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Article 5: Uses <br />Section 5 10 Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br />not work technologically and that such would have the effect of <br />prohibiting the provision of service in the County. <br />(n) Structures shall be galvanized and /or painted with a rust - preventive paint <br />of an appropriate color to harmonize with the surroundings. <br />(o) Both the wireless telecommunications support structure and any and all <br />accessory or associated telecommunication equipment and related <br />facilities shall maximize the use of building materials, colors and textures <br />designed to blend with the structure to which it may be affixed and /or to <br />harmonize with the natural surroundings, this shall include the utilization <br />of stealth technology as may be required by the County. <br />(p) Antennas <br />All new or replacement antennas, except omni- directional whip <br />antennas, shall be flush- mounted or as close to flush- mounted <br />as is technologically possible on any facility, so long as such <br />does not have the effect of prohibiting the provision of service to <br />the intended service area, alone or in combination with another <br />site(s), unless the applicant can prove that it is technologically <br />impracticable. <br />(ii) If attached to a building, all antennas shall be mounted on the <br />facie of the building and camouflaged so as to match the color <br />and, if possible, texture of the building or in a manner so as to <br />make the antennas as visually innocuous and undetectable as is <br />possible given the facts and circumstances involved. <br />(q) Lighting <br />(i) The wireless support structures will not be artificially lighted <br />unless required by the FAA, FCC or other federal or state <br />agency. Where such agencies allow a choice between painting <br />the tower or installing strobe lighting, painting shall be the <br />preferred choice. <br />If lighting is legally required or proposed, the applicant shall <br />provide a detailed plan for sufficient lighting of as unobtrusive <br />and inoffensive an effect as is permissible under State and <br />federal regulations. <br />(iii) For any facility for which lighting is required under the FAA's <br />regulations, or that for any reason has lights attached, all such <br />lighting shall be affixed with technology that enables the light to <br />be seen as intended from the air, but that prevents the ground <br />scatter effect so that it not able to be seen from the ground to a <br />height of at least 12 degrees vertical for a distance of at least <br />one mile in a level terrain situation. Such device must be <br />compliant with or not in conflict with FAA regulations A physical <br />shield may be used, as long as the light is visible from the air, as <br />intended by the FAA. <br />(iv) All outdoor lighting not regulated by the FCC shall comply with <br />the Outdoor Lighting Standards set forth in Section 6.11 of this <br />Ordinance. <br />(r) The tower and antenna will not result in a significant adverse impact on <br />the view of or from any historic site, scenic road, or major view corridor. <br />(s) Facilities, including antennas, towers and other supporting structures, <br />such as guy anchor points and wires, shall be made inaccessible to <br />individuals and constructed or shielded in such a manner that they <br />cannot be climbed or collided with; and transmitters and <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -96 <br />