Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance – September 2018

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

(E) Any tower found, through inspection by the owner or by inspection of the Town or tower consultant on behalf of the Town, to be structurally unsafe shall be brought into compliance. A plan and time frame to bring the tower into compliance shall be provided to the town within 30 days thereafter. Once the tower is brought into compliance, the tower owner shall provide the Town a Certification of Compliance within 30 days thereafter. (F) Any tower found, through inspection by the owner or by inspection of the Town or tower consultant on behalf of the Town, to be structurally unsafe and that cannot be brought into compliance within 180 days shall be removed at the owner’s expense. The Planning Director shall send the property owner a notice requiring compliance. If the owner fails to bring the tower into compliance within the established time frame, the owner shall be required, at the owner’s expense, to remove the tower for safety reasons. If the owner fails to remove the tower, the Town may cause removal of the tower with costs being borne by the owner in accordance with Article 10: Enforcement. (2) Analysis of Existing Telecommunication Facilities (A) Within 12 months of the effective date of this ordinance, an analysis (P.E. analysis) commissioned by tower owners and prepared by a registered Professional Engineer licensed by the State of North Carolina shall be performed on all existing towers and shall be submitted to the Town within 30 days thereafter. (B) The P.E. analysis shall determine the tower’s compliance or lack thereof with the ANSI EIA/TIA 222 standards as adopted by the current NC Building Code and when the most recent structural loading change was made. (C) If the tower does not meet the ANSI EIA/TIA 222 standards as adopted by the current NC Building Code, the P.E. analysis shall include the types of modifications that would be required to bring the tower up to current standard. (D) The Town shall be notified in writing when a required P.E. analysis is complete and a copy of the P.E. analysis shall be provided to the Town. The P.E. analysis shall also give details of the net result of any changes made to the tower or its appurtenances since the last inspection. (3) The ANSI EIA/TIA 222 standards The ANSI EIA/TIA 222 standards as adopted by the current NC Building Code shall apply to the addition of antennas or other appurtenances to telecommunication towers under the following conditions: (A) Additions to towers constructed prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, regardless of whether the additions are accounted for in the original design, shall comply with the ANSI EIA/TIA 222 standards as adopted by the current NC Building Code and the wind loading specified therein. Additions to towers constructed subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance shall comply with standards set forth elsewhere in this Section. (B) If a structural analysis shows a tower does not comply with the appropriate ANSI EIA/TIA 222 standards as adopted by the current NC Building Code, the owner shall submit an application to the Planning Department with a plan to bring the tower into compliance within six months. The tower owner shall obtain all applicable permits for the work.

Morrisville, NC

September 25, 2018

Unified Development Ordinance

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