Master Telecommunications Plan Map
Upcoming Public Hearing:
The Master Telecommunications Plan Map (MTP Map) will be discussed on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Quarterly Public Hearing of the Orange County Board of County Commissioner and Planning Board held at the Department of Social Services, Hillsborough Commons, 113 Mayo St., Hillsborough, North Carolina, for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the item.
Purpose:
The purpose of the MTP Map is to identify potential properties where telecommunication providers are encouraged to develop, redevelop, modify, or expand telecommunication facilities. The plan is further intended to illustrate an efficient distribution of telecommunication facilities that will benefit the public at large. The MTP Map, once adopted, may be modified on an annual basis at the February Quarterly Public Hearing.
Approval of the MTP Map only pre-identifies potential telecommunication sites. It does not formally approve a specific application for the shown properties allowing for the development of telecommunication towers nor does it exempt providers from obtaining all required permit approvals consistent with the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. The Zoning Ordinance may or may not require the issuance of a special use permit. Towers 150 feet in height or less on County property, irrespective of being included on the MTP Map, are approved administratively rather than requiring a Class B Special Use Permit, as per section 6.18.1. Private sites, to be eligible for administrative approval, must be less than 150 feet in height and either lease the tower to the public for public safety purposes or allow the public to collocate antennas on the tower at no charge.
No formal applications proposing the development of telecommunication facilities have been received or will be approved through this scheduled public hearing.
For further information regarding this topic please contact the Planning Department at (919) 245-2575.