Agenda - 02-04-20 5-a - Amendment of the Master Telecommunication Plan Map (MTP)

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Attachment 3 10 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A public hearing will be held at the Whitted Building, 300 West Tryon Street, 2nd Floor, Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 7:00 PM for the purpose of giving all interested residents an opportunity to speak for or against the following items: 1. Amendment to the Master Telecommunications Plan Map: In accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10.2 Master Telecommunication Plan of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), the County has received a request to amend the Master Telecommunications Plan Map (MTP) by adding a parcel of property off Union Grove Church Road within the Chapel Hill Township. The MTP identifies properties where telecommunication providers are encouraged to develop, redevelop, modify, or expand telecommunication facilities in an effort to promote the efficient distribution of telecommunication facilities serving the public at large. This includes locations that serve, or may be required to serve, public safety and information technology telecommunications network. The MTP, originally adopted by the County on February 14, 2011, includes 15 parcels and is available on the Planning Department's web site at http://www.co.orange.nc.us/1334/Planning-GIS-Maps. It should be noted the MTP only pre-identifies potential telecommunication sites. Inclusion of a parcel on the MTP does not exempt providers from obtaining required permit(s) consistent with the provisions of the UDO. No formal applications proposing the development of telecommunication facilities have been received, or will be approved, as part of this public hearing. Requests to include properties on the MTP are processed consistent with the provisions of Section 5.10.2 of the UDO. Staff has received a request to include 7203 Union Grove Church Road on the MTP. The property, further identified utilizing Orange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9860-28-9935, is an approximately 10 acre parcel of property zoned Rural Buffer(RB) University Lake Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District. Purpose: To review the item and receive public comment on the proposed amendment to the MTP. Substantial changes in items presented at the public hearing may be made following the receipt of comments made at the public hearing. Accommodations for individuals with physical disabilities can be provided if the request is made to the Planning Director at least 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing by calling one of the phone numbers below. The full text of the public hearing items may be obtained no later than January 31, 2020 on the County website www.orangecountync.gov at the County Commissioners Agendas link. Information will also be available from the Orange County Planning Department (contact information below) no later than January 24, 2020. Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department located on the second floor of the County Office Building at 131 West Margaret Lane, Suite 201, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. I