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COUNTY OF ALBEAL RLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
March 16, 2011
Stephen Waller, AICP
536 Pantops Center - PMB #320
Charlottesville, VA 22911
RE: SP201000020 CenturyLink - Verizon Wireless Tier III PWSF
TMP 06100- 00- 00 -129CO
Dear Mr. Waller:
On March 9, 2011, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action on SP #201000020 to replace
three (3) existing Alltel microwave dishes and six (6) existing Alltel antennas with new antennas and
dishes at various heights on an existing 250 -foot tower. The applicant requested the use of existing
mounting brackets to mount up to twelve (12) antennas within a sectored array (which required a
waiver /modification of section 5.1.40.C.3) in addition to modifications to sections 5.1.40.C.4 and
5.1.40.C.5 on Tax Map 61, Parcel 129C in the Rio District. The special use permit was approved based
on the following conditions:
The tower shall not be increased in height;
2. All antennae, dishes and their replacements attached to the tower shall be used for personal
wireless service providers;
3. Not more than six (6) satellite or microwave dishes may be attached to the tower at one time, and
only as follows:
a. The existing six (6) foot diameter grid dish that is subject to this request may be replaced
by the specified six (6) foot diameter High Performance dish at a height that is not more
than 95.5 feet;
b. Other existing satellite and microwave dishes may be replaced on the tower by the same
type of dish, provided that the diameter of the replacement dish does not exceed the
diameter of the dish being removed, and the color of the replacement dish matches the
tower;
C. Other existing satellite and microwave dishes may be replaced on the tower by a different
type of dish if the mounting height is not more than one (1) foot above that of the dish
being removed. The lowest microwave dish located at a height of forty -six (46) feet
above ground level can be replaced and mounted at not more than twenty -nine (29) feet
above its current location on the tower. The diameter of the replacement dish does not
exceed that of the dish being removed, and the color of the replacement dish matches
the tower;
d. Other existing satellite and microwave dishes may be replaced by a different type of dish
if the proposed mounting height of the replacement dish does not satisfy the height
requirements of condition 4c with the written approval of the Zoning Administrator. This
approval shall only be granted after the submission of a microwave path survey indicating
that the proposed replacement dish will be mounted at the lowest possible height that
allows the system to function. In such a case, the path survey shall demonstrate the
reason(s) why the proposed height is the lowest possible height;
All replacement satellite or microwave dishes shall be mounted as close to the face of the
pole as structurally and mechanically possible and, in no case, shall the distance
between the back of the dish and the face of the pole be greater than eighteen (18)
inches; and
Prior to the issuance of a building permit for replacing a dish, the applicant shall provide
engineered drawings demonstrating the dimensions of the existing dish to be removed
and its replacement dish, and additional information demonstrating the mounting distance
between the pole and the dish to the Department of Building Code and Zoning Services.
4. The current owner and any subsequent owners shall submit a report to the Zoning Administrator
once (1) per year, by not later than July 1 of that year. The report shall identify each user of the
tower and that each user is a personal wireless communications service provider;
5. The permittee shall comply with Section 5.1.12c of the Zoning Ordinance; and
6. The facility shall be disassembled and removed from the site within ninety (90) days of the date
its use for personal wireless communications services purposes is discontinued. If the Zoning
Administrator determines at any time that surety is required to guarantee that the facility will be
removed as required, the permittee shall furnish to the Zoning Administrator a certified check, a
bond with surety satisfactory to the County, or a letter of credit satisfactory to the County, in an
amount sufficient for, and conditioned upon, the removal of the facility. The type of surety
guarantee shall be to the satisfaction of the Zoning Administrator and the County Attorney.
7. All work shall be done in general accord with what is described in the applicant's request and site
construction plans, entitled "Collocate Monopole Tower ", with an issued elevation view drawing
submittal date of 10/15/2010; and
The following shall be submitted to the agent after installation of the antenna and microwave
dishes is completed and prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy: (i) certification by a
registered surveyor stating the height of the antenna and microwave dishes, measured both in
feet above ground level and in elevation above mean sea level, using the benchmarks or
reference datum identified.
Please be advised that although the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action on the
project noted above, no uses on the property as approved above may lawfully begin until all
applicable approvals have been received and conditions have been met. This includes:
• compliance with conditions of the SPECIAL USE PERMIT;
• approval of and compliance with a SITE PLAN amendment; and
• approval of a ZONING COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE.
In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued is not commenced
within twenty -four (24) months from the date of Board approval, it shall be deemed abandoned and the
permit terminated. The term "commenced" means "construction of any structure necessary to the use of
the permit."
If you have questions or comments regarding the above -noted action, please do not hesitate to contact
Ron Higgins at 296 -5832.
Sincerely,
erald Gatobu
Principal Planner
Current Development Division