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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 8- Conditional Uses however that the Zoning Administrator, and /or his or her designee, is not, by sharing such information, in any way representing or warranting that such sites are available or suitable. Section 5 Aesthetics a. Towers shall either maintain a galvanized steel finish or be painted a neutral color so as to reduce visual obtrusiveness. b. The design of the buildings and related structures shall, to the extent possible, use materials, colors, textures, screening, and landscaping that will blend them into the natural setting and surrounding buildings located adjacent to the tower or antenna site. c. If an antenna is installed on a structure other than a tower, the antenna and supporting electrical and mechanical equipment must be of a neutral color that is identical to, or closely compatible with, the color of the supporting structure. This is in order to make the antenna, and related equipment, as visually unobtrusive as possible. d. LIGHTS- No tower or antenna shall have affixed or attached to it in any way except during time of repair or installation, any lights, reflectors, flashers, day -time strobes or steady night time light or other illumination devices, except as required by the FAA, FCC or the County. This restriction against lights shall not apply to towers which have been combined with light standards for illumination of ball field, parking lots, playgrounds, or other similar public uses. If lighting is required, the lighting sources and design shall be designed to create the minimum practicable penetration of areas outside the boundaries of the Lot or Parcel. e. STATE OR FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS- All towers and - �ntennat must meet or exceed current standards and regulations of the FAA, the FCC, and any other state or federal government agency with the authority to regulate towers and antennas. If such standards and regulations are changed, then the owners of the towers and antennas governed by this chapter shall bring such towers and antennas into compliance with the revised standards and regulations within six (6) months of the effective date of such standards and regulations, unless a different compliance schedule is mandated by the controlling state or federal agency. Failure to bring towers and antennas into compliance with such revised standards and regulations shall constitute grounds for the removal of the tower or antenna at the owner's expense. f. BUILDING CODES, SAFETY STANDARDS- To ensure the structural integrity of towers and antennas, the owners of such facilities shall ensure that they are maintained in compliance applicable with standards contained in the State Building Code. g. FALL ZONE- Towers shall be designed so that in the event of a structural failure, the tower falls on the subject parcel or within the leased area of the subject parcel. No tower or antenna shall be designed and /or sited such that it poses a potential hazard to nearby residences or surrounding properties or improvements. To this end, any tower or antenna, not located a distance equal to the height of the tower plus 50 feet away from all property lines or other towers, shall be designed to withstand the maximum forces expected from wind and ice when the tower is fully loaded with antennas, transmitters and other equipment. Compliance with this requirement shall be certified by a professional engineer licensed by the State of North Carolina in a report describing the tower structure, specifying the number and type of antennas it is designed to accommodate, providing the basis for the calculations done, and documenting the actual calculations performed. Chapter 8 Page 29 of 35 Attachment number 5 G -1 Page 263