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Home My WebLink AboutSP199800007 Approval - County Special Use Permit 1998-06-04 e It , COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Dept. of Planning & Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, Virglllia 22902·4596 (804) 2965823 June 4, 1998 Larry Ryan 1150 Shenandoah Village Drive Waynesboro, VA 22980 RE: SP-98-07 CFW Wireless (Cook Mountain) Tax Map 98, Parccl22 Dear Mr. Ryan: The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on May 20, 1998, approved the above-noted request by CFW in accordance with provisions of Section 10.2.2.(6) to allow the construction of a telecommunications facility. Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions: I. The elevation at the top of the tower shall not exceed the height of the tallest tree within twenty-five (25) feet 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 penllitted; 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 plan entitled "Tower site for CFW Wireless CV -144" and initialed "WDF 4/6/98". " I It - , 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 colocation 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: 1. Prior to approval of a final site plan for the site or the waiver of the site plan requirement, the penllittee 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 shalI provide to the County, upon request, verifiable evidence that it has made a good faith effort to alIow such location. Verifiable evidence of a a good faith effort includes, but is not limited to, evidence that the permittee has offered to alIowother 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 shalI 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 lanlps 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 instalIation of the tower or the equipment building, or instalIation of access for vehicles or utilities, the penllittee 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 Dircctor of Planning, the penniUee shall not remove existing trees within two hundred (200) feet of the tower, the equipment building, or the vehicular or utility access; 8. The pennittee shall comply with Section 5.1.12 of the Zoning Ordinance. Fencing of the lease area shall not be required; 9. The tower shalI be disassembled and removed from the site within ninety (90) days of the date its use for wireless communications purposes is discontinued; 10. The penllittee shall submit a report to the Zoning Adr'lillistrator 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; - . . e e , ll. 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 fill slopes at 2: I or flatter; 14. The access road shalI disturb no more than seventy-five (75) feet in cross section; 15. All other equipment shalI be painted brown; 16. All lighting shall be shielded from Route 29; and 17. Electric power lines shall be buried. ln 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 pennit, the same shall be deemed abandoned and the authority granted thereunder shalI thereupon temlinate. For purposes of this section, the tenn "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 (l) 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, UuJ u~· V. Wayne~ Director of Planning & COIrm . y Development VWC/jcf cc: Amelia McCulley Jack Kelsey 3 - e e T.M ~ PARCEL i'i' M-flnrN - LJ.B. ø I PjI. i'81 \ ~ J ~ , , "- "- .... .... ~' '" "- <l, N '" "- ~ '<\ ~ ~ ..; '" <>: '" <>\ ~ I '" ~ I ~ ¡::, .... '" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ TOIIOf S/Œ AQ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . S '<ì % 1. -/ . 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