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139 <br />ORDINANCE TO PUBLIC HEARING <br />May 24, 2004 <br />Bold = New Language <br />S#fikethreagkt = Proposed Deleted Language <br />An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of Orange County <br />Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, North <br />Carolina, that the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: <br />Section 1. Amend Section 8.8.17a.2 a).. (Page 8-24) to add new language to <br />read as follows: <br />1. On existing towers or other structures; <br />2. On utility poles; <br />3. On industrially- orcommercially-zoned properties; <br />4. On agricultural land; <br />5. On a stealth facility; <br />6. At another location not identified above as priority 1, 2, 3, er 4, <br />or 5. <br />Section 2. Amend Section 6.18.5. (Page 6-25-n) to revise the existing <br />language to read as follows: <br />The Plan wiN assists providers in their search for suitable locations <br />to build their service network. The County n}ay has developed the <br />Plan, with accompanying (maps}; and appendices, which would <br />display locations within the County's jurisdiction where property <br />owners have expressed interest in allowing cohstruction of <br />telecommunications equipment. Information that ray-#~e is shown <br />on the base Plan will includes: existing towers, tower sites in <br />neighboring counties, two-mile buffer around each tower, <br />major electric power transmission lines, County-defined Natural <br />Areas, historic properties, properties with archaeological <br />potential, scenic corridors, tower-related bird mortality <br />information, lEnewn--h+r~--r~+ <br />Voluntary Agricultural Districts, and publicly-owned or quasi-public <br />lands. In all cases, an interest in allowing the placement of <br />telecommunication equipment on the property/properties shall have <br />been expressed in writing. In order to participate in the MTP all <br />owner(s), or their legally binding representatives, shall submit an <br />application on a form prepared by the Planning Department and <br />meet the following guidelines: <br />a) Information to be provided. Ail telecommunication <br />providers who elect to construct facilities on properties in <br />the Plan shall provide all necessary and requested <br />