Morrisville Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan - 2013

Policies & Recommendations The following policies and recommendations are proposed to promote and address the goals, location, and preferred hierarchy provided above. Policy 1: Provide guidance and ssistance to telecommunication facility applicants in the siting and design of proposed facilities, consistent with the hierarchy of preferred locations listed in this plan. Recommendations 1.1 Require pre‐application discussions and/or meetings to review, comment on, and guide the siting and design of proposed facilities. 1.2 Require minimum submittal standards. 1.3 Assist applicants in identifying potential locations by maintaining and making available a current inventory of existing telecommunication facilities. 1.4 Identify publicly owned properties most suitable for siting telecommunication facilities and create incentives for their use. 1.5 Identify other potential locations for siting telecommunication facilities consistent with the Hierarchy of Preferred Locations and telecommunication facility types. 1.6 Provide a streamlined process for facilities that meet siting and design standards. Establish a tiered approval process that incentivizes applicants to propose telecommunication facilities in preferred locations using a preferred design with administrative approval, while requiring other proposals to secure Town Council approval. 1.7 Require shorter and concealed facilities in residential areas. 1.8 Encourage more, taller facilities in non‐residential areas. The increased visual impact of taller facilities with more antenna arrays should be a consideration with this approach. 1.9 Telecommunication facilities should be sited to minimize visual impacts from road rights‐of‐way and neighborhoods. 1.10 As technology evolves, there may be other opportunities not currently considered. The maps included in this report are not all‐inclusive and the Ordinance should contain provisions allowing other opportunities to be reviewed on a case‐by‐case basis. Policy 2: Require techniques to minimize the visual impacts of telecommunication facilities. Recommendations 2.1 Require concealed telecommunication facility installations. 2.2 Require applicants to submit a visual analysis, such as a balloon test, and if visible to the public propose measures to mitigate the visual impact. 2.3 Require that telecommunication facilities blend with the surroundings in shape, color, material, and texture. 2.4 Require security fencing and landscape screening material around the compound area to match that found in the vicinity.

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