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t <br />~ ~~ <br />Proposed Seca XX-I~I~~. Master telecommunications plan. <br />As an alternative to the foregoing provisions, an applicant for a wireless telecommunications <br />facility rimy elect to participate.in the, Orange County's Master Telecommunications Plan <br />("Plan"). The county shall develop and adopt a plan which specifies sites within the city where <br />an applicant may construct a wireless telecommunications facility by seeking issuance of a <br />building permit in accordance with the specifications set forth in the plan for that particular site. <br />Participants in the plan shall not be required to have a public. hearing on any proposed facility <br />included in the plan and will not be assessed the development review fee.in subsection , <br />but will be required to pay the applications fees provided in this section.. The courity shall use <br />signal propagation methods and professional engineers,qualified in this discipline and assure <br />compliance with all federal, state and local regulations. Upon completion, the plan shall be <br />presented to the county's planning and zoning board for recommendation, and to the county <br />commission for adoption: ,After adoption, the applicant may apply for necessary building permits <br />on an as needed basis. Should the need occur for modifications after the approval of the plan, the <br />applicant may.petition the county for such modifcations but an additional fee of <br />shall be assessed. <br />(1) <br />(2) <br />Information to be provided. All applicants who elect to participate in the plan <br />shall provide all necessary and requested information to the county's . <br />telecommunications consultant, which information shall include that set forth iri <br />subsection ,;for each telecommunications site which it currently operates <br />within the county as well as:each site which it reasonably believes it will require <br />within the county for the next five (5) years. <br />Applicant fee required. The fee for participation in the plan shall be <br />per applicant, which shall be a one-time fee for review of all <br />existing arid proposed facilities in the county. The applicant will not be required <br />to pay the development review fee required under subsection but will be <br />required to pay the biannual inspection fee required thereunder. Such payment <br />shall be made at the time of provision of the information set forth in subsection <br />(1) above. <br />All sites specified in the plan shall: be deemed permitted sites pursuant, to subsection for <br />the construction of wireless communications towers without the necessity of further public <br />hearing. For those sites specified on the plan which are on property awned or controlled by the <br />county (regardless of zoning classification), the applicant shall, prior to seeking a building permit <br />for such facility, negotiate and execute a lease agreement with the county for such site upon <br />terms and conditions which are acceptable to the county. <br />10 <br />