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3 <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 may <br />include, but shall not be limited to, telecommunications towers, overhead <br />transmission line support structures, water tanksj silos, churches, schools, and <br />utility poles. <br />Extraordinary Conditions - Conditions subsequent to a hurricane, flood, tornado, <br />or other natural or other disaster. <br />FAA - The Federal Aviation Administration. <br />FCC - The Federal Communications Commission <br />Fall Zone - The circular area measured from the base of the tower outward in a <br />circular pattern (radius) for a distance of 110% of the proposed or existing <br />tower's height including lightening rod. Telecommunications towers shall not be <br />located on property where the proposed tower's fall zone will encroach on a <br />residential, buildable, lot. <br />Guyed Tower - A telecommunication tower that is supported, in whole or in part, <br />by guy wires and ground anchors. <br />Inspections Division - The Orange County Planning and Inspections Department. <br />Master Telecommunications Plan ("Plan") - A plan developed for Orange County <br />by the County's Planning Department that sets forth properties that have <br />received general zoning approval from the County Commissioners for the <br />placement of telecomrnunications towers less than 200 feet in height provided <br />that all applicable federal, state, and local regulations are met. <br />Microwave dish antenna - A dish-like antenna used to link wireless service sites <br />together by wireless transmission of voice or data. <br />Monopole Tower - A telecommunication tower consisting of a single pole or spire <br />self supported by a permanent foundation, constructed without guy wires and <br />ground anchors. <br />Panel Antenna - An inconspicuous, relatively flat, square or rectangular antenna <br />designed to be affixed to the wall of a building or structure in order to receive and <br />transmit signals from a telecommunication device. <br />Qualified Shared Facility - A telecommunication tower or existing <br />structure/building that is appropriately designed for sharing antenna space, and <br />grants space on the tower in a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory manner. <br />Roofline - The overall ridge line of the structure, not including cupolas, elevator <br />towers, clock towers or other similar features. <br />Search Area - An area or areas defined on a map or maps showing the <br />maximum extent of locations suitable for the installation of an individual <br />telecommunications provider's facilities (tower or antenna co-locations). <br />Self-Support/Lattice Tower - A tapered structure broad at the base and more <br />narrow at the top consisting of cross-members and diagonal bracing and without <br />guyed support. <br />