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.Ordinance to Public Hearing <br />November 24, 2003 <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 <br />Carolina, that the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: <br />Bold = New Language <br />+ <br />eF;k� „ti*h�n = Deleted Language <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 on <br />Support Structures). <br />Existing Structure /Building— For purposes of this Section, any building or <br />structure that is currently existing on a parcel of land. Such structures <br />G /curplanning/ Robert /telcotowersroundtwo /telcomm towers amendments Sec 6 sec 8 <br />113 <br />