 with what is being proposed. 19 20 Bob Hornik: Absolutely. Talking about the Durham Ordinance, if my testimony on Durham’s Ordinance is not good, 21 then so is their testimony about what is allowed and what is not allowed in Durham. 22 23 Tom Johnson: I’ll agree to that I was just speaking to a case that had been heard in Durham. I don’t consider it. 24 25 Bob Hornik: This third photograph is a photograph of the proposed site on the Bergman property taken from the 26 adjoining property, this is the Ann Hall property. Ms. Hall will speak a few words in a moment. These trees along this 27 property line, those are the trees Mr. Smith spoke about a few minutes ago that was more a visual barrier between the 28 Hall property and the proposed tower on the Bergman property. This shed will be moved or removed from the site so 29 the tower can go in approximately that location maybe a little bit further to the east on that site. Essentially this is the 30 view that you have now from the Hall property to the site where the tower will be built on the B ergman property. 31 32 Larry Wright: Where was the photographer on this one? What is it on… the witnesses that will be testifying? 33 34 Bob Hornik: Ms. Hall, and I think Ms. Wilkins who took the photograph will both be testifying. 35 36 Larry Wright: And that….on their property? 37 38 Bob Hornik: This aerial photograph was taken from the application package that ties the discussion I was just giving 39 you, this indicating the shed that will be moved or removed from the Bergman property. The photograph was taken 40 from approximately this location on the Hall property. The house is right next door here. This is the open field. Here is 41 the water, strawberry farm, here is the nursing home, Forestview School and this location to orient the board to the site 42 and surrounding area of the site. You will see that the proposed tower location is essentially in an open field, part of a 43 horse farm on the Bergman property. These first photographs were taken from Mr. Smith’s report, the one he just 44 testified about. These are photographs of the area of the proposed tower taken from…this is along Mt. Sinai Road, this 45 is the Hall property. This is Mt. Sinai Road looking almost due north at the tower site and shed and these are the tree 46 lines between the Hall property and the tower site. 47 48 Larry Wright: Point to those trees again. 49 50