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Article 2: Procedures 57 <br /> Section 2.7: Special Use Permits <br /> 2.7.152.7.14 GhangevModifications to Approved Plans4Z <br /> (A) After a Special Use Permit has been issued, no deviations from the terms of the <br /> approved permit shall be made until written approval of proposed changes or <br /> deviations has been obtained. <br /> (B) The Planning Director is a�itherized t^shall approve minor changes modifications in <br /> the approved permit if requested by the applicant except where the Special Use <br /> Permit includes a condition explicitly prohibiting such a modification. plans of cr e� <br /> Uses, as IGRg as they are ir, harM GR with ar•+ier, of the o g Bearrl of <br /> but hall + have the toapprove haRgeo that tifi�a <br /> �n�-rcnr,vu�a-iu*r�=rvrnuc�crr�crcnurtgc�-crrarcoi=r�rra <br /> ha„iRg i, iorliG+ier,ef dmustn ept Minor modifications are as follows: <br /> (1) A change (increase or decrease) of no more than 5% in the amount of open <br /> space, recreation facilities, or landscape screening. <br /> (2) A change of 25100-feet or less in the location of open space, recreation facilities, <br /> or landscape screening. <br /> (3) A change (increase or decrease) of no more than of 5% in the number of parking <br /> spaces approved. <br /> (4) A change in pedestrian and/or vehicular access or circulation that moves such <br /> facilities less than 25-feet. <br /> (5) For telecommunication facilities, a minor modification shall also include the <br /> following: <br /> (a) An increase in the existing vertical height of the structure by less than: <br /> (i) 10% of the height of the tower, or <br /> (ii) The height of 1 additional antenna with separation from the <br /> nearest existing antenna not to exceed 20 feet <br /> (b) The addition of an appurtenance to the body of the telecommunication <br /> facility that protrudes horizontally from the edge of the wireless support <br /> structure the lesser of: <br /> (i) 20 feet, or <br /> (ii) Less than the width of the wireless support structure at the level <br /> of the appurtenance. <br /> (c) Increasing the square footage of the existing equipment compound by <br /> less than 2,500 square feet <br /> (C) For minor modifications, the applicant shall file an amended site plan, or written <br /> statement, outlining in detail the minor modification(s) proposed. The Planning <br /> Director shall state the findings in writing to the applicant and file the amended site <br /> plan or written statement with the approved site plan. <br /> (D) A modification that is not listed as a minor modification in (B) above is considered a <br /> manor modification and shall require approval of the Board of Adjustment. <br /> (A)he following criteria shall constitute a MAA.Ifi,.atie—n- <br /> 0) AR"Ghange 'R a GenditiGn pc)Sedduringthe a ppreval of a spe6Fall use perr�lir <br /> 42 The County Attorney's office has opined that NCGS 160D-403(d) requires that minor modifications be <br /> defined/listed rather than the County's existing language of defining maior modifications. Staff has listed minor <br /> modification by"reversing"the existing list of major modifications. The proposed language also more closely <br /> aligns to language in 160D-403(d). <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-27 <br />