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1S5 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />and <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 24, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~-~ <br />SUBJECT• Wireless Element of the Master Telecommunications Plan (MTP) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />stakeholders <br />Proposed Zoning Ordinance <br />Amendments <br />MTP text and maps, which includes: <br />/ An inventory of existing cell tower <br />sites, <br />/ Environmental and Cultural <br />Constraints <br />/ Available Sites, and <br />/ A timeline of relevant meetings and <br />hearings <br />May 27, 2003 and November 25, 2002 <br />Public Hearing minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig N. Benedict, Director, ext 2592 <br />Glenn Bowles, Planner II, ext 2577 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />® Copies of letters sent to MTP ___ <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on the proposed Wireless Element of the Master <br />Telecommunications Plan (MTP). <br />BACKGROUND: This is an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to <br />Article 6,18 and Article 8,8, and specifically Article 6.18.5, entitled "Master Telecommunications <br />Plan", and Article 8.8,17a, entitled "Telecommunications Towers", to allow for the adoption of a <br />"Master Telecommunications Plan" Map ("MTP") that will identify sites within the County where <br />Telecommunication Tower facilities already exist and also pre-identified properties (Pre- <br />identified Properties") whose owners have expressed an interest in locating Telecommunication <br />Towers in the future, subject to all Orange County Zoning Ordinance requirements. Properties <br />identified on the MTP may include those related to fire stations, voluntary agricultural districts, <br />public and private utility authorities, State and County owned properties, privately owned <br />properties, etc, <br />As with any other proposed telecommunications tower facility, an application to site a tower <br />facility on Pre-identified Property on the MTP may be approved only upon the issuance of a <br />Special Use Permit and after meeting all other Orange County Zoning Ordinance requirements. <br />Provided the initial MTP plan is adopted, the County will consider additions or modifications to <br />the MTP annually at the February Public Hearing each year. Applications to add to, withdraw <br />