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Ordinance as Approved by BOCC <br />4RA ~ acso y-oa <br />aa--d3 ~ aao~ <br />8' i <br />An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of Orange County <br />Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange,. North Carolina, <br />that the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: <br />Section 1: Amend Section 6.18 as follows: <br />6.18 Telecommunications Towers and Equipment <br />Amended <br />12/10/02 <br />The following words, terms and phrases, when .used in this Section, shall <br />have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the <br />context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br />Accessory Use - A use incidental to, subordinate to, and subservient to <br />the principal use of the property. As defined in this section an accessory <br />use is a secondary use. <br />Antenna - A transmitting and/or receiving device used for wireless <br />services that radiates or captures electromagnetic waves, including <br />directional antennas, such as panel and microwave dish antennas, and <br />omni-directional antennas, such as whips, excluding radar antennas, <br />amateur radio antennas and satellite earth stations. <br />Building Code -The most recently adopted or amended edition of the <br />North Carolina State Building Code. <br />Co-location -Locating telecommunication equipment for more than one <br />provider on one qualified. shared facility at one site. <br />Commercial Impracticability or Commercially Impracticable -The inability <br />to perform an act on terms that are reasonable in commerce; the cause or <br />occurrence of which could not have been reasonably anticipated or <br />foreseen and that jeopardizes the financial efficacy of the project. <br />The inability to achieve a particular financial return on investment or profit, <br />standing alone, shall not deem a situation to be commercially <br />impracticable. <br />EIA-222 -Electronics Industries Association Standard 222 (Structural <br />Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Support Structures). <br />Existing Structure/Building.- For purposes. of this Section, any building or <br />structure that are currently existing on a parcel of land. Such structures <br />may include, but shall not be limited to, telecommunications towers, <br />overhead transmission line support structures, water tanksi silos, <br />churches, schools, and utility poles. <br />