((QYLURQPHQWDO'HVLJQ(OHPHQW <br /> <br />7KH(QYLURQPHQWDO'HVLJQ(OHPHQWLVFRQFHUQHGZLWKWKDWEURDGSURFHVVZKLFK <br />PROGVWKHYDULRXVFRPSRQHQWVRIWKHXUEDQDUHDLQWRDGLVWLQFWLYHOLYDEOHIRUP <br />WKDWSURPRWHVDKLJKTXDOLW\RIOLIH <br /> <br />7KH0HWUR3ODQPXVWJREH\RQGPDNLQJWKHXUEDQDUHDPRUHHIILFLHQWDQG <br />EHWWHURUJDQL]HGWRDOVRHQVXUHWKDWWKHDUHDLVDSOHDVDQWDWWUDFWLYHDQG <br />GHVLUDEOHSODFHIRUSHRSOHWROLYHZRUNDQGSOD\7KH(QYLURQPHQWDO'HVLJQ <br />(OHPHQWLVFRQFHUQHGZLWKKRZSHRSOHSHUFHLYHDQGLQWHUDFWZLWKWKHLU <br />VXUURXQGLQJV3HUFHSWLRQVRIOLYDELOLW\JUHDWO\GLIIHUEHWZHHQLQGLYLGXDOVVR <br />JHQHUDOL]DWLRQVFRQFHUQLQJWKLVHOHPHQWQHHGWREHFDUHIXOO\GUDZQ0DQ\ <br />GLIIHUHQWLQGLFDWRUVRIOLYDELOLW\KDYHEHHQLGHQWLILHGVXFKDVWKHQXPEHUVRI <br />ORFDOHGXFDWLRQDOPHGLFDODQGUHFUHDWLRQDOIDFLOLWLHVDQGQDWXUDO <br />HQYLURQPHQWDOFRQGLWLRQV1RWDOOWKHVHLQGLFDWRUVDUHGLUHFWO\FRQFHUQHGZLWK <br />HQYLURQPHQWDOGHVLJQVKRZLQJWKDWWKHFRQFHSWRIOLYDELOLW\LVLQIOXHQFHGE\DOO <br />HOHPHQWVRIWKH0HWUR3ODQ7KLVHOHPHQWIRFXVHVRQVRPHRIWKHIHDWXUHVRIWKH <br />QDWXUDODQGEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWWKDWDIIHFWWKHTXDOLW\RIOLIH <br /> <br />Clearly, the context of Metro Plan Policy E.4 is intended to refer to the broad <br />range of characteristics affecting local quality of life in the neighborhood. <br />Specifically, it states that private facilities shall be designed and located in a <br />manner that preserves and enhances desirable features of local and <br />neighborhood areas and promotes their sense of identity. <br /> <br />Since quality of life and desirable features are something perceived by <br />individuals, they are ultimately a subjective gauge which is difficult to measure <br />directly with any precise numbers or data. However people have a general sense <br />of what is meant by these terms. <br /> <br />A suitable proxy which can objectively measure positive or negative impacts to <br />quality of life and the desirability of a neighborhood, is the impact to property <br />values. Relative property values, and changes to property values, measure <br />differences in the desirability of a neighborhood. Therefore, if cell towers can be <br />shown to have a negative impact to property values, then this can serve as an <br />objective and factual basis for demonstrating that desirable features have not <br />been preserved and enhanced, as required to comply with Policy E.4. <br /> <br />This argument is made in part to legitimize all testimony submitted into the <br />record for this case related to property value diminution caused by new cell <br /> <br />Fodor & Associates - Page 12 <br />