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Article 5: Uses 37 <br />Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br />engineer certification statement shall include certification that t <br />structure can support the load superimposed from the wirel s support <br />structure. All wireless support structures shall have the acity to <br />permit multiple users; at a minimum monopole wireles support <br />structures shall be structurally designed to accom date four users and <br />self- support/lattice or guyed wireless support str tures shall, at a <br />minimum accommodate three users. <br />(B) General Su ittal Requirements — Special Use Perm' <br />In addition to the neral submittal requirements de ed herein, and the specific <br />submittal requiremen for all Special Use Permit plications detailed within Section 2.7 <br />of this Ordinance, applic is shall be required adhere to the following: <br />(1) Overall Policy and sired Goa <br />The overall policy and de e goals for Special Use Permits for wireless <br />telecommunications supp uctures shall be promoting and encouraging, <br />wherever possible, the lowing. <br />(a) Alternative o constructing n wireless support structures, including <br />but not ' ited to the collocation wireless telecommunications <br />equi ent and mitigating the visua ffect of a wireless <br />to communication support structure to n extent not commercially <br />mpracticable; and <br />(b The placement, height and quantity of wireless Iecommunications <br />towers and equipment in such a manner, includin ut not limited to the <br />use of stealth technology or camouflage techniques, minimize adverse <br />aesthetic and visual impacts on the land, property, builds s, and other <br />facilities adjacent to, surrounding, and in generally the same rea as the <br />requested location of such wireless telecommunications suppo <br />structure, which shall mean using the least visually and physically <br />intrusive facility that is not technologically or commercially impractica <br />under the facts and circumstances. <br />(2) Balloon Test <br />(a) The applicant shall, at least six weeks prior to a Class B Special Use <br />Permit public hearing and at least 11 weeks prior to a Class A Special <br />Use Permit public hearing, conduct a balloon test whereby the applicant <br />shall arrange to fly, or raise upon a temporary mast, a minimum of 1 U <br />in length, brightly colored red or orange balloon at the maximum height <br />of the proposed new wireless support structure. <br />(b) The balloon test shall be flown for at least four consecutive daylight <br />hours starting sometime between 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. on the dates <br />chosen. <br />(c) A notice of the dates (including a second date in case of poor visibility, <br />weather or atmospheric conditions on the initial date), times, and location <br />of the balloon test shall be mailed, by certified mail, return receipt <br />requested, by the applicant, to all persons owning property within 1,000 <br />feet of the subject parcel no less than 14 days in advance of the first test <br />date. The data contained within the office of Orange County Land <br />Records shall be used as the primary source for determining which <br />residents are to receive notice of the balloon tests. <br />This notice shall also inform local residents that a neighborhood <br />information meeting shall be held the day of the balloon test so that the <br />applicant can explain the proposal and Planning staff, including the <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -100 <br />