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Ordinance as Recommended by <br />Planning Board and Administration <br />14 <br />5) Compliance with Standards. Current or former EIA <br />standards shall apply to the addition of antennas or <br />other appurtenances to communications towers <br />under the following conditions: <br />a) Additions to towers constructed prior to the <br />effective date of this Ordinance, regardless <br />of whether the additions are accounted for <br />in the original design, shall comply with the <br />current EIA standards, and the wind loading <br />specified therein. Additions to towers <br />constructed subsequent to the effective date <br />of this Ordinance shall comply with <br />standards set forth elsewhere in this <br />Section, <br />b) Existing towerSr-whieh that will not have <br />any additional attached appurtenances <br />added-te-them shall at a minimum comply <br />with the EIA standards in existence at the <br />time the tower was erected, <br />C) Replacement of antennas or other <br />appurtenances shall at a minimum comply <br />with the EIA standard in existence at the <br />time the tower was erected if the <br />replacement does not add to the original <br />design loading, <br />d) if a structural analysis shows a tower is not <br />in compliance with the appropriate EIA <br />standards, the owner shall submit an <br />application to the Inspections Division with a <br />plan to bring the tower into compliance <br />within six (6) months. <br />e) Analysis of Existing Towers. Within twelve <br />(12) months of the effective date of this <br />Ordinance an analysis by a North Carolina <br />Licensed Professional Engineer (P E. <br />Analysis) shall be performed on all towers in <br />excess of 100 feet in height and shall be <br />submitted to the Inspections Division. The <br />analysis shall determine the tower's <br />compliance or lack thereof with the EIA <br />standard in effect at the time the tower was <br />constructed and when the most recent <br />structural loading change was made For all <br />towers less than six (6) years old, a current <br />existing P.E. analysis of the tower may be <br />submitted in lieu of the new P. E. analysis