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ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE 8 <br />Section 7. (Page 6 -25d) Amend Section 6.18 to read as follows: <br />6.18 Telecommunications Towers and Equipment Fasilitfes <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 the <br />principal Fnaln 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 talecommunicatfori mungeatmen <br />equipment for more than one provider on one quali�ast sharedfacil <br />stFUetMFe at one site. <br />Combined Anienna An anienna OF aA aFmy of antennas designed and <br />Commerciarlmpractfcablhty or Commercially inmprocd"bCe �The inability <br />to perform an act `on terms that are reasonably Irrcommerce; the. cause --or <br />occurrencaotw tch=could nothavobeen reasonable anticipated of <br />foreseen anttiat:jeopardiies the financial efficacy of the _project. The <br />inability t aclilive a satisfactory financiat return. on-investment or profit, <br />standingKa11666 ;; shall- nor- deem- a situation to bs commercially impracticable <br />anclkshaW.n gt render a requirement of this ordinance corpMercially <br />Impractl#afiFil <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 is currently existing on a parcel of land. Such structures <br />include, but shall not be limited to, telecommunications towers, <br />overhead transmission line support structures, water tanks, silos, <br />churches, schools, and utility poles. <br />Extraordinary Conditions — Conditions subsequent to a hurricane, flood, <br />tornado, or other natural or other disaster. <br />FAA — The Federal Aviation Administration. <br />FCC — The Federal Communications Commission. <br />