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7 <br />3) No commercial advertising shall be allowed on an antenna; <br />4) No signals, lights, or illumination shall be permitted on an <br />antenna, unless required by the FCC or the FAA; <br />5) Any related unmanned equipment building shall not contain more <br />than six hundred (600) square feet of gross floor area per user or <br />be more than twelve (12) feet in height; <br />6) If the equipment building is located on the roof of the building, <br />the area of the equipment building shall not occupy more than <br />twenty-five (25) percent of the roof area, and shall comply with <br />all State of North Carolina Building Code requirements for the <br />proposed and existing building; <br />7) Antennas may be located on poles owned or controlled by the <br />County or by a utility provider pursuant to the following <br />regulations: <br />a) The maximum height of the pole with antenna shall not <br />exceed seventy (70) feet in height; and <br />b) The utility poles shall be located on public property, <br />within public easements, or public rights-of-way. <br />c) The antenna shall be of a size and placement that is <br />structurally compatible with the engineering design of the <br />pole pursuant to the North Carolina State Building Code <br />and attested to by a professional engineer licensed in <br />the State of North Carolina, and competent to evaluate <br />• antenna choices. <br />d) The antenna shall not extend more than ten (10) feet <br />above the existing pole height. If the pole is replaced to <br />withstand the addition of telecommunications equipment, <br />then the same restriction shall apply except that the <br />utility pole may be twenty (20) feet higher than the <br />adjacent pole heights. <br />e) Placement of an antenna on a utility pole shall only be <br />on poles owned or operated by a public utility authorized <br />to operate in the County, a County franchisee, or Orange <br />County. <br />f) All relocation costs associated with any relocation of the <br />antenna necessitated by roadway or sidewalk <br />improvements shall be borne by the telecommunications <br />provider. <br />