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LEITHEAD TODD: Apartment building or something like that -? METTLER: Right, right, everything that was in here -. LEITHEAD TODD: You would just be able to do it. METTLER: The V, CN, or, wait a minute, permitted in Residential Ag and Family Ag, right, the RS, RD, RM, RCX, RA, FA, A and IA. LEITHEAD-TODD: Perhaps in the interest of expediting this, if the, if the Commission wanted to approve this with a recommendation that the Planning Department come up with a proposed amendment to allow for co-location of antennas on existing structures, then we could come up with some language that we would then take to the County Council. IWASHITA: Okay. Because what I see is that, I guess the end result of what’s being suggested is that only if a separate tower is being requested to be built, then it comes to this body for a use permit. If the antennas are going to be attached to an existing Ag building or Residential building they would like to just follow the Planning Department Director’s approval process; and that seems reasonable. Yeah, so I, Mr. Chair, I would move that the -. DOMINGO: Just -. WOODWARD: I think Commissioner Domingo had a comment. IWASHITA: Oh, sorry. DOMINGO: Just one question. You know, Mr. Iwashita, you said if there’s an Ag building and if they want to come and put an antenna, they can just do it without any permit application -? IWASHITA: Right. DOMINGO: Approval? IWASHITA: So if my friend up at Sunrise Ridge wanted to make a deal with a telecommunication company to attach an antenna to their million dollar house that they could do so with basically Department’s approval and not have to go through a use permit process with the Commission. DOMINGO: I can’t accept that, no way. METTLER: But you still have your -. You know, plan approval makes sure that you comply with setbacks and height requirements; and it does talk, it does review the aesthetics of the application. And I think -. 7 EXHIBIT C