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Appendix 1: Principles from the TelecommunicationsFacilities GuidelinesPrinciple 1: A telecommunications facility is to be designed and sited to minimise visualimpact.Principal(a) As far as practical, a telecommunicationsfacility that is to be mounted on an existingbuilding or structure should be integrated withthe design and appearance <strong>of</strong> the building orstructure.(b) The visual impact <strong>of</strong> telecommunicationsfacilities should be minimised, visual clutter isto be reduced particularly on tops <strong>of</strong> buildings,and their physical dimensions (includingsupport mounts) should be sympathetic to thescale and height <strong>of</strong> the building to which it is tobe attached, and sympathetic to adjacentbuildings.(c) Where telecommunications facilitiesprotrude from a building or structure and arepredominantly backgrounded against the sky,the facility and their support mounts should beeither the same as the prevailing colour <strong>of</strong> thehost building or structure, or a neutral coloursuch as grey should be used.(d) Ancillary facilities associated with thetelecommunications facility should bescreened or housed, using the same colour asthe prevailing background to reduce itsvisibility, including the use <strong>of</strong> existingvegetation where available, or newlandscaping where possible and practical.(e) A telecommunications facility should belocated and designed to respond appropriatelyProposalAs the antennas are being mounted to anexisting telecommunications mast, they will beintegrated with the design and appearance <strong>of</strong>the structure.The design and site selection process aimedto minimise visual impact. This has beenachieved by selecting a location inside the railcorridor where there is already a level <strong>of</strong>disturbance and the presence <strong>of</strong> verticalstructures. The selection <strong>of</strong> mountingantennas to an existing mast will alsominimise visual impact.The antennas and their support mounts will bea neutral colour similar to that <strong>of</strong> the hostmast.Ancillary facilities will be housed within theadjacent Communications Room and will notbe visible to the public.The proposed site is not in a rural area. It is inthe rail corridor adjacent to a commercial area.Page 53 <strong>of</strong> 64

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