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Ordinance as Approved by BOCC <br />new tower would- not be consistent with the minimum <br />standards under Section 6.18, replacement must be <br />approved as provided for in this Ordinance. <br />6.18.3 Antennas not located on telecommunications towers <br />a) Antenna types. To minimize adverse visual impacts, stealth <br />antenna types shall be preferred. If anon-stealth antenna is <br />proposed, the application shall be required to demonstrate, in a <br />technical manner acceptable to the Planning Director or his/her <br />designee, why the stealth antenna (i.e. an antenna incorporated <br />into the architecture of the building or fully screened from view <br />from sight proximate to the antenna) cannot be used for the <br />particular application. This does not preclude a combination of the <br />various types of antennas. <br />1) Antenna dimensions.. Antenna dimensions shall be subject <br />to approval by the Planning Director or his/her designee. A <br />statement shall be submitted, prepared by a professional <br />engineer competent to evaluate antenna choices, to certify <br />the technical need for the required dimensions. <br />b) - Aircraft hazard. Prior to the issuance of a Building Permit by the <br />Inspections. Division, the application shall provide evidence that. <br />the telecommunication tower or antennas are in compliance with. <br />FAA regulations. Where an antenna will not exceed the highest <br />point of the existing structure upon which it is to be mounted, such <br />evidence shall not be required. <br />c) Stealth rooftop or building mounted antennas -not exceeding <br />twenty (20) feet above roofline of the building or support structure <br />shall be permitted in all zoning districts subject to the provisions of <br />Section 6.18.3 d) 1-5 stated below. <br />d) Building or rooftop. stealth antennas shall be subject to the <br />following minimum standards: <br />1) No commercial advertising shall be allowed on an antenna; <br />2) No signals, lights, or illumination shall be permitted on an <br />antenna, unless required by the FCC or the FAA; <br />3) Any related unmanned equipment building shall not <br />contain more than six hundred (600) square feet of gross <br />floor area per user or be more than twelve (12) feet in <br />height; <br />4) If the equipment building is located on the roof of the <br />building, the area of the equipment building shall not <br />occupy more than twenty-five (25) percent of the roof area, <br />and shall comply with all State of North Carolina Building <br />