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PLANNING <br />BOARD BOARD OF <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED COMMISSIONERS <br />FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS FINDINGS <br />8.8.17a.2 Standards of Evaluation <br />The following specific standards shall <br />be used in deciding upon an application <br />for approval: <br />a. Adjacent to residential zoning _x_Yes No The site plan indicates _x_Yes No <br />districts, minimum setbacks from N/A the closest property line N/A <br />the base of the tower to the is 250 feet from <br />property boundary shall be equal the tower. The tower is <br />to the height of the tower. The proposed to be 230 feet <br />setback may be reduced to no less' in height. <br />than one-half of the tower height if <br />easements for the remaining setback <br />distance are granted by adjoining <br />property owners. <br />b.Adjacent to non-residential _x Yes No The tower is 250 feet from _x Yes No <br />uses or non-residential zoning _N/A non-residential uses. N/A <br />districts, minimum setbacks <br />from the base of the tower to the <br />property boundary shall be the greater <br />of 20% of the tower height, or the <br />minimum required setback. <br />c.A Type C Landscape Buffer shall _x Yes No A Type C Landscape Buffer _x Yes No <br />be provided between the tower and will be provided around the <br />adjoining property. Existing vegetation base of the tower facility. <br />may be removed only to the extent Existing vegetation will only <br />necessary to accommodate the tower, be disturbed to accommodate <br />equipment buildings, and support the tower and entrance road. <br />structures such as guy wires. <br />d.The site plan shall indicate a location _x Yes No The site plan indicates an _x_Yes No <br />for at least one equipment building area reserved for this purpose. <br />in addition to that proposed for use by <br />the applicant. • <br />e. Security fencing is provided around the _x_Yes No An 7 foot chain link security _x Yes No <br />perimeter of the site. fence is indicated around <br /> the site. <br />f. The telecommunications equipment <br />planned for the proposed tower cannot _ <br />be accommodated on an existing tower <br />due to one or more of the following , <br />reasons: <br />1. The planned equipment would Yes No Yes No <br />exceed the structural capacity ^ x_N/A _x_N/A <br />of existing and approved towers, <br />considering existing and planned <br />use of those towers and the towers <br />cannot be reinforced to accommodate ~ <br />~ <br />planned or equivalent equipment •i <br />at a reasonable cost. <br /> <br />