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BOOK 99 F -AGE 575 <br />restrictions on amateur radio towers. The ordinance also would not apply to <br />any tower application which was accepted in completed form before the <br />effective date _of this ordinance or to any governmental utility or EMS <br />towers. <br />The ordinance has been properly advertised as a regular County ordinance; <br />therefore, it does not need any special treatment as an emergency ordinance <br />and is ready for adoption by the Board by a vote of three commissioners. <br />Planning Director Stan Boling reviewed 5 exceptions to the <br />ordinance as follows: <br />EXCEPTIONS TO TOWER MORATnRIUM <br />1) COMPLETE APPLICATIONS FOR TOWERS FILED PRIOR TO <br />THIS DATE <br />2) GOVERNMENT OR EMERGENCY SERVICES TOWERS <br />3) REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TOWERS <br />4) AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES <br />5) ANTENNAS PUT ON EXISTING STRUCTURES (Total <br />Height Not To Exceed 110W) <br />With respect to the first exception above, Director Boling <br />advised of two recent applications which have not yet been <br />approved. One is scheduled to come before the Board for approval <br />on December 3rd. Another application came in yesterday afternoon <br />and was reviewed by staff this morning and appeared to be complete. <br />Director Boling explained that the 5th exception above was <br />being proposed for consideration since the current tower ordinance <br />would not allow for antennas to be placed on existing structures. <br />The proposed 110% height limitation is in the proposed LDR <br />amendment that has gone to the Planning and Zoning Commission. <br />In response to Commissioner Macht's concern, Community <br />Development Director Bob Keating advised that all regulations do <br />include TV transmitting towers. He also wished to emphasize that <br />during the 6 -month period of the moratorium, staff would be <br />diligently working on this proposed ordinance. While they have <br />already done a lot of work, there is still quite a bit more to be <br />accomplished. He specified that the Workshop will be held November <br />13, 1996, at 1:30 p.m. He advised there would be more meetings <br />forthcoming concerning co -location, RF engineering, stealthing, <br />set -backs, buffers, and other issues which need to be addressed in <br />depth. He emphasized that the 6 -month moratorium was not before <br />them just to stop towers from being built. There is still a great <br />deal of work to be done, as well as required procedures, such as <br />advertising, meeting notices, and so forth. <br />58 <br />November 5, 1996 <br />