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Attachment 4 <br />AMENDMENTS TO THE <br />ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE `~---~ <br />(Only those sections or subsections amended are set out below) <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY, <br />NORTH CAROLINA, hereby amends the Orange County Zoning Ordinance by adding as <br />follows: <br />Part I That Article 6 be amended as follows: <br />6.18 Telecommunications Towers and Equipment <br />The following regulations are designed to provide for the safe .and efficient <br />integration of facilities necessary for the provision of advanced wireless <br />telecommunications services through the community with the goal of establishing <br />reliable wireless service to the public, governmental agencies, and first <br />responders in a manner that provides for the public safety and general welfare of <br />its citizens. <br />6.18.1 Administrative Approval of Certain Telecommunication Facilities <br />The following telecommunication facilities may be approved administratively as <br />specified herein: <br />a) New stealth telecommunications wireless support structures up to seventy <br />five (75') feet in height that are sufficiently disguised so as to minimize <br />visual impact; any wireless support structure less than seventy-five (75') <br />feet in height; any wireless support structure less than one hundred fifty <br />(150') feet in height that is located on property that is owned or leased by <br />Orange County; and any wireless support structure less than one hundred <br />fifty (150') feet in height on which the .owner of such facility permits the <br />County to collocate its wireless facilities on the structure at no charge to the <br />County when the location of such facility is of benefit to the County as <br />determined in the sole discretion of the County may be approved <br />administratively by the Planning Staff provided that all of the provisions <br />contained in Article 8.8.17a are met. <br />b) Applications for Collocation may be approved administratively as provided <br />for in this ordinance. <br />A written decision approving or denying an application for administrative <br />approval of a telecommunication facility under Section 6.18.1 shall be <br />issued no later than forty-five (45) days following the submission of a <br />complete application. <br />c) Collocation applications shall meet the following requirements in order to be <br />eligible for administrative approval under this Section 6.18.1: <br />