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STATUS OF APPLICATIONS FOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY COORDINATION PROCESSED
THROUGH 09/05/2007

Description

Number

% of Received

% Recommended

Total Applications Received

1104

Total Recommended

970

88%

BREAKDOWN BY ZONING CATEGORY

Existing Bldgs/Structures/Monopoles-By Right

964

87%

Recommended

884

92%

New Monopoles -By Right

Recommended

68%

New Monopole with Public Use -(Mandatory Referral)

Recommended

61%

New Monopoles/Towers -(Special Exception)

Recommended

60%

BREAKDOWN BY OWNERSHIP CATEGORY

Private property

868

79%

Recommended

787

91%

Public property

236

21%

Recommended

183

78%

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSMISSION FACILITIES COORDINATING GROUP
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AS OF 09/05/2007

	Number Received	Number Withdrawn	Pending	Tabled or Denied	Number Recommended	Percent Recommended
All Applications	1104	92	19	23	970	88%

Existing Structures	964	56	17	7	884	92%
Private Property	794	37	12	4	741	93%
Public Property	170	19	5	3	143	84%

New Monopoles/ Towers	140	36	2	16	86	61%
Private Property (By Right)	22	7	0	0	15	68%
Private Property (Special Exception)	52	15	1	5	31	60%
Public Property	66	14	1	11	40	61%

Results: To date, 1,104 applications have been submitted to the Tower Committee for review, of which 970 were recommended for approval on a total of 397 different sites in the county. Maximum use of existing facilities has been achieved, and new monopoles have been designed to accommodate collocation by other future carriers. Of those recommended for approval:

§ 787 (81%) were on private land;

§ 183 (19%) were on public land;

§ 884 (91%) were attached to existing structures (commercial buildings, churches, water towers);

§ 86 recommendations to erect new monopoles: 15 by right; 40 in conjunction with a public use; and just 31 required Special Exception hearings;

§ 47% of the new monopoles are already being used for co-location by other carriers: 8 have two carriers, 10 have three carriers, 7 have four carriers, 7 have five carriers, 5 have six carriers, and 4 have seven carriers, and one has 8 carriers on the same monopole.

Last edited:09/12/2007