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Article 4: Use Standards
Section 4.2. Principal Uses
4.2.5. Principal Use-Specific Standards
Morrisville, NC June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-17
(7) Applications entitled to the streamlined processes shall meet all of the requirements
described in Section 160A-400.50 through Section 160A-400.53 of the North Carolina
General Statutes.
(8) Applications for collocation entitled to streamlined processing pursuant to Section 6409
of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 USC 1455(a)) shall be
approved provided they meet the following requirements:
(A) A collocation on an existing tower or support structure shall not increase the overall
height of the tower, support structure, antenna and/or antenna array more than
ten percent or 20 feet, whichever is greater, and shall not cause the width (girth)
of the structure to be increased more than 20 feet or the existing girth of the tower
or support structure, whichever is greater.
(B) Any collocation on an existing tower or support structure shall meet current NC
Building Code requirements (including wind loading).
(C) A collocation shall not add more than four additional equipment cabinets or one
additional equipment shelter to be eligible as a collocation under this subsection
(D) A collocation eligible under this subsection shall not require
excavation outside of existing leased or owned parcel or existing easements.
(E) Proposed collocations that do not meet the standards of subsection
shall be processed either pursuant to subsection or pursuant to
subsection or subsection
(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015)
b. Concealed Attached Antenna
Concealed attached antennas may be mounted onto a building, support structure, transmission
tower structure, or other similar structure, which is not primarily constructed for holding antennas
but on which one or more antennas may be mounted. Concealed attached antennas shall be
subject to the following:
(1) The top of the antennas shall not exceed 20 feet above the top of the structure and shall
be architecturally indiscernible from the building, support structure, transmission tower
structure, or other similar structure.
(2) The applicant shall provide documentation verifying that the installation of a concealed
attached antenna will not compromise the structural integrity of the building, support
structure, transmission tower structure or other similar structure.
(3) If installed onto a building wall, concealed attached antennas shall be flush-mounted and
may protrude from the wall no more than 12 inches.
(4) Concealed attached antennas and ancillary equipment shall only be allowed on buildings,
support structures, streetlights, traffic signal poles, flagpoles, or other similar structures
subject to compliance with this ordinance and applicable utility company requirements or
building owner requirements.
(5) Feed lines, cables, and ancillary equipment shall be designed to architecturally match the
facade, roof, wall, pole and/or structure on which they are affixed in order to blend with
the existing structural design, color, and texture.
(6) If an ancillary equipment compound area is located on the roof of a building, the
compound area shall not occupy more than twenty-five percent of the roof area, and shall
comply with all current NC Building Code requirements for the proposed or existing
building. If an ancillary equipment compound is located on the roof of the building, the