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Approved 7/8/2013 OC Board of Adjustment – 6/10/2013 Page 75 of 92 10. Any proposed co-location of antenna on this tower shall be reviewed, acted upon, and 1 installed in accordance with the provisions of the UDO. 2 11. A co-location site shall be offered to the County for the placement of antenna in support of 3 local emergency communication needs. 4 12. The applicant shall submit all necessary bonding/financial security documents to the County 5 Attorney’s office for review and approval guaranteeing the removal of the tower in the event it 6 is abandoned or unused for a period of 12 months. A cost estimate shall be provided by a 7 qualified contractor. The amount of the security shall be 110 percent of the estimate. This 8 must be completed before building permits are issued. 9 13. Telecommunication tower owners shall submit a report to the County Inspections Division 10 certifying structural and electrical integrity upon completion of the initial construction and at 11 intervals as specified within the UDO. 12 14. Inspection records shall be kept by the tower owner and made available upon request to the 13 County Inspections Division during regular business hours. Inspections shall be performed as 14 specified within the UDO. 15 15. In those cases where an inspection is required, which is not performed by Orange County 16 Inspections, the applicant is required to notify the Planning Department and any applicable 17 County telecommunication consultant of the inspection and its results. 18 16. Nothing associated with the approval, development or use of the property in support of the 19 proposed telecommunication facilities shall be construed as impacting the use of the property 20 for bona-fide farm purposes. Expansion of farming activities shall not constitute a modification 21 of the special use permit as detailed within the UDO requiring a re-review of the project by the 22 Board of Adjustment. 23 17. The County’s telecommunications consultant shall issue a final Certificate of Completion upon 24 the completion of a final inspection of the constructed telecommunication facilities. 25 Commercial service cannot be provided/initiated until this final Certificate is completed and 26 issued. 27 18. The Special Use Permit will automatically expire within 12 months from the date of approval if 28 the use has not commenced or construction has not commenced or proceeded unless a 29 timely application for extension of this time limit is approved by the Board of Adjustment. 30 19. If any condition of this Special Use Permit shall be held invalid or void, then this Special Use 31 Permit shall be void in its entirety and of no effect. 32 33 MOTION made by Karen Barrows to approve the request with the additional 19 recommendations. 34 David Blankfard seconded. 35 VOTE: Unanimous 36 37 MOTION made by Karen Barrows to accept this special use permit for a communications tower off 38 New Sharon Church Road with the 19 conditions from staff. David Blankfard seconded. 39 VOTE: Unanimous 40 41 MOTION made by David Blankfard that there were no oppositions to the findings of fact. James Carter 42 seconded. 43 VOTE: Unanimous 44 45 46 47