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~,, <br />ti ~; <br />,~ <br />Exhibit B <br />.---. <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANN]CNG DEPARTMENT <br />306F REVERE ROAD <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />February 8, 1999 <br />Mr. Ken Carter Real Estate Manager <br />American Tower <br />3016 Hillsborough Street <br />Suite 201 <br />Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 <br />u° ss <br />`~ '~ F E B 1 1 1999 <br />'~+~ e.++`~`~ <br />Re: Action of the Orange County Board of Commissioners in the Matter of the <br />Class A Special Use Permit Application SUP-2-98 <br />Dear Mr. Carter: <br />On February 2, 1999, the Orange County <br />above referenced Special Use Permi <br />telecommunications tower, an equipment <br />telecommunication carriers on property ow <br />N.C. 54 in Bingham Township (Tax Map No <br />Board of Commissioners voted to deny the <br />t application to ~ construct a 230 foot <br />cabinet, and an area for future additional <br />ned by Philip.and Alice Durham located on <br />. 28..9P). <br />Based on evidence presented at the public hearing held August 24,1998, and resumed <br />on November 17, 1998, the Board concluded that the applicant did not satisfy its burden <br />of establishing, by competent material and substantial evidence, the existence of the <br />facts and conditions required by Article 8, Section 8.8.17a.1 (d)(2)(h) and Article 8, <br />Section 8.2.1(b)(2) of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Findings of fact of the <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners are enclosed. . <br />With respect to Article 8, Section 8.8.17a.1 (d)(2)(h), photographs submitted by the <br />applicant do not meet the required parameters to determine the visual impact of the <br />proposed tower to nearby residential development. <br />With respect to Article 8, Section 8.2.1(b)(2), the reports by Joseph Smothers, Jr. and <br />an Impact Study by Morgan & Company, Inc., do not furnish information relating to the <br />proximity (distance) from existing towers of properties used in the analyses nor compare <br />those distances with proximity of the proposed tower to properties on Greenfield Road. <br />Those reports do not compare sales (market values) . of the properties before <br />construction of a tower with sales (market values) of the properties after construction of <br />a tower; nor do those reports provide any comparison of properties within an area <br />,~ <br />.~ <br /> <br />