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Article 5: U922 Section 5.10: Standards for Telecommunication Facilities (ii) The height of one additional antenna array with separation from the nearest antenna not to exceed 20 feet; (b) The proposed additional facility will not increase the width of (i) Any appurtenance attached to the tower(wireless support structure) by more than 20 feet or; (ii) More than the width of the tower(wireless support structure by more than the width of the tower at the level of the appurtenance; (c) Existing equipment compounds shall not be increased by more than 2,500 square feet. (d) Twenty-foot tall Wireless Support Structures are permitted on buildings as defined and regulated by Section 5.10.564�); (e) The proposed additional facility will comply with applicable regulations, restrictions, or conditions, if any, applied to the initial wireless facilities placed on the tower or other wireless support structure; (f) The proposed additional wireless facilities comply with all federal, State, and local safety requirements; (g) All applicants for the collocation of antennas on existing structures shall be required to submit the following; (i) The age of the existing wireless support structure; (ii) The date of the original permit approval or authorization for the existing wireless support structure; (iii) For a wireless support structure that was built five or more years before the date of an application, or for a guyed structure built three years before an application date, a copy of the latest TIA 222 Report done pursuant to the latest adopted Appendix to ANSI-EIA/TIA 222 for any self-supporting tower. If a TIA 222 report has not been done pursuant to the preceding schedule, a TIA 222 report shall be done and submitted as part of the application. No Building Permit shall be issued for any wireless support structure where the structure being attached to is in need of remediation, unless and until the County Planning and Inspections Department has approved all remediation work needed has been completed and/or a schedule for the remediation work has been approved; and. (iv) A Structural Report signed and sealed by a Professional Engineer showing the structural adequacy of the wireless support structure to accommodate the additional facility and any associated equipment. (7) Notwithstanding the other provisions of Section 5.10, wireless communications facilities in existence as of December 10, 2002, may be replaced with a new wireless communications facility of equal or less visual impact, provided they comply with the minimum standards of Section 5.10. (B) Stealth (1) General Standards (a) To minimize adverse visual impacts stealth towers (wireless support structures) and antennas are preferred. In the alternative, antennas and wireless support structures may be screened. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-73