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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-89 <br /> <br />structure. All wireless support structures shall have the capacity to <br />permit multiple users; at a minimum monopole wireless support <br />structures shall be structurally designed to accommodate four users and <br />self-support/lattice or guyed wireless support structures shall, at a <br />minimum accommodate three users. <br />(B) General Submittal Requirements – Special Use Permits <br />In addition to the general submittal requirements detailed herein, and the specific <br />submittal requirements for all Special Use Permit applications detailed within Section 2.7 <br />of this Ordinance, applicants shall be required to adhere to the following: <br />(1) Overall Policy and Desired Goals <br />The overall policy and desired goals for Special Use Permits for wireless <br />telecommunications support structures shall be promoting and encouraging, <br />wherever possible, the following: <br />(a) Alternatives to constructing new wireless support structures, including <br />but not limited to the co-locationcollocation of wireless <br />telecommunications equipment and mitigating the visual effect of a <br />wireless telecommunication support structure to an extent not <br />commercially impracticable; and <br />(b) The placement, height and quantity of wireless telecommunications <br />towers and equipment in such a manner, including but not limited to the <br />use of stealth technology or camouflage techniques, to minimize adverse <br />aesthetic and visual impacts on the land, property, buildings, and other <br />facilities adjacent to, surrounding, and in generally the same area as the <br />requested location of such wireless telecommunications support <br />structure, which shall mean using the least visually and physically <br />intrusive facility that is not technologically or commercially impracticable <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 10’3” <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 />(d) The primary date shall be on a weekend (excluding legal holidays), but to <br />prevent delays in the processing of the application, and in case of poor <br />weather or atmospheric conditions on the initial date, the secondary <br />date may be a weekday. <br />(e) The applicant shall inform the County Planning Staff, in writing, of the <br />dates and times of the test at least 14 days in advance. <br />75