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Article 5: Uses 38 <br /> Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities <br /> need of remediation, unless and until the County Planning and <br /> Inspections Department has approved all remediation work <br /> needed has been completed and/or a schedule for the <br /> remediation work has been approved; and. <br /> (iv) A Structural Report signed and sealed by a Professional <br /> Engineer showing the structural adequacy of the wireless <br /> support structure to accommodate the additional facility and any <br /> associated equipment. <br /> (7) Notwithstanding the other provisions of Section 5.10, wireless communications <br /> facilities in existence as of December 10, 2002, maV be replaced with a new <br /> wireless communications facilitV of equal or less visual impact, provided they <br /> comply with the minimum standards of Section 5.10. <br /> (B) Stealth <br /> (1) General Standards <br /> (a) To minimize adverse visual impacts stealth towers (wireless support <br /> structures) and antennas are preferred. In the alternative, antennas and <br /> wireless support structures may be screened. <br /> (b) Written narrative justifying that the wireless communications facility <br /> meets the definition of a stealth facility. Each application shall contain a <br /> rendering or photograph of the antenna (and Wireless Support Structure, <br /> if any) including, but not limited to, colors and screening devices. <br /> (c) Antennas, including their wireless support structure, shall not exceed 20 <br /> feet above the roofline of a building or support structure, water tank, or <br /> transmission line. <br /> (d) AnV related equipment building shall not exceed 600 square feet of gross <br /> floor area per WCF user or exceed 12 feet in height. <br /> (e) A signed and sealed statement by a Professional Engineer that an <br /> antenna /wireless support structure will not compromise the structural <br /> integrity of a building, water tank, or transmission line. <br /> (f) If an equipment building is located on the roof of a building, the area of <br /> the equipment building shall not occupy more than 25% of the roof area. <br /> (2) Setbacks <br /> (a) The setback of the primary land use shall apply to freestanding stealth <br /> wireless support structures when they are installed on existing <br /> structures. <br /> (b) For new free standing stealth wireless support structure, the setback <br /> shall be the distance required for the use being mimicked. For example, <br /> a concealed WTF disguised as a steeple shall be set back the distance <br /> required for churches. <br /> (C) Collocations on Wireless Support Structure or Building <br /> If a non-stealth antenna is proposed, the applicant shall be required to demonstrate, in a <br /> technical manner acceptable to the Planning Director, why the stealth antenna (as <br /> defined bV this UDO) cannot be used for the particular application. <br /> (1) Wireless support structures shall not exceed 20 feet above the roofline of the <br /> sub'ect building or support structure, water tank, or transmission line. The height <br /> of the Wireless Support Structure shall be measured from the base of the <br /> structure to its highest point. <br /> (2) Non-stealth antennas shall only be permitted on buildings or structures that are <br /> at least 33 feet tall unless Orange County determines that public safety needs to <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-96 <br />