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Approved 8/11/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 4/22/2014 Page 68 of 69 11. A co-location site shall be offered to the County for the placement of antenna in support of local 1 emergency communication needs. 2 12. The applicant shall submit all necessary bonding/financial security documents to the County 3 Attorney’s office for review and approval guaranteeing the removal of the tower in the event it is 4 abandoned or unused for a period of 12 months. A cost estimate shall be provided by a qualified 5 contractor. The amount of the security shall be 110 percent of the estimate. This must be 6 completed before building permits are issued. 7 13. Telecommunication tower owners shall submit a report to the County Inspections Division 8 certifying structural and electrical integrity upon completion of the initial construction and at 9 intervals as specified within the UDO. 10 14. Inspection records shall be kept by the tower owner and made available upon request to the 11 County Inspections Division during regular business hours. Inspections shall be performed as 12 specified within the UDO. 13 15. In those cases where an inspection is required, which is not performed by Orange County 14 Inspections, the applicant is required to notify the Planning Department and any applicable 15 County telecommunication consultant of the inspection and its results. 16 16. Nothing associated with the approval, development or use of the property in support of the 17 proposed telecommunication facilities shall be construed as impacting the use of the property for 18 bona-fide farm purposes. Expansion of farming activities shall not constitute a modification of 19 the special use permit as detailed within the UDO requiring a re-review of the project by the 20 Board of Adjustment. 21 17. The County’s telecommunications consultant shall issue a final Certificate of Completion upon 22 the completion of a final inspection of the constructed telecommunication facilities. Commercial 23 service cannot be provided/initiated until this final Certificate is completed and issued. 24 18. The Special Use Permit will automatically expire within 12 months from the date of approval if the 25 use has not commenced or construction has not commenced or proceeded unless a timely 26 application for extension of this time limit is approved by the Board of Adjustment. 27 19. If any condition of this Special Use Permit shall be held invalid or void, then this Special Use 28 Permit shall be void in its entirety and of no effect. 29 30 31 Michael Harvey: On page 218 and 219, staff stipulated that we have not received any information establishing the 32 grounds for making a negative finding for denial of the project; we have recommended the imposition of several 33 conditions. I will state for the record the applicant has already met most of these. Would you change the date 34 reference under numbers one and two to April 22, 2014, this meeting, as this is the meeting subject to this particular 35 application? I will also remind the board we have included a condition which we have started doing with all 36 telecommunication towers developed on farm property that nothing within this approval shall be deemed as limiting 37 or stopping the conceded use of property for farm use. You recall concerns that have been brought before this 38 board by farmers who have had telecommunication towers developed on their property, any change in the site plan 39 that has been submitted is required to come back to this board. Staff has never viewed any construction of a new 40 farm building as a change under the ordinance technically says it is. We impose this condition so we provide 41 property owners an opportunity to continue to engage in farming activities without fear of having to come back before 42 this board to seek permission. 43 44 Larry Wright: Does this include logging of the site around the tower? 45 46 Michael Harvey: It could because that is a bonafide farm activity. 47