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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 8- Conditional Uses towers or structures would cause interference with the applicant's proposed antenna. 5. The fees, costs, or contractual provisions required by the owner in order to share an existing tower or structure or to adapt an existing tower or structure for sharing are unreasonable. Costs required by the owner of existing tower or structure that exceed new tower development are presumed to be unreasonable. 6. The applicant demonstrates that there are other limiting factors that render existing towers and structures unsuitable. 7. The applicant demonstrates that alternative technologies, such as a cable microcell network using multiple low- powered transmitters /receivers attached to a wire line system, that does not require the use of towers or structures, are unsuitable. Costs of alternative technology that exceed new tower or antenna development shall not be presumed to render the technology unsuitable. a. SEPARATION- Towers shall be separated a distance, as measured from the base, equal to at least the minimum standards established in Table 2 fFeng any pFeexisting teweFs. The separation distances shall be measured by drawing or following a straight line between the base of the preexisting tower and the base location, pursuant to a site plan, of the proposed tower. b. SECURITY FENCING- Towers shall be enclosed by security fencing not less than six (6) feet in height and no more than eight (8) feet in height, constructed of block or masonry or wood material, and shall be equipped in such a manner as to deter climbing. c. LANDSCAPING- Tower facilities shall be landscaped with a buffer of plant materials that effectively screens the view of the tower compound from adjacent residential property. The standard buffer shall consist of a landscaped strip at least four (4) feet wide outside the perimeter of the compound. Plant materials forming the visual buffer may be existing on the subject property or installed as part of the proposed facility, but existing mature plant growth and natural land forms on the site shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible. The Administrator may waive these requirements in locations where the view of the tower base is obstructed by existing buildings or natural topography and cannot be viewed from adjacent property or a public street. Section 9 Buildings or Other Equipment Storage Structures used in association with towers or antennas shall comply with the following provisions: a. Equipment cabinets and /or other structures shall comply with all applicable buildinc codes. b. Guys and accessory buildings shall satisfy the minimum zoning district setback requirements. c. Equipment cabinets and/or EQUIPMENT ndd /orstructures shall be no greater than fourteen (14) feet in height or three hundred (300) square feet in gross floor area. The entry or access side of a cabinet and /or structure shall be gated by a solid, sight- obscuring gate that is separate from the cabinet and /or structure. Such access way shall not face residentially zoned property. Section 10 Co- Location a. GOOD FAITH- Applicants and "eFn9itt shall make a good faith effort to share wireless communication structures, facilities and sites where feasible and Chapter 8 Page 32 of 35 Attachment number 5 G -1 Page 266