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W <br />Article 5: Uses <br />Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br />(2) Attendees shall include all carriers and tower companies who have either /Cf0i'L <br />applications the previous year or anyone who has expressed an interest i ng <br />an application to construct a telecommunication support facility within t nty. <br />(3) Th e County shall notify each party of the date, time, and pl/oth eeting no <br />later than 30 days prior to the meeting. <br />( Those individuals /firms intent on submitting development are <br />expected to attend the meeting. While a lack of attendanc vent the <br />submittal of an application, it will prevent the applicant's ility to participate in <br />e discussions outlining the areas of concentration for e location of <br />to communication support structures for that given Aar. <br />(D) Applications the development of telecommunication syr(port structures shall be <br />processed in acoQrdance with the provisions of this Or nance. <br />5.10.4 Existing Wireless Telecomigunications Support Strucores <br />(1) Telecommunica ns equipment as /ae ssory uses may be placed on existing <br />wireless supports ctures in accoe with the provisions of this Ordinance. <br />(2) Notwithstanding the o er provi ns of Section 5.10, telecommunications towers <br />in existence as of Dece er Aial 2002, may be replaced with a wireless support <br />structure of equal or act after approval by the Planning Director . <br />However, if the propess support structure would not be consistent <br />with the minimum stSection 5.10, replacement must be approved <br />as provided for in th <br />5.10.5,. Wireless Telecommunication upport Structures nd Equipment as Principal or <br />Accessory Uses <br />(A) Wireless telecom unications support structures sh be permitted as a principal or <br />accessory use accordance with the Table of Permit d Uses and as follows: <br />(1) On roperty owned by the County or any public e ity, except those designated <br />a istoric properties or sites, the County may, in its ole discretion as the owner <br />f the property, authorize the application and use of C my property after the <br />applicant executes a lease agreement acceptable to the ounty. <br />( Wireless telecommunications facilities, as part of existing ut "ty poles shall be <br />permitted as an accessory use. Wireless facilities shall be co tructed as part of <br />the existing utility poles or as replacements for the existing utility oles. No <br />freestanding towers constructed exclusively for personal wireless s rvices shall <br />be permitted within utility easements. <br />(3) The placement of new wireless telecommunications support structures s all be in <br />accordance with the Table of Permitted Uses, except as permitted in the ster <br />Telecommunications Plan ( "Plan ") or by Section 5.10.6 of this Ordinance. <br />5.10.6 Administrative Approval of Certain Telecommunication Facilities <br />(A) Applicability <br />The following telecommunication facilities may be approved administratively by the <br />Planning Staff provided that all of the provisions contained in Section 5.10 are met: <br />(1) New stealth telecommunications wireless support structures up to 75 feet in <br />height that are sufficiently disguised so as to minimize visual impact; <br />(2) Any wireless support structure less than 75 feet in height; <br />(3) Any wireless support structure less than 200 feet in height located on property <br />that is owned or leased by Orange County; and <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -93 <br />