Morrisville Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan

Master Plan Purpose

The purpose of the Town of Morrisville Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan

(“Master Plan”) is to balance the goals of providing good cell phone service with minimizing

impacts from telecommunication facilities on neighborhoods and the community. This

plan works to achieve this balance by planning for well‐sited, well‐designed, and

inconspicuous telecommunication facilities that fit within the community.

The Master Plan combines local land‐use planning strategies with industry‐accepted radio

frequency engineering standards to identify low‐impact sites for new telecommunication

facilities to meet the growing demand for service. This plan creates an illustrative planning

tool to aid decision makers and staff in this work. This analysis then helps to establish a

policy framework and design standards to guide decisions regarding the siting of

telecommunication facilities. Effective planning may also minimize the number of

telecommunication facilities by increasing potential collocation opportunities.

The Master Plan includes the following:

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A tutorial on the history of the wireless industry and explanations of how the

equipment works, along with projections of future industry trends;

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An inventory of existing telecommunication facilities in Morrisville upon which

antennas are currently mounted;

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An analysis of existing telecommunication facility locations, approximate coverage

areas, and an analysis of current network deployment patterns in the Morrisville

area to identify areas with less than desirable coverage;

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An engineering analysis of potential coverage areas in Morrisville based on the

existing antenna locations, assumptions regarding height, along with other network

and planning design criteria;

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An analysis of reasonably projected telecommunication facility growth in

Morrisville over the next ten (10) years, and recommendations for managing the

development of infrastructure with an emphasis on minimizing the total number of

telecommunication facilities;

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Identification of publicly owned property as potential sites for future

telecommunication facilities;

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Recommendations for requirements and guidelines for location and design, and

managing telecommunication facility development through an Ordinance revision;

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Implementation measures to address aspects of the plan.