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Approved 8/11/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 4/22/2014 Page 5 of 69 AGENDA ITEM 6: A-1-14 – CLASS B SPECIAL USE PERMIT – TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY 1 2 In accordance with Section(s) 2.7 Special Uses, 5.2.2 Table of Permitted Uses, 5.3.2 Application of Use Standards – 3 Special Uses, and 5.10 Standards for Telecommunication Facilities of the UDO American Tower and AT and T 4 Mobility have submitted a Class B Special Use Permit application seeking a permit to erect a 199 foot 5 telecommunication tower on a 55 acre parcel of property at 5309 Carr Store Road within the Cedar Grove Township 6 of the County, further identified utilizing Orange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9839-55-8588, which is 7 owned by the Kirby family. 8 The property in question is zoned Agricultural Residential (AR) and Back Creek Protected Watershed Protection 9 Overlay District. The proposed use is permitted on the property subject to the issuance of a Class B Special Use 10 Permit. The property is currently utilized as a farm. 11 As detailed within the application, the applicant wishes to erect a telecommunication tower within a 100 foot by 100 12 foot leased area on the aforementioned parcel. There will be an equipment cabinet at the base of the tower to 13 house equipment for the various communication providers utilizing the tower within a 60 foot by 60 foot fenced 14 compound. 15 16 Access to the proposed facility shall be through an existing driveway with direct access to Carr Store Road. 17 18 19 The following individuals were sworn in: 20 Karen Kemerait 21 Joey Kirby 22 David Smith 23 David R. Vetter 24 Rusty Monroe 25 Larry Gunn 26 27 28 Karen Kemerait: I am with the law firm of Styers and Kemerait in Raleigh. Thank you for having me. We have an 29 extensive application binder that was submitted and introduced into the record. I don’t think it would be a good use 30 of time for me to go through all the materials since Mr. Harvey has gone through much of the information. Also, I 31 don’t believe there is any concern or opposition to this tower and I think there is support for seeing coverage in this 32 area. In previous hearings I had come and spoken to the Board of Adjustment, I mentioned that AT&T had made a 33 commitment to invest in some of the more rural areas of the county where there is an absence of coverage and this 34 application and site is one of those areas. I did want to point out that Joey Kirby, who is here tonight is the property 35 owner, he has been sworn in and will answer any questions. This is a very good site, the property is used for 36 agricultural purposes, it is 55 acres, and the parcel more than meets the setback requirements. The proposed tower, 37 the 199 foot tower, will be located 787 feet from Carr Store Road and 590 feet from the nearest property line. I did 38 want to point out what has already been included in tab 17 of the application binder, this is one of the Propagation 39 studies that shows this is the tower site, it shows the coverage currently available and north of this site, there is not 40 another AT&T tower or location for 10 miles north of this site so north of this area is an area where AT&T and other 41 carriers are really going to need to vest in the county to improve coverage. This is the coverage that is currently 42 available. The second propagation study shows the coverage that will be available once this tower has been 43 constructed. As I mentioned, there will still be areas, especially north of this site, where there will still not be 44 coverage but at least this is a beginning step in the right direction for improving the coverage. 45 46 Jeff Schmitt: Is this the coverage from just AT&T or all carriers? 47 48