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Home My WebLink AboutSP199800009 Action Letter COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Dept of Plannlflg & Comrlllll1lty Development 401 Mcintire Road Charlottesville, Virgll1ia 229024596 (H04) 296 5823 July 13, 1998 Larry Ryan CFW Wireless 1150 Shenandoah Village Drive Waynesboro, VA 22980 RE: SP-98-08 Crossroads Tax Map 87, Parcel 7A Dear Mr. Ryan: The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on July 1, 1998, approved the above-noted petition. Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions: 1. The elevation at the top of the tower shall not exceed the height of the tallest tree within twenty-five (25) feet down slope of the tower. The applicant shall provide a certified statement on the height of the tallest tree. Antenna may extend seven (7) feet above the height of the tower. Equipment extending above the tower shall not exceed three (3) inches in diameter. 2. The tower shall be designed, constructed and maintained as follows: a. The tower shall be of treated wood; b. Guy wires shall not be permitted; c. The tower shall have no lighting; and d. The tower shall not be painted. 3. The tower shall be located on the site as follows: a. The tower shall be located as shown on the attached survey entitled "Tower site for CFW Wireless CV-143, dated Revised June 30,1998." 4. Antennas may be attached to the tower only as follows: a. Antenna shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) fiberglass antenna not to exceed seven (7) feet in height or three (3) inches in diameter. These antenna shall be painted brown or a color to match the pole; and 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 other wireless telecommunications providers to locate antennas on the tower and equipment on the site, subject to these conditions: (1) Prior to approval of a final site plan for the site or the waiver of the site plan requirement, 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. Verifiable 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 controlled by another provider within Albemarle County. 6. Each outdoor luminaire shall be fully shielded such that all light emitted is projected below a horizontal plane running through the lowest part of the shield or shielding part of the luminaire. For purposes of this condition, a "Iuminaire" 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. Outdoor lighting shall be 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 the 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 I unless retaining walls, revetments, or other stabilization measures acceptable to the County Engineer are employed; 1:1 The access road shall be built with side slopes on cut and fìll slopes at 2: I or flatter. 14 The access road shall disturb no more than seventy-fìve (75) fed in cross section. 15 All other equipment shall be painted brown. 16. All lighting shall be shielded fì'om ROllte 29 17. Electric lower lines shall be buried, and 18. Prior to any construction the site shall be field verifìed by the Planning Director to assure it is in the location identifìed by the agreement of the property owner, applicant and County staff In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued shall not be commenccd within eighteen (18) months af1er the issuancc 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 fì'om the date ofthc issuancc thercofwhich is thereatìcr completcd within onc (I) year Before beginning this use, you must obtain a zoning clearance fi'om the Zoning Department Bcfore thc Zoning Department will isslIc a clearance, you must comply with the conditions in this letter. For further information, please call Jan Sprinkle at 296-5875 I f you should ha ve any quest ions or comment s rcgard ing the abovc-not ed act ion, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, if I 1(1 ( C i (Jh 1/ t ¿( v ! ___ "~( V. Wayn<!Cilimberg Director of Planning(& Commllnity Development VWC/jcf Cc Amelia McCulley Jack Kelsey TOWER SI!T FOR C I W WIM/I,)S CI/ - 1'13 Pfr;OPER Ii" 01 IFI?NON /. 8 c: ,?lCA/F SHIFRITT SAARII! MILLFN OI.5/RIC!" /l/blAfARLF ('C~/ ,S'DlL r- I" ~ 50' I I B. L~ 199,'/ ,I.W I/AI?/r'IS: 1..5: SIII·l!?!) Ofr'AFl ~-:'1. . . ) pill I', ¡,þ it' I ~. III, /" Þ (,II I, ,¡illl I'" pl"'¡ l p,ll. "-1/)#.,:/1,"'" /,'.J.I,'( 1/ .7 ¡ 'll '¡"," /'~!. / / { /!'__r:: 1:~~_~ (Y t ¡',',oN, '¿>' / \'" I \,ll !'~ -- I -r II I " ~~, 1 '~~.> II' \ ". 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