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S o 100 f a? SECOND WORKSHOP ON COMMMCATIONS TOWERS The Board reviewed the following memo dated 12/13/96: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator D I ON HEAD CONCURRENCE: bert M. Keat n " =4147 Community Develop ent irector /�•4- FROM: Stan Boling, AICP Planning Director DATE: December 13, 1996 SUBJECT: Second Board Workshop on Communications Towers It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its special workshop meeting of December 19, 1996. BACKGROUND: On November 13, 1996, the Board of County Commissioners held a communications tower public workshop attended by the wireless communications industry, the electrical utility industry, amateur radio representatives, officials and staff of other local governments, a wireless communications planner consultant, an FCC attorney, and the general public. During workshop discussion, the Board directed staff to meet with industry representatives and compile estimates of projected communications industry antenna site demands for the next 5-10 years, and schedule another Board workshop. Board members also indicated that their primary concern regarding towers is aesthetics. Since the November 13th workshop, staff has held two meetings with communication and electrical utility industry representatives (11/23/96 and 12/9/96) to discuss and determine industry projections and possible regulations that would address tower proliferation and aesthetic impacts. Planning staff and the county attorney have also attended a telecommunications land use seminar since the November 13th workshop. Staff has now received and compiled communication industry demand projections for Indian River County (see attachment #2), and has developed three charts (see attachment #3) that summarize strategies and regulations that address tower proliferation, tower visibility, and compatibility. As with the previous workshop, staff has invited industry representatives, interested parties, and staff and officials of other local governments to attend the December 19th workshop. The Board is now to review the information and analysis presented in this report, consider information and ideas presented at the December 19th workshop, and provide staff with direction regarding changes to the county's existing communications land development regulations (LDRs). Once such changes are reviewed and formally adopted by the Board, the current moratorium on processing applications for new towers- will be lifted. 0 DECEMBER 19, 1996 _I