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• SUBJECT: Consideration of Amending Certain Sections of LDR Chapters 911 and 971 (Wireless Facilities Final Ordinance), and Approving the Indian River County Wireless Facilities Master Plan It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of November 12, 2002. BACKGROUND On March 19, 2002, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) held its initial hearing on an "interim ordinance' containing new regulations for wireless telecommunications facilities. Subsequently, the Board, at a second hearing on April 2, 2002, adopted the interim ordinance (Ordinance 2002-016) and terminated a moratorium that had been placed on applications for new towers on new sites. That ` interim" ordinance is currently in effect. Since the interim ordinance was adopted, the county's wireless facilities consultant (CityScape) and county staff have worked on development of a wireless facilities inventory and master plan. In so doing, staff and Cityscape involved interested parties, including wireless services providers, throughout the process of developing both the master plan and the ordinance. On August 13, 2002, the Board held a public workshop and reviewed a draft wireless master plan. At that workshop, the Board directed staff to make various revisions, and those revisions have been made. At its October 8, 2002 meeting, the Board reviewed the revised master plan and indicated that it would adopt the plan in its final form. That plan is now in final form and is attached CityScape and staff have also developed a wireless facilities "final ordinance". The proposed final ordinance was reviewed by the Professional Services Advisory Committee (PSAC). At its September 19, 2002 meeting, the PSAC voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board adopt the final ordinance (see attachment #2). The final ordinance was also reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission which, at its October 10, 2002 meeting, voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board adopt the ordinance with some minor changes. Those changes have been incorporated into the proposed ordinance. The ordinance, which includes adjustments and modifications to the regulations adopted in April via the interim ordinance, is now ready for the Board's review and adoption. In addition to and in conjunction with the ordinance, the wireless facilities master plan is presented in final form for approval. The Board is now to consider the proposed LDR amendment ordinance and is to approve, approve with revisions, or deny the proposed ordinance, and is to act on the wireless master plan. AiNALYSIS Proposed Ordinance The "interim ordinance" adopted in April was comprehensive and detailed Those regulations generally tightened requirements on wireless facilities (towers), and included a prohibition on new non -stealth towers on new sites in residential and rural residential areas. All of the provisions contained in that ordinance are proposed to remain Additions are proposed to address a few "new" issues that arose during review of the NOVEMBER 12, 2002 83