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Ordinance as Recommended by <br />Planning Board and Administration <br />24 <br />structures such as guy wires. Plantings around the compound <br />perimeter, outside of any fence or wall, shall be composed <br />entirely of fast growing evergreen vegetation. New plantings and <br />existing vegetation used for screening shall be at least six (6) feet <br />in height or greater at planting. Proposed plantings (name, type, <br />height) shall be shown on the Landscape Plan for the facility. <br />Landscaping shall provide a screen on a year-round basis. <br />The site plan shall indicate a location for at least two equipment <br />buildings in addition to that proposed for use by the applicant. <br />seumes ef light and nt-light-sp' n <br />the site--Rhotemetrie drawings of the lightingfer the proposed <br />fas4ty-sha4-b e-site-plan- SWelds-shall-be <br />upwards rem the light SGU ee. All outdoor lighting not <br />regulated by the FCC shall comply with the Outdoor Lighting <br />Standards set forth in Section 6.31 of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />j) An 8-foot fence or wall shall be required around the base of any <br />tower. This fence or wall shall encompass all accessory <br />equipment within the compound. Fences shall be required around <br />guy wire tie downs as well. The fence or wall may be placed <br />around the perimeter of the facility to include guy wire tie downs <br />and associated equipment should the applicant/owner wish to do <br />so, <br />k) The telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed <br />tower cannot be accommodated on an existing tower due to one <br />or more of the following reasons: <br />1) The planned equipment would exceed the structural <br />capacity of existing and approved towers, considering <br />existing and planned use of those towers and the towers <br />cannot be reinforced to accommodate planned or <br />equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost. <br />2) The planned equipment would cause radio frequency <br />interference with other existing or planned equipment for <br />these towers, and the interference cannot be prevented at <br />a reasonable cost. <br />3) Existing or approved towers do not have space on which <br />the equipment can be placed so it can function effectively <br />and reasonably in parity with similar existing or approved <br />equipment. <br />4) No tower or other suitable facility exists in an area where <br />the equipment to be placed on the tower will function in its <br />intended manner.