Land Development Ordinance - Amended 11-19-2024

specifically required by the Federal Aviation Administration or other federal, State or local regulations. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the mounting of small wireless facilities on light poles is permitted.

iv. No small wireless facility may bear any signs or advertising devices other than certifications, warnings or other information as required by federal or State law and/or regulation or by the Town Land Development Ordinance. v. Each small wireless facility shall include an identification marker, including the owner/company name and contact information, on poles on which their facilities are affixed.

vi. Small wireless facilities and their associated equipment shall be camouflaged, disguised, hidden and/or blended in with the surrounding environment to the maximum extent practicable.

I. Underground Utility Provisions . Compliance with the Town’s nondiscriminatory underground utility requirements, prohibiting water, wastewater, storm drainage, electric power, gas, telephone, cable, communications or other utility providers from installing structures in the right(s)-of-way, shall be required. Said requirement shall not prohibit the replacement of existing structures, unless such replacement increases the nonconformity of said existing structure. Applicant may seek a special use permit, in accordance with Article Q Procedures & Administration, to place above-ground structures in areas where the undergrounding requirements apply. J. Landscaping. Any small wireless facility or equipment located at grade level shall comply with applicable provisions for utility equipment landscaping of Article O Landscaping & Tree Protection. It shall be the responsibility of the small wireless facility owner to ensure said landscaping is maintained in compliance with the Land Development Ordinance and Standard Specification & Construction Details.

K. Compliance with Other Applicable Regulations. New wireless facilities on existing poles shall comply with otherwise applicable rules imposed by the pole owner including, when applicable, the National Electric Code.

L. Attachment to Town Utility Poles. The following standards shall apply where small wireless facilities are proposed on a utility pole owned or operated by the Town:

i. Exclusivity . Any arrangement for the right to collocate on utility poles shall not be exclusive.

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