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Ordinance as Recommended by 22 <br />Planning Board and Administration <br />scale, of showing "before and after" views from key-viewpoints <br />bath-iaside ;aAd-outside of the priate <br />including but not limited to State highways and other major roads; <br />State and local parks; other public lands; historic districts; <br />preserves and historic sites normally open to the public; and from <br />any other location where the site is visible to a large number of <br />visitors, travelers or residents. GAdanGe-will-be-provided; <br />seneerning--the-appropriate-key-v}ewpe;, to at-a-pr;. application <br />meeting. <br />An assessment of the visual impact of the tower base, guy wires <br />and accessory buildings from abutting and adjacent properties <br />and streets as to shall be considered to determine the <br />need or apprapriateness of screening. <br />All Applications shall contain a demonstration that the tower be is <br />sited so as to have the least visually intrusive effect reasonably <br />possible and thereby have the least adverse visual effect on the <br />environment and its character, on existing vegetation, and on the <br />residences in the area of the telecommunications tower. <br />Both the telecommunications tower and any and all accessory or <br />associated telecommunication equipment and related facilities <br />shall maximize the use of building materials, colors and textures <br />designed to blend with the structure to which it may be affixed <br />and/or to harmonize with the natural surroundings, this shall <br />include the utilization of stealth technology as may required by the <br />County. <br />At a telecommunications tower site, an access road, turn around <br />space and parking shall be provided to assure adequate <br />emergency and service access. Maximum use of existing roads, <br />whether public or private, shall be made to the extent practicable. <br />Road construction shall, at all times, minimize ground disturbance <br />and the cutting of vegetation. Road grades shall closely follow <br />natural contours to assure minimal visual disturbance and reduce <br />soil erosion. <br />8.8.17a.2 Standards of Evaluation <br />The following specific standards, as well as those found in Section 6.18.4 <br />of the Zoning Ordinance, shall be used in deciding upon an application for <br />approval: <br />a) Telecommunications equipment shall be located at a <br />preferred site in accordance with the following priorities, with <br />priority one (1) being the most preferred, and priority five (5) <br />being the least preferred: <br />1. On existing towers or other structures; <br />2. On utility poles;