HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP199700066 Approval - County Special Use Permit 1998-05-01
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Dept. of Planning & Community Deve!opment
401 Mcintire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 229024596
(804) 2965823
May 1, 1998
Larry Ryan
CFW Wireless
1150 Shenandoah Village Drive
Waynesboro, VA 22980
RE: SP-97-66 CFW Wireless, CV 110, Covesville
Tax Map 109, Parcel 9C
Dear Mr. Ryan:
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on April 15, 1998, approved the
above-noted Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions:
I. The tower height 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 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. Guy wires shall be not permitted.
b, The tower shall have no lighting.
c. The tower shall not be painted.
3. The tower shall be located on the site as shown on the attached plan entitled
"Tower Site for CFW Wireless CV-IIO" and initialed "WDF 1/29/98,"
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4, Antennas may be attached to the tower only as follows:
a, Antenna shall be limited to two (2) fiberglass whip type antenna, not to
exceed seven (7) feet in height or three (3) inches in diameter.
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.
(I) 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.
(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.
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6, Each outdoor luminaire shall be fully shielded such that all light emitted is
projected below a horizontal plane running though the lowest 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.
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 County staff to remove existing trees on the site, The County
staff shall identify which trees may be removed for such construction or
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installation, Except for the tree removal expressly authorized by County stafT, 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, I. 12 of the Zoning Ordinance.
9. The tower shall be disassembled and removed from the site within ninety (90) days
of the date its use for wireless communications 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 telecommunication service provider.
11. 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;
13. The access road shall be built with side slopes on cut and fill slopes at 2: 1 or flatter.
14. The access road shall disturb no more than seventy-five (75) feet in cross section.
15. No fencing shall be erected.
16, Any equipment located on the ground shall be painted dark green or brown.
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.
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cc:
Jack Kelsey
Amelia McCulley
William Lackey & India Cheeson
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