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ORDINANCE NO. 97- 16 7;1:14. A condition of approval for any tower application shall be that the tower shall be available, at market rate costs, for other parties and interests. This shall be acknowledged in a written agreement between the applicant and the county, on a form acceptable to the county, that will run with the land. Said notice shall be recorded in the Indian River County public records, at the applicant's expense. 15. If the use of a non -camouflaged tower is abandoned for more than twelve consecutive months, then the tower shall be dismantled and removed from the site. (a) Prior to release of an approved tower site plan, the property owner shall acknowledge in writing, in a manner acceptable to the county attorney's office, his or her responsibilities as the property owner to perform or contract to perform and pay all costs associated with dismantling and properly removing and disposing of an abandoned tower. 16. Except where superseded by applicable state or federal regulations, non -camouflaged towers shall be painted or constructed in neutral colors (e.g. non -contrasting gray or blue) to blend into the surroundina environment. Amend section 954.05(50), to read as follows. 1. Add to section 971.44(1)(e) the following: 1. Commercial communications towers over 70' tall may be approved as a special exception use on a publicly owned site in any zoning district, subject to satisfying criteria 1-16 of subsection (g) below, and subject to the following: a. The site shall be 20 acres or larcrer in size, and b. The proposed tower shall be set back from the nearest boundary of developable private property a distance equal to 3000 of the tower height. 2. Add to 971.44(1)(g) criteria the following: 17. Except for the exemptions cited below, non -camouflaged towers over 150' tall shall be separated as follows.