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17 <br />b) The utility poles shall be located on public property, within <br />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 pole <br />pursuant to the North Carolina State Building Code and <br />attested to by a professional engineer licensed in the State of <br />North Carolina, and competent to evaluate antenna choices. <br />d) The antenna shall not extend more than ten- (10) feet above <br />the existing pole height. If the pole is replaced to withstand <br />the addition of telecommunications equipment, then the same <br />restriction shall apply except that the utility pole may be <br />twenty- (20) feet higher than the adjacent pole heights. <br />e) Placement of an antenna on a utility pole shall only be on <br />poles owned or operated by a public utility authorized to <br />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 improvements <br />shall be borne by the telecommunications provider. <br />f) Fees. <br />1) A filing fee as set by the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />shall be paid upon application for a Building Permit, Site Plan <br />approval, or Special Use Permit. In addition, an inspection fee is <br />due the County at the time of future inspections. <br />2) An engineering permit fee shall be paid if a pole is replaced to <br />accommodate telecommunications equipment. <br />3) Public land or right-of--way lease agreements will be established by <br />separate instrument. <br />6.18.4 <br />lecommunications <br />Prior to issuing a building_permit for the collocation of an antenna array on <br />an existing facility, an applicant shall demonstrate that the collocation is <br />located appropriately on the facility with the overall goal being to preserve <br />the carrying capacity of the facility for future collocations and to minimize <br />the visual intrusiveness and impact, including the profile of the facility. <br />In determining the necessary height for a facility, or the height of a collocation on a <br />facili , the signal strengths analyzed shall be the threshold or lowest signal <br />strength at which the customer equipment is designed to function, which may be <br />required to be determined by the manufacturer's published specifications for the <br />