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a f" l ORDINANCE NO. 2002- 016 reimbursement pursuant to this section shall abate the pending application until paid in full. Sec. 7. Abandonment. (a) In the event all legally approved use of any wireless communications facility has been discontinued for a period of six (6) months, the facility shall be deemed to be abandoned. Determination of the date of abandonment shall be made the Plannins4 Director who shall have the right to request documentation and/or affidavits from the facility owner regarding the issue of wireless communications facility usa ze, including evidence that use of the wireless communications facility is imminent. (b) At such time as the Planning Director reasonably determines that a wireless communications facility is abandoned, the Planning Director shall provide the facility owner with written notice of an abandonment determination by certified mail. Failure or refusal by the owner to respond within sixty (60) days of receipt of such notice shall constitute prima facie evidence that the wireless communications facility has been abandoned. () If the owner of the wireless communications facility fails to respond or fails to demonstrate that the wireless communications facility is not abandoned, the facility shall be considered abandoned and the owner of the facility shall have an additional one hundred twenty (120) days within which to: (i) reactivate the use of the wireless communications facility or transfer the wireless communications facility to another owner who makes actual use of the facility within the one -hundred -twenty -day period, or (ii) dismantle and remove the wireless communications facility. (d) Prior to issuance of a building permit for a wireless communications facility, the underlying, 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 wireless communications facility. Sec. 8. Wireless Master Plan An applicant for a wireless communication facility may elect to participate in the County's Wireless Master Plan ("Plan"). Participants in the Plan will not be required to have a public hearingow proposed facility included in the Plan and will not be assessed the expert review fee set forth in 971.44(5) Section 6 above, but will be required to pay building 12ermit fees and the wireless master plan fee established below. To develop and maintain the Plan the County's consultant shall use signal propagation UILESERVERTUBLIC\Community Development\Users\CurDev\ORDIANCE\wireless ordinancepzc31402.doc