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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 5-94 <br /> <br />(4) Any wireless support structure less than 200 feet in height on which the owner of <br />such facility permits the County to collocate its wireless facilities on the structure <br />at no charge to the County when the location of such facility is of benefit to the <br />County as determined in the sole discretion of the County. <br />(5) A written decision approving or denying an application for administrative approval <br />of a telecommunication facility under this section shall be issued no later than 45 <br />days following the submission of a complete application. <br />(6) Collocation applications meeting the following requirements: <br />(a) The proposed additional facility will not increase the overall height and <br />width of the tower or wireless support structure to which the wireless <br />facilities are to be attached consistent with Section 2.7.14 of the <br />Ordinance. <br />(b) The proposed additional facility will comply with applicable regulations, <br />restrictions, or conditions, if any, applied to the initial wireless facilities <br />placed on the tower or other wireless support structure. <br />(c) The proposed additional wireless facilities comply with all federal, State, <br />and local safety requirements. <br />(d) The proposed additional facility does not exceed the applicable weight <br />limits for the wireless support structure. <br />(B) Submittal Requirements <br />All applications for telecommunication facilities that are eligible for administrative <br />approval shall be submitted and reviewed in accordance with the standards of Section <br />5.10.8 of this Ordinance. <br />(C) Neighborhood Information Meeting 8 <br />(1) For all administratively approved wireless support structures, excluding <br />collocations, a neighborhood information meeting shall be scheduled in <br />accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10.8 <br /> <br />5.10.7 Antennas Not Located on Wireless Telecommunications Support Structures <br />(A) General Standards <br />(1) To minimize adverse visual impacts, stealth antenna types shall be preferred. If <br />a non-stealth antenna is proposed, the application shall be required to <br />demonstrate, in a technical manner acceptable to the Planning Director, why the <br />stealth antenna (i.e. an antenna incorporated into the architecture of the building <br />or fully screened from view from sight proximate to the antenna) cannot be used <br />for the particular application. This does not preclude a combination of the <br />various types of antennas. <br />(2) Antenna dimensions shall be subject to approval by the Planning Director. A <br />statement shall be submitted, prepared by a professional engineer competent to <br />evaluate antenna choices, to certify the technical need for the required <br />dimensions. <br />(3) Prior to the issuance of a Building Permit by the Inspections Division, the <br />application shall provide evidence that the wireless telecommunication support <br />structure or antennas are in compliance with FAA regulations. Where an <br />antenna will not exceed the highest point of the existing structure upon which it is <br />to be mounted, such evidence shall not be required. <br /> <br />8 Staff is adding language to ensure all administratively approved towers will comply with the same neighborhood  <br />information meeting requirements as any other regulated wireless support facility.  <br />16