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179 <br />APPENDIX F — Town of Chapel Hill Telecommunication Policies <br />Administrative Policy: <br />Te1eC3 ___ %et%n To"WerIa <br />This policy describes the manner in which administrative determinations are made <br />regarding whether or not a proposed telecommunication facility can be considered an <br />accessory use. <br />REGULATORY CONTEXT <br />Several definitions contained in the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance are important in <br />determining the process by which a proposed telecommunication facility should be <br />reviewed. These include: <br />• <br />Radio or Television Transmitting and/or Receiving Facility: The use of land, <br />buildings, or structures for the above - ground transmission and/or reception of <br />airborne radio or television signals, including all transmitting and receiving towers, <br />dishes and antennas except accessory radio or television transmitting and/or receiving <br />antennas. <br />Accessory Radio or Television Transmitting and/or Receiving Antenna: An antenna <br />designed for the above - ground transmission and/or reception of airborne radio or <br />television signals, customarily incidental to _a permitted principal use, provided that <br />any antenna located on a zoning lot-containing a single - family or two - family dwelling <br />shall serve only the needs of the occupants of such dwellings. <br />• Accessory Use: Customarily incidental to a permitted principal or special use. <br />A "Radio or television transmitting and/or receiving facility" is permitted only as a <br />special use, and only in the following zoning districts: Community Commercial, Office <br />Institutional -1, -2, and -3, and Industrial. A facility of this description is also permitted as <br />either a principal or accessory use in a planned development. Land area requirements are <br />such that a tower needs to be set back from all exterior property lines at least as far as the <br />tower is tall. Special Use Permits are approved by the Town Council. <br />F -1 <br />