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s <br />ORDINANCE TO PLANNING BOARD (DRAFT) as <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 order <br />to receive and transmit signals from a telecommunication device. <br />Qualified Shared Facility — A facility that is appropriately designed for <br />sharing antenna space, and grants space on the facility In a fair, <br />reasonable, and non - discriminatory manner. <br />Roofline — The overall ridge line of the structure, not Including cupolas, <br />elevator towers, clock towers or other features. <br />Self-Support/Lattice Tower — A tapered structure broad at the base and <br />more narrow at the top consisting of cross - members and diagonal bracing <br />and without guyed support. <br />Stealth Facility — Any telecommunications facility which is designed to <br />blend into the surrounding environment. Examples of stealth facilities <br />Include architecturally screened roof- mounted antennas, antennas <br />Integrated into architectural elements, and telecommunication and/or <br />personal wireless services towers designed to look like light poles, power <br />poles or trees. <br />Telecommunications Facility — A combination of equipment which is <br />located either upon a telecommunications tower or a structure which <br />Includes some form of antenna for the purpose of transmitting and <br />receiving wireless services. <br />Telecommunications Tower — A guyed, monopole or self- support/lattice <br />tower, constructed as a free - standing structure containing one (1) or more <br />antennas, used in the provision of wireless services excluding radar <br />towers, amateur radio support structures licensed by the FCC, private <br />home use of satellite dishes and television receiving antennas and satellite <br />earth stations Installed in accordance with applicable codes. <br />Telecommunication Tower, Stealth — A telecommunication tower whose <br />primary purpose is, or visually appears to be, something other than the <br />support of telecommunications equipment, the apparent purpose of the <br />tower is customarily considered as accessory to a use that is allowed in <br />the zoning district, and the structure and its primary use comply with the <br />Orange County Zoning Ordinance. ' <br />of slanals from new construction necessitating a relocation of a <br />telecommunication tower, or the need to replace an existing <br />telecommunication tower for capacity Issues <br />Whip Antenna — A cylindrical antenna that transmits and/or receives <br />signals in three hundred sixty (360) degrees. <br />