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

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Attachment 2 6 Synopsis of UDO requirement(s) for telecommunication facilities: PERTINENT DEFINITIONS (Article 10): Telecommunication Facilities, Master Telecommunications Plan ("Plan") A plan developed for Orange County by the County's Planning Department that shows properties where owners have expressed interest in allowing the placement of telecommunications wireless support structures provided that all applicable federal, state, and local regulations are met. Information that may be shown on the plan will include existing wireless support structures, County defined Natural Areas, historic properties, scenic corridors, all major electrical lines, Voluntary Agricultural Districts, existing telecommunication wireless support structures, known bird migratory patterns through the County and all public and quasi public properties that may allow telecommunication facilities. The Plan will be for purposes of disclosing information to telecommunication providers when they are seeking to establish their telecommunication networks in the County. Telecommunication Facilities, Wireless support structure A new or existing structure, such as a monopole, lattice, or guyed tower that is designed to support or capable of supporting wireless facilities. A utility pole is not a wireless support structure. SECTION 5.2 —TABLE OF PERMITTED USES: The following towers are permitted for development with Orange County: • Use 63 — Telecommunication Towers — Stealth (75 feet of shorter): Permitted by right subject to the review of a site plan submitted in accordance with Section(s) 2.5 Site Plan and Section 5.10 Standards for Telecommunication Facilities of the UDO; • Use 64 —Telecommunication Towers — (Over 75 feet to less than 200 feet in height): Permitted by right subject to the issuance of a Class B Special Use Permit (hereafter `SUP') in accordance with Section(s) 2.7 Special Use Permits and 5.10 Standards for Telecommunication Facilities of the UDO. Applications are reviewed and acted upon by the Orange County Board of Adjustment upon conclusion of a duly advertised quasi-judicial public hearing. • Use 65 — Telecommunication Towers — (200 feet and higher): Permitted by right subject to the issuance of a Class A SUP in accordance with Section(s) 2.7 Special Use Permits and 5.10 Standards for Telecommunication Facilities of the UDO. Applications are reviewed by the Planning Board, who make a recommendation on the approval or denial of the request, and acted upon by the Board of County Commissioners upon conclusion of a duly advertised quasi-judicial public hearing.