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Home My WebLink AboutSP199700063 Action Letter e e COUNTY OF ALBEMAHLE Dept of Plannll1g & Comnllll1lty Development 40 I Mcln tift' Hoad Chdrlot tesville, Virginia 22Y024596 (804) 296 5823 April 3, 1998 Bruce MaruhotT Central Virginia Electric Cooperative POBox 247 Lovingston, V A 22949 RE: SP-97-63 Central Virginia Electric Coiop (Cash's Corner Substation) Tax Map 50, Parcel 45C Dear Mr, Maruhoff: The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on March 18, 1998, unanimously approved a request to install a communications tower inside the fenced area at an existing electrical substation, Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions: 1. The height of the tower shall not exceed seventy-tive (75) feeL Lightning suppression equipment not exceeding three (3) inches in diameter may extend up to an additional twelve (12) feet above the top of the tower; 2. The tower shall be designed, constructed and maintained as follows: a. The tower shall be wood. Guy wires shall not be permitted; b. The tower shall have no lighting; and c. The tower shall not be painted and shall be natural wood color, 3. The tower shall be located on the site as shown on the attached plan entitled "Cash's Corner Substation" and initialed "SET 12/15/97"; e e Page 2 April 3, 1998 4. Antennas may be attached to the tower only as follows: a. Antenna shall be limited to a single Yagi antenna not to exceed two (2) feet in length or seven (7) inches in diameter, The antenna type shall be as shown on an untitled plan for a SCAOA 900Mhz Substation Structure which is initialed "SET 12/15/97"; 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 wireless telecommunications providers to locate antennas on the tower and equipment on the site, subject to these conditions: 1. Prior to approval of a building permit, the permittee shall execute a letter of intent stating that it will make a good faith efTort to allow such location and will negotiate in good faith with such other provider requesting to locate on the tower or thi 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 f~lith 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 though 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; 7. Prior to beginning construction or instöllation of the tower, the permittee shall obtain authorization from County staff to remove existing trees on the site. The County stalf shall identify which trees may be removed for such construction or installation. Except for the tree removal expressly authorized by County staff: the permittee shall not remove existing trees within two hundred (200) feet of the tower; 8. The permittee shall comply with Section 5.1.12 of the Zoning Ordinance; 9. The tower shall be disassemblcd and removed ÍÌ"om thc sitc within ninety (90) days or thc date its use for wireless communications purposes is discontinued; _ ,. o,þ. ..~ - e Page 3 April 3, 1998 10. The permittee shall submit a report to thc Zoning Administrator once per year, by not later than July 1 of that year, identifying the users and purposes for which the tower is being used; and 11. Staff approval ofa landscape plan according to Section 32.7.9.8 of the Zoning Ordinance to provide a butTer on all sides (except the side shared with the VEPCO substation). No screening shall be required which will interfere with the access to the property. In the cvent that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued shall not be commcnced within eighteen (18) months after the issuance of such pcrmit, the same shall be decmed abandoned and the authority granted thereunder shall thercupon terminate. For purposes of this scction, 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 thc date of the issuance thereof which is thereafter completed within one (I) year, Beforc beginning this use, you must obtain a zðning c1carance from the Zoning Department. Beforc the Zoning Department will issue a clearance, you must comply with the conditions in this lettcr, For further information, please call Jan Sprinkle at 296-5875. I f you should havc any questions or comments rcgarding thc abovc-noted action, pI case do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, " ()ÚJ V. Waync 'ilimber~/-~ Dircctor of Plannin~ Commu ity Development VWC(jcr ~.. j cc: Amelia McCulley Jack Kelsey '\ '¡~ [') ~J\ ,. - II I" III . : ,. " I~, " 'Ii I I .' ~r; I. 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