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Article 5: Uses 198 <br /> Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br /> (d) All towers shall be engineered to allow for collocations. No co-locato <br /> shall be refused access for collocation by charging exorbitant lease ees. <br /> Public safety provider collocations shall take priority over other c <br /> locators. <br /> (e) A telecommunications consultant shall provide Planning St assistance <br /> on exorbitant rate leases. <br /> (f) Al ireless support structures shall satisfy all applica public safety, <br /> Ian se, or zoning issues required in this Ordinanc , including <br /> aesthe 'cs, landscaping, land-use based location iorities, structural <br /> design, tbacks, and fall zones. <br /> (g) Applicants all evaluate the reasonable fea bility of collocating new <br /> antennas and quipment on an existing st cture or structures within the <br /> applicant's sear ring. <br /> (h) Prior to issuing a b 'ding permit for t e collocation of an antenna array <br /> on an existing facility, n applicant all demonstrate that the collocation <br /> is located appropriately n the f ility with the overall goal being to <br /> preserve the carrying cap it f the facility for future collocations and to <br /> minimize the visual intrusive ess and impact, including the profile of the <br /> facility. <br /> (i) In determining the nec sary hei t for a facility, or the height of a <br /> collocation on a facil' , the signal s engths analyzed shall be the <br /> threshold or lowes ignal strength at hich the customer equipment is <br /> designed to fun on, which may I req 'red to be determined by the <br /> manufacturer' published specifications fo the customer equipment. <br /> (j) Approval o he Planning Director to verify co istency with the definition <br /> of stealt acility is required. <br /> (k) All Riveness <br /> communications towers shall be placed in h avily wooded areas <br /> ona site to the maximum extent possible so as to ssen the visual <br /> i of the structure and accessory structures. <br /> (1) No tower shall be permitted to exceed its designed loadin capacity. For <br /> all wireless support structures attached to existing structure the <br /> engineer certification statement shall include certification that e <br /> structure can support the load superimposed from the wireless s port <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 an <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 or Conditional Districts <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 /> or 2.9, as applicable, of this Ordinance, applicants shall be required to adhere to the <br /> following: <br /> (1) Overall Policy and Desired Goals <br /> The overall policy and desired goals for Special Use Perrnits f„rapprovals of <br /> wireless telecommunications support structures shall be promoting and <br /> encouraging, wherever possible, the following: <br /> (a) Alternatives to constructing new wireless support structures, including <br /> but not limited to the collocation of wireless telecommunications <br /> equipment and mitigating the visual effect of a wireless <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-84 <br />