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Memorandum
Date:
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To:
CC:
Board of County Commissioners
Greg Butler, Sr. Planner
0710612000
Request for Decision Concerning a Proposed Telecommunication Tower on Webster Hill
The magrritude of this telecommunication tower warrants a determfuEtion by the Board of County
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Commiisioners on procedgre. Is this telecommunication large enough and inuxsive enough that the
ptaruring Commission rwiew the proposal and make recommendation. Or, do we proceed dfuectly to a
1.,,4- schedule meeting of the Board of County Commissioners?
md4pfr*t is proposing to construct an 80-foot high telecommurication tower on Webster Hill, photo-
Siifiif, utt".f,.a. W.irt , Hill is approximately 350 feet high and sits asride the I-70 corridor. This
EAp;iU,.tS.'l"cared in Study Area If of tfre Comprehensive Plan. While this part of Garfield County
ii.mi;*mA ered a Visual Corridor the size and proposed location coupled with the County's
db"ffigfunt of co-location, this site as proposed could very easily become a visual eyesore.
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ffri#,:rie:.tWo section of the Zoning Code that this proposal must be weighed against before the
aAmanaution of approval or denial can be made. Section 5.03, number 3 of the Garfield County
Zami,fi*"lution dealing with Conditional and Special Uses states: lesign of the use is organized
ia,,Aiii*o" impacts on oidVo* adjacent uses of land through installation of screenfences or
iiiat"op, maierials on the periphery of the lot and by location of intensively utilized areas' access
points,iignUng and signs ii such a manner as to protect established neighborhood character.
The proposediower, ai presented to the planning department, cannot be adequately screened to
rninimize its visual impacts on the surrounding area.
Further in the same Section, 5.03. t3 Broadcasting Studio and/or Communication Facility: Szch
broadcasting studios and/or communicationfacilities shall be approved by the Federal
Communicaiion Commission @CC) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), where
appropriate @8a-78; 97-60). In addition, the following standards will be used in the review
application for a communication facility:l. -All
facilities shall comply with frequency emission requirements of the FCC and any
facility in compliance cannot be denied.
2. The co-location of telecommunicationfacilities on one site is encouraged and the denial
ofa landowner/lissor ofthe co-location ofa site shall be based on technical reasons, not
competitive interests. It is the County's policy to minimize the number of communication
facilities by the encouragement of co-locating such facilities'j. -A
freestan-ding telecommunication facility, including antennas, shall not exceed the
maximum stricture height in the applicable zone district unless an exception is approved
by the Board based on the applicant demonstrating the following:
July 6, 2000
Use of existing landforms, vegetation and structures to aid in
screening the facility from view or blending in with the surrounding
built natural environment
Design, material and colors of antenna and their support structures
shall be compatible with the sarrounding environment, and monopole
support structures shall taperfrom the base to the tip.
It'ii consistent with existing communication facilities on the same site.
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