Morrisville Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan

Policy 5: Telecommunication facilities shall be designed to ensure public safety from

hazards and noise.

Recommendations

5.1 Require that the design of new telecommunication facilities, antenna modifications

and collocations comply with current building requirements.

5.2 Protect people and property near telecommunication facilities from structural failure

by maintaining minimum setback requirements based on the height of the

telecommunication facility and adjoining land use.

5.3 Telecommunication facilities shall be designed to incorporate breakpoint technology.

5.4 Applicants shall demonstrate compliance with Federal Communications Commission

(FCC) radio frequency requirements.

5.5 When power generators or other noise sources are proposed at telecommunication

facilities, applicants shall demonstrate compliance with Town noise ordinance

requirements.

Policy 6: Require monitoring of all telecommunication facilities to ensure they are

being properly maintained.

Recommendations

6.1 Telecommunication facility owners should be responsible for monitoring sites on a

regular basis.

6.2 Provide for annual inspections to ensure that antenna, support facility, landscaping

and other camouflage, etc. are being properly maintained. A private consulting group

on behalf of the Town may conduct site visits and monitoring.

6.3 Require telecommunication facility owners to bear the cost for monitoring sites.

Policy 7: Require the removal of abandoned telecommunication facilities.

Recommendations

7.1 Require telecommunication facility owners to notify the Town when operations cease

at a site. Telecommunication facilities that have not been used by any carrier for a six

(6) month period should comply with abandonment provisions that provide for

dismantling and removal of a facility.

7.2 Require telecommunication facility owners to bear the cost for removal of abandoned

telecommunication facilities.

Policy 8: Fees established and collected for the permitting, monitoring and

inspection of telecommunication facilities should ensure full cost recovery for the

Town.

Recommendations

8.1 The Town should continue the current application review fee structure, which in

addition to the fee for staff review; applicants bear the cost of a technical review of the