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i <br />f ORDINANCE TO PLANNING BOARD (DRAFT) 55 <br />a) County staff will utilize the services of a registered <br />professional engineer to confirm the statement <br />made in item 5) above. No tower shall be permitted <br />to exceed its designed loading capacity. For all <br />towers attached to existing structures, the statement <br />shall include certification that the structure can <br />support the load superimposed from the tower. All <br />towers shall have the capacity to permit multiple <br />users; at a minimum monopole towers shall <br />accommodate two (2) users and self-support/lattice <br />or guyed towers shall, at a minimum accommodate <br />three (3) users. <br />pl Standards of evaluation. <br />1) Tower height shall be measured from the base of the <br />*tower to the highest point of the proposed <br />antennas) to be located atop the tower structure. <br />2) Telecommunication towers shall conform with all of <br />the requirements of Sections 8.8.17a.1a (a-o) and <br />8.8.17a.2 of the Zoning <br />Ordinance. <br />fl Tower Inspection. <br />1) Telecommunication tower owners shall submit a <br />report to the County Inspections Division certifying <br />structural and electrical Integrity upon completion of <br />the Initial construction and at intervals as specified <br />In this Section <br />2) Inspection records shall be kept by the tower owner <br />and made available upon request to the Inspections <br />Division during regular business hours. <br />a) At least once every thirty -six (36) months, or <br />thirty -six (36) months from the date of a co <br />location approval a structural engineer who <br />is regularly involved in the maintenance, <br />inspection and/or erection of <br />telecommunication towers shall inspect the <br />tower and submit a report submitted to the <br />Inspections Division within a reasonable <br />time thereafter. At a minimum, this <br />Inspection shall be conducted in accordance <br />with the provisions of this Ordinance and in <br />accordance with the tower inspections check <br />list provided in the EiA -222 (as amended <br />from time to time). Thls'is considered a <br />major inspection review. <br />