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Article 5: Uses 23 <br /> Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br /> section or portion must be barricaded with a suitable barrier to <br /> discourage approaching into the area in excess of the FCC's regulations, <br /> and be marked off with yellow and black striped warning tape or a <br /> suitable warning barrier, as well as placing RF radiation signs as needed <br /> and appropriate to warn individuals of the potential danger; <br /> (f) A signed statement that the applicant will expeditiously remedy any <br /> physical or RF interference with other telecommunications or wireless <br /> devices or services caused by the new installation. <br /> (3) Standards of Evaluation—Co locationsCollocations and Towers Requiring <br /> Administrative Approval <br /> (a) A proposed tower shall not be permitted if it is not substantially <br /> necessary for the telecommunications service need identified pursuant to <br /> the standards of this Ordinance. <br /> (b) Tower height shall be measured from the base of the tower to the <br /> highest point of the proposed antenna(s), with lightening rod, to be <br /> located atop the tower structure. <br /> (c) Telecommunications towers shall conform with all of the requirements of <br /> this Ordinance. <br /> (d) All towers shall be engineered to allow for co location,collocations. No <br /> co-locator shall be refused access for co locationcollocation by charging <br /> exorbitant lease fees. Public safety provider se-lecationscollocations <br /> shall take priority over other co-locators. <br /> (e) A telecommunications consultant shall provide Planning Staff assistance <br /> on exorbitant rate leases. <br /> (f) All wireless support structures shall satisfy all applicable public safety, <br /> land use, or zoning issues required in this Ordinance, including <br /> aesthetics, landscaping, land-use based location priorities, structural <br /> design, setbacks, and fall zones. <br /> (g) Applicants shall evaluate the reasonable feasibility of collocating new <br /> antennas and equipment on an existing structure or structures within the <br /> applicant's search ring. <br /> (h) Prior to issuing a building permit for the collocation of an antenna array <br /> on an existing facility, an applicant shall demonstrate that the collocation <br /> is located appropriately on the facility with the overall goal being to <br /> preserve the carrying capacity of the facility for future collocations and to <br /> minimize the visual intrusiveness and impact, including the profile of the <br /> facility. <br /> (i) In determining the necessary height for a facility, or the height of a <br /> collocation on a facility,the signal strengths analyzed shall be the <br /> threshold or lowest signal strength at which the customer equipment is <br /> designed to function, which may be required to be determined by the <br /> manufacturer's published specifications for the customer equipment. <br /> (j) Approval of the Planning Director to verify consistency with the definition <br /> of stealth facility is required. <br /> (k) All telecommunications towers shall be placed in heavily wooded areas <br /> on the site to the maximum extent possible so as to lessen the visual <br /> intrusiveness of the structure and accessory structures. <br /> (I) No tower shall be permitted to exceed its designed loading capacity. For <br /> all wireless support structures attached to existing structures, the <br /> engineer certification statement shall include certification that the <br /> structure can support the load superimposed from the wireless support <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-88 <br />