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Memo To: Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners From: Susie Zakraisek, AICP, Planning and Zoning Manager CC: File Date: August 27, 2007 Re: Text Amendment C2007-08-ZT-Wireless Telecommunication Services Attached you will find proposed changes to the existing text far the regulation of Wireless Telecommunication Services. Senate Bill 831, ratified on August 2, 2007, includes several changes regarding the regulation of Wireless Telecommunications Services as well as criteria for streamlining and simplifying some of the review processes associated with Wireless Telecommunication Services. Because of the changes in the statutes, the current language in the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance needs to be amended to reflect the changes in the state statutes. Changes to the statutes include that criterion for review of new wireless telecommunications services towers address public safety, land development and zoning issues only. The changes prevent development review agencies from requiring information on or evaluating an applicant's business decisions about its designed service, customer demand for its service or quality to or from a particular area or site. The changes also permd government review agencies to charge fees that are considered "usual and customary' and fixed in advance. Regarding co-locations, the bill establishes that processes for co-locations should be more streamlined and that reviews must have time limits. The last, but possibly most notable change as a result of the legislation is that condtional use permits issued for these types of projects are valid for a minimum of 2 years. This is a significant change since most conditional use permit processes limit the life of the conditional use permit to one year. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to adopt the standards on August 16, 2007. Please review the materials and be prepared to vote on the proposed revisions to the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance. G-3