HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP199900040 Approval - County Special Use Permit 1999-08-26
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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Dept. of Planning & Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
(804) 296-5823
August 26, 1999
Dick Shearer
CF\V Wireless
1150 Shenandoah Village Drive
Waynesboro, VA 22980
RE: SP-99-40 Crossroads-CV143
Tax Map 87, Parcel 7A
Dear ;vIr. Shearer:
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on August 18, 1999. unanimously
approved the above-noted request to remove two whip antennas and attach two panel antennas
on an existing telecommunications pole. Please note that this approval is subject to the following
conditions:
1. The height of the tower and panel antenna atop of the tower shall not exceed seven (7) feet
above the elevation of the tallest tree \vithin twenty-tlve (25) feet of the tower. The applicant
shall provide a certified statement on the height of the tallest tree
J The tower shall be designed, constructed and maintained as follows:
a. The tower shall be of treated wood.
b. Guy \vires shall not be permitted;
c. The to\ver shall have no lighting:
d. The tower shall not be painted:
3. The tower shall be located on the site as shown on the attached plan entitled "To\ver Site for
CFW Wireless CV-143" dated Revised June 30.1998:
4. Antennas may be attached to the tower only as follows:
a. Antennas shall be limited to two (2) panel antenna mounted as shO\vn on the attached
photo:
b. Satellite and microwave dish antennas are prohibited:
5. The tower shall be used. or have the potential to be used. for the collocation of other
wireless telecommunications providers. as follows:
a. The permittee shall allow wireless telecommunications providers to locate antennas
on the tower and equipment on the site. subject to these conditions:
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(1) Prior to approval of a final site plan for the site or the waiver of the site
plan requirements, the permittee shall execute a letter of intent stating that
it will make a good faith effort to allow such location and will negotiate in
good faith with such other provider requesting to locate on the tower or
the site; and
(2) The permittee shall provide to the County, upon request, verifiable
evidence that it has made a good faith effort to allow such location.
Veritlable evidence of a good faith effort includes, but is not limited to.
evidence that the permittee has offered to allow other providers to locate
on the tower and site in exchange for reciprocal rights on a tower and site
owned or controlIed by another provider within Albemarle County.
6. Each outdoor luminair shall be fully shielded such that all light emitted is projected below a
horizontal plane running through the lowest part of the luminaire. For purposes of this
condition, a "luminaire" is a complete lighting unit consisting of a lamp or lamps together
with the parts designed to distribute the light, to position and protect the lamps, and to
connect the lamps to the power supply. Lighting limited to periods of maintenance only;
7. Prior to beginning construction or installation of the tower or the equipment building, or
installation of access for vehicles or utilities. the permittee shall obtain authorization from the
Director of Planning to remove existing trees on the site. The Director of Planning shall
identify which trees may be removed for such construction or installation. Except for the tree
removal expressly authorized by Director of Planning, the permittee shall not remove
existing trees within two hundred (200) feet of the tower, the equipment building. or the
vehicular or utility access;
8. The permittee shall comply with section 5.1.12 of the Zoning Ordinance. Fencing of the lease
area shall not be required;
9. The tower shall be disassembled and removed from the site within ninety (90) days of the
date its use for wireless telecommunications purposes is discontinued;
10. The permittee shall submit a report to the Zoning Administrator once per year, by not later
than July 1 of that year. The report shall identify each user of the tower and shall identify
each user that is a wireless telecommunications service provider;
II. Minimum allowable radius for horizontal curvature of the access road shall be forty (40) feet;
12. No slopes associated with construction of the tower and accessory uses shall be created that
are steeper than 2: 1 unless retaining walls, revetments, or other stabilization measures
acceptable to the County Engineer are employed;
13. The access road shall be built with side slopes on cut and tìll slopes at 2: 1 or f1atter;
14. The access road shall disturb no more than seventy-tive (75) feet in cross section:
15. All other equipment shall be painted brown:
16. All lighting shall be shielded from Route 29;
17. Electric power lines shall be buried; and
18. Prior to any construction the site shall be field veri tied by the Planning Director to assure it is
in the location identified by the agreement of the property owner, applicant and County staff.
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In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued shall not
be commenced within eighteen (18) months after the issuance of such permit, the same shall be
deemed abandoned and the authority granted thereunder shall thereupon terminate. For purposes
of this section, the term "commenced" shall be construed to include the commencement of
construction of any structure necessary to the use of such permit within two (2) years from the
date of the issuance thereof which is thereafter completed within one (1) year.
Before beginning this use, you must obtain a zoning clearance from the Zoning Department.
Before the Zoning Department will issue a clearance, you must comply with the conditions in
this letter. For further information, please call Jan Sprinkle at 296-5875.
If you should have any questions or comments regarding the above-noted action, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
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David B. Benish
Chief of Planning & Community Development
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Cc: Amelia McCulley
Jack Kelsey
Tex Weaver
Steve Allshouse
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