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Each of these 14 criteria has been addressed by the applicant, subject to the conditions outlined in staff's recommendation, below. 16. Dedications and Improvements: The LDRs do not require any dedications or improvements connected with the proposed development of this site. Based on the analysis performed, staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners grant special exception use approval for the requested -tower with the following conditions: 1. That prior to site plan release, the applicant shall obtain a county "airport construction permit". 2. That prior to site plan release, the applicant shall execute an agreement acceptable to the County Attorney's Office that acknowledges the tower shall be available for other parties and interests. 3. That prior to site plan release, the applicant shall document to the County Attorney's Office satisfaction that .no residences will be allowed within the tower's fall radius. Planning Director Stan Boling reviewed the project and advised that AT&T also has other applications in process at this time. The Planning & Zoning Commission voted 4-2 to grant this special exception. In response to a question by Chairman Adams, Director Boling advised that AT&T leases the tower area; however, the radius of the tower is much larger than the leased area so an agreement between all the property owners is required that no residences will be allowed within the fall area of the tower. The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Cliff Hertz, attorney for AT&T, stated that AT&T has 4 towers in the east portion of the county and is looking for permission for 2 more in the western area. Mr. Hertz explained that when the demand for use of the equipment grows, there is a greater need for more sites. Generally they look for tall structures which could be used as a tower base and secondly, they approach the owners of existing communications towers and evaluate whether the current user would interfere with their use. In this particular case, none of these facilities were available. AT&T is not in the tower building business but this is a last resort in order to adequately fill the demand for service. Curt Nicconin, project engineer for AT&T, presented an overhead showing the present AT&T coverage in the County and the 2 additional proposed sites that would fill in the western part of the County and give seamless coverage along I-95 and SR -60. AUGUST 13, 1996 43 800.,,' _ 7856