UDO_Adopted Version_February 2025-BAC Updated 4.29.25

Article 2: Administration Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures 2.5.26. Wireless Telecommunication Facilities

application for the same Wireless Telecommunication Facility, and authorizes submittal of other development applications that may be required before construction or use of Wireless Telecommunication Facilities authorized by the approved Special Use Permit.

(3) Expiration of Approval

(A) Approval of a Special Use Permit for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities application shall expire if the Special Use Permit is not recorded in the appropriate county Register of Deeds in accordance with subsection 2.5.25.C.1.f(1)(B), above, within 30 days after expiration of the deadline for filing an appeal of the decision approving the application. (B) An approved and recorded Special Use Permit for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities shall expire if an application for a Construction Plan Approval for the approved development is not accepted for review within one year after the date of approval of the Special Use Permit application. (C) An approved and recorded Special Use Permit for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities application shall expire automatically if the associated Site Plan Approval application expires, is revoked, or otherwise becomes invalid. (A) Subsequent development applications may incorporate minor changes from the Special Use Permit Approval for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities without the need to amend the Special Use Permit in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval, Modification or Amendment of Approval, where the Planning Director determines that the changes: (iii) Comply with the policies set forth in the Town of Morrisville Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan; or (iv) Are consistent with the Special Use Permit approval or any Town Council approval on which the Special Use Permit approval was based. Consistency means the changes would not significantly alter the development’s general function, form, intensity, character, demand on public facilities, impact on adjacent properties, or other characteristic from that indicated by the Special Use Permit approval or any prior Town Council approval on which it was based. (B) In any case, the following change from the Special Use Permit for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities approval on which it was based shall constitute a major change requiring amendment of the Special Use Permit in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D Modification or Amendment of Approval: (i) Continue to comply with this Ordinance; (ii) Are necessary to comply with conditions of approval;

(4) Minor Changes Allowed

(i)

A change in a condition of approval.

(ii) A change in the height of the facility.

(iii) A change in the size of the compound area.

(C) Before determining whether a change is a minor change or a major change, the Planning Director shall review the record of the proceedings on the Special Use Permit application and consider whether any proposed modification would require evidentiary support in addition to that on which approval of the Special Use Permit application was based.

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance