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007 boo{ 17 i11 - 202 An Ordinance to Amend the Zoning Ordinance of Lee County North Carolina Pertaining to Telecommunication Towers BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Commissioners of Lee County, North Carolina that the Zoning Ordinance of Lee County, North Carolina be, and it hereby is, amended as follows: Section 1. Amend Article VII, District Regulations, Section 3 Table of Permitted Uses by inserting in alphabetical order the following use: "Telecommunication towers" Said use shall be permitted in particular zoning districts as a Special Use upon approval by the Lee County Planning Board indicated by placing an "S" beside it under the columns headed by RA, RR, RM, CS, HC, LI, and HI. The use "radio or television tower" succeeded by "S" beside it under the columns headed by RA, RR, RM, CS, HC, LI, and HI shall be deleted from the Table of Permitted Uses. Section 2. Amend Article VII, District Regulations, Section 4.3 Regulations for Special Use Permits by deleting from the "Use: Public Utilities" subsection the references to "radio or TV towers." Section 3. Amend Article VIII, District Regulations, Section 4.3 Regulations for Special Use Permits by adding a new "Use: Telecommunication Towers " as follows: "Use: Telecommunication Towers A. Special Use Districts RA's, RR's, RM's, CS, HC, LI, HI B. Purpose and Intent It is the intent of Lee County to allow telecommunication towers for mobile telephone services and other radio and television information services which provide for the needs of its citizens while minimizing adverse visual and operational effects of such towers through careful design, placement, and screening; to avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure and falling ice; and to maximize the use of any existing towers and to reduce the number of new towers which are needed. Additionally, it is the intent of this subsection to encourage the co-location of antennas on existing towers in the County's