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Article 5: Uses 216 Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities adjoining property/properties. (ii) Existing vegetation may be removed only to the extent necessary to accommodate the wireless support structures, equipment buildings, and support structures such as guy wires. (iii) Plantings around the compound perimeter, outside of any fence or wall, shall be composed entirely of fast growing evergreen vegetation. (iv) New plantings and existing vegetation used for screening shall be at least six feet in height or greater at planting. (v) Proposed plantings (name, type, height) shall be shown on the Landscape Plan for the facility. (vi) Landscaping shall provide a screen on a year-round basis. (f) The visibility of the balloon to adjacent properties and the surrounding area shall not constitute sole justification of denial of a permit application, but is an indication of what location on the site may be less visually intrusive. (g) The applicant shall demonstrate and provide a description in writing and by drawing how it shall effectively screen from view the base and all related equipment and structures of the proposed facility. (h) The site plan shall indicate a location for at least two equipment buildings in addition to that proposed for use by the applicant. (i) All utilities at a facility site shall be installed underground and in compliance with all Laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the County, including specifically, but not limited to, the National Electrical Safety Code and the National Electrical Code where appropriate. 0) All wireless support structures shall satisfy all applicable public safety, land use, or zoning issues required in this Ordinance, including aesthetics, landscaping, land-use based location priorities, structural design, setbacks, and fall zones. (k) Fences and Walls (i) An eight foot fence or wall shall be required around the base of any wireless support structures. This fence or wall shall encompass all accessory equipment within the compound. (ii) Fences shall be required around guy wire tie downs (iii) A fence or wall may be placed around the perimeter of the facility to include guy wire tie downs and associated equipment should the applicant/owner wish to do so. (1) The communications tower is structurally designed to support additional users as provided for in Section 5.10.8(A)(3)(d), and the Special Use Permit or Conditional District approval includes a statement that the owner of the wireless support structure is willing to permit other user(s) to attach communication equipment which do not interfere with the primary purpose of the wireless support structure, provided that such other users agree to negotiate a reasonable compensation to the owner from such liability as may result from such attachment. (m) To minimize the number of antenna arrays and thus the visual impact, the County may require theuse-ofthat dual mode antennas to be used, including by two different carriers, unless it can be proven that such will not work technologically and that such would have the effect of prohibiting the provision of service in the County. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-91