Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - February 2021

Article 2: Administration Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures 2.5.25. Wireless Telecommunication Facilities

c. Staff Review and Decision The Planning Director shall review the application, allow revisions of the application, and decide the application in accordance with Section 2.4.4 and Section 2.5.7. The decision shall be one of the following:

Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Requiring a Site Plan

(1) Approve the application as submitted;

Pre-Application Conference

(2) Approve the application subject to conditions; or

Application Submittal and Acceptance

(3) Deny the application.

d. Post-Decision Actions

The post-decision actions and limitations in Section 2.4.8 shall apply to the application except as follows:

Staff Review and Planning Director Decision with DRC review

(1) Effect of Approval

Site Plan Approval for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities allows the approval of any concurrently-reviewed applications for Construction Plan Approval, Floodplain Management Permit, Stormwater Management Permit, Administrative Adjustment, or Alternative Equivalent Compliance for the same development. It also authorizes submittal of any other development applications that may be required before construction or use of the development authorized by the Site Plan Approval.

(2) Expiration of Approval

A Site Plan Approval for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities shall expire if no significant work is done or development is made within two years after the date of Site Plan Approval.

(3) Minor Changes Allowed

(A) Subsequent development applications may incorporate minor changes from the development defined by the Site Plan Approval for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities without the need to amend the Site Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval, where the Planning Director determines that the changes:

(i)

Continue to comply with this Ordinance;

(ii) Are necessary to comply with conditions of approval; or

(iii) Comply with the policies set forth in the Town of Morrisville Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan; or (iv) Are consistent with the Site Plan approval or any prior Town Council approval on which it was based (e.g., PD Plan/Agreement approval, Conceptual Master Plan Approval, Site Plan Approval). Consistency means the changes would not significantly alter the development’s gene ral function, form, intensity, character, demand on public facilities, impact on adjacent properties, or other characteristic from that indicated by Site Plan Approval or any prior Town approval on which it was based. (B) In any case, the following changes from the Site Plan Approval for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities or any prior Town Council approval on which it was based shall constitute a major change requiring amendment of the Site Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D Modification or Amendment of Approval:

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