ORD-2018-019 UDO Text Amendment - Neighborhood information meeting requirements

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Article 5: Uses Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities designed to function, which may be required to be determined by th manufacturer's published specifications for the customer equipme Q) Approval of the Planning Director to verify consistency with th efinition of stealth facility is required. (k) All telecommunications towers shall be placed in heavil ooded areas on the site to the maximum /onopole t possible so as to I sen the visual intrusiveness of the structu accessory struct es. (1) No tower shall be permitted ceed its desig d loading capacity. For all wireless support structurched to ex* ing structures, the engineer certification statehall inclu certification that the structure can support the loerimp ed from the wireless support ructure. All wireless suppuctu s shall have the capacity to pe it multiple users; at a onopole wireless support struc res shall be structuraigned to accommodate four users and self -sup rt/lattice or guyed ess support structures shall, at a minimum commodate thr rs. (B) General Submittal Requirem &ts — SpXcial Use Permits In addition to the general submittal ' uirements detailed herein, and the specific submittal requirements for all Spe I e Permit applications detailed within Section 2.7 of this Ordinance, applicants sh be req *red to adhere to the following: (1) Overall Policy and esired Goals The overall poli and desired goals for ecial Use Permits for wireless telecommunic ions support structures sha a promoting and encouraging, wherever p sible, the following: (a) Iternatives to constructing new wireless s port structures, including but not limited to the collocation of wireless to communications equipment and mitigating the visual effect of a i Bless telecommunication support structure to an extent n commercially impracticable; and / (b) The placement, height and quantity of wireless telecomm ications towers and equipment in such a manner, including but not li ed to the use of stealth technology or camouflage techniques, to minimiz adverse aesthetic and visual impacts on the land, property, buildings, and er facilities adjacent to, surrounding, and in generally the same area as e requested location of such wireless telecommunications support structure, which shall mean using the least visually and physically intrusive facility that is not technologically or commercially impracticable under the facts and circumstances. (2) Balloon Tests (a) The applicant shall, at least eeks45 days6, 7 prior to a Class B Special Use Permit public hearing aador Planning Board meeting where 5 The balloon test required for a telecommunication facility serves 2 purposes namely: allow interested parties to see a visual representation of the height of the proposed tower and the holding of a neighborhood meeting allowing staff and the applicant to review the project. 6 References to required neighborhood meetings within the UDO are typically in days versus weeks. Staff is modifying this section to ensure consistency. The typical timeframe for a NIM for a Class B Special Use Permit is 45 days. Staff is proposing to modify the timeframe for a balloon test for a telecommunication facilities reviewed under this process to be 45 days versus 42 days (i.e. 6 weeks) for consistency purposes. Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -102