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13. Article 8.2.1 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance requires that an applicant for a special use permit demonstrate that the location and character of the use, if developed according to the plan submitted, will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the general plan for the physical development of the County as embodied in these regulations or in the Comprehensive Plan, or portion thereof, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. ThesBoard finds that that tower is to be located next to a non-residential use (stone quarry), and that the site is heavily wooded. The Board further finds that the Orange County Comprehensive Plan does not speak to cellular (telecommunications) towers. Based on the foregoing findings of fact the Board of Commissioners of Orange County concludes as a matter of law that the applicant, American Towers, Inc. d/b/a Gearon Communications, failed to satisfy the requirements of Orange County zoning regulations for a telecommunications tower special use permit. Therefore, American Towers' Class A Special Use Permit, Application SUP-2-98 is denied. This decision was rendered by the Board of Commissioners initially on February 2, 1999 and amplified to comply with the September 30, 1999 Order of the Honorable J.B. Allen, Jr., Judge Presiding over the Superior Court of Orange County. I, Beverly A. Blythe, County Clerk of Orange County, North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the decision of the Orange County Board of Commissioners concerning the application for a telecommunications tower in SUP-2-98. ~T/~E/SS my hand and the s~e/a~l of said/C~ounty, this ~~ day o f ~/~':~1~ 2s'' 19 9 9 . mar/ ~ / . / .~ /~~ Cle`r~c to th~oard of Commissioners mydocuments/amtowersboccdecision.doc "/~~~ ~, ' ~ ~ I '~ ~ - , ~~~~E`~~@ i~ I/ - ~ 1 ~.. ~' ~'~l',r ~', i , ~ ~, : i ~ 'l 1 n ~ eI e--o \ ~ ~f i `.~ \ ~~-~..1 ~ J=am'` s, ~~~~ ~ c ~~ ~, . 13