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37 <br />facility or support structure, such as antennas, cabling, equipment <br />shelters, landscaping, fencing, utility feeds, changing the color or materials <br />or any visually discernable components, vehicular access, parking and /or <br />an upgrade or change -out of equipment for better or more modern <br />equipment. Adding a new wireless carrier or service provider to a wireless <br />support structure as a collocation is a modification. <br />Monopole Wireless support structure — A telecommunication wireless <br />support structure consisting of a single pole or spire self supported by a <br />permanent foundation, constructed without guy wires and ground anchors. <br />Necessary — What is technologically required for the equipment to function <br />as designed by the manufacturer and that anything less will result in <br />prohibiting or acting in a manner that prohibits the provision of service as <br />intended and described in the application. <br />NIER — Non - Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation. <br />Panel Antenna — An inconspicuous, relatively flat, square or rectangular <br />antenna designed to be affixed to the wall of a building or structure in <br />order to receive and transmit signals from a telecommunication device. <br />Personal Wireless Services (PWS) or Personal Telecommunications <br />Service (PTS) shall have the same meaning as defined and used in the <br />1996 Telecommunications Act. <br />Repairs and maintenance —The replacement or repair of any components <br />of a wireless facility where the replacement is identical to the component <br />being replaced or for any matters that involve the normal repair and <br />maintenance of a wireless facility without the addition, removal or change <br />of any of the physical or visually discernable components or aspects of a <br />wireless facility that will add to the visible appearance of the facility as <br />originally permitted, but does not constitute a modification to a wireless <br />facility or support structure. <br />Roofline — The overall ridgeline of the structure, not including cupolas, <br />elevator towers, clock towers or other similar features. <br />Search ring -- The area within which a wireless support structure must be <br />located in order to meet service objectives of the wireless service provider <br />using the wireless facility or ireless support structure. <br />Self- Support/Lattice Wireless support structure — A tapered structure <br />broad at the base and narrower at the top consisting of cross - members <br />and diagonal bracing and without guyed support. <br />State — The State of North Carolina. <br />Stealth or Stealth Technology — A design or treatment that minimizes <br />adverse aesthetic and visual impacts on the land, property, buildings, and <br />