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Article 10: Definitions 40 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> lecommunication Facilities, Personal Wireless Services (PWS) or Pers al <br /> Te _ ommunications Service (PTS) <br /> As defi -d and used in the 1996 Telecommunications Act. <br /> Telecomm •ication Facilities, Repairs and maintenance <br /> The replacement • repair of any components of a wireless facility where the replacement is identical to <br /> the component being -placed or for any matters that involve the normal re.-it and maintenance of a <br /> wireless facility without t• - addition, removal or change of any of the ph ical or visually discernable <br /> components or aspects of a ireless facility that will add to the visibl- -ppearance of the facility as <br /> originally permitted, but does n• constitute a modification to a wir= ess facility or support structure. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, -oofline <br /> The overall ridgeline of the structure, not i luding cupo . , elevator towers, clock towers or other similar <br /> features. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Sear ri • <br /> The area within which a wireless support st .cture mus •e located in order to meet service objectives of <br /> the wireless service provider using the • eless facility or • -less support structure. <br /> Telecommunication Facili '-s, Self-Support/Lattice k ireless support structure <br /> A tapered structure broad at t base and narrower at the top consist •• of cross-members and diagonal <br /> bracing and without guyed •pport. <br /> Telecommunica n Facilities, Stealth or Stealth Technology <br /> A design or treat .-nt that minimizes adverse aesthetic and visual impacts on the la•d, property, <br /> buildings, and , er facilities adjacent to, surrounding, and in generally the same area - the requested <br /> location of .ch wireless support structures, which shall mean building the least visually a physically <br /> intrusive -cility that is not technologically or commercially impracticable under the facts and <br /> circu • tances. Stealth technology includes such technology as Distributed Antenna System (D or its <br /> fu ional equivalent or camouflage where the structure is disguised to make it less visually obtrusi and <br /> of recognized to the average person as a wireless support structure. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Substantial Modification <br /> The mounting of a proposed wireless facility on a wireless support structure that substantially changes <br /> the physical dimensions of the support structure. <br /> ecommunication Facilities, Telecommunication Equipment <br /> Equip r lit, which is located either upon a telecommunication tower or a structure and inc eel's some <br /> form of ante •- for the purpose of transmitting and receiving wireless services. <br /> Telecommunicatio acilities, Wireless facility Stealth <br /> A wireless support structure 41- • ned using stealth technology suc at its primary purpose is, or <br /> visually appears to be, something o ; than the support of tel--•mmunications equipment,the apparent <br /> purpose of the wireless support structure i ustomarily c•- idered as accessory to a use that is allowed <br /> in the zoning district, and the structure and its p ...a• se comply with this Ordinance. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, • ity pole <br /> A structure that is designed for an. ed to carry lines, cables, or ' es for telephone, cable television, or <br /> electricity, or to provide lighti •. <br /> Telecommuni ion Facilities, Unforeseen Events <br /> Condemnati.- of existing telecommunications wireless support structures for road proje casualty of <br /> existin• -ecommunications wireless support structures, blocking of signals from new construc • <br /> n- -ssitating a relocation of a telecommunication wireless support structure, or the need to replace a <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-53 <br />