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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions 5 <br /> ecommunication Facilities, Personal Wireless Services (PWS) or Per nal <br /> Tele mmunications Service (PTS) <br /> As define and used in the 1996 Telecommunications Act. <br /> Telecommu ' ation Facilities, Repairs and maintenance <br /> The replacement o epair of any components of a wireless facility where the placement is identical to <br /> the component being r laced or for any matters that involve the normal r air and maintenance of a <br /> wireless facility without th ddition, removal or change of any of the p sical or visually discernable <br /> components or aspects of a , eless facility that will add to the visib appearance of the facility as <br /> originally permitted, but does no onstitute a modification to a wi less facility or support structure. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, oofline <br /> The overall ridgeline of the structure, not i uding cup s, elevator towers, clock towers or other similar <br /> features. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Sear rig <br /> The area within which a wireless supports cture mus e located in order to meet service objectives of <br /> the wireless service provider using the ' eless facility or i less support structure. <br /> Telecommunication Facili 'es, Self-Support/Lattice ireless support structure <br /> A tapered structure broad at t base and narrower at the top consis i 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 d, property, <br /> buildings, and er facilities adjacent to, surrounding, and in generally the same area s the requested <br /> location of ch wireless support structures, which shall mean building the least visually d 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 ( S) or its <br /> fu tonal equivalent or camouflage where the structure is disguised to make it less visually obtrusi and <br /> t 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 /> communication Facilities, Telecommunication Equipment <br /> Equip t,which is located either upon a telecommunication tower or a structure and udes 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 ned using stealth technology s that its primary purpose is, or <br /> visually appears to be, something o r than the support of communications equipment, the apparent <br /> purpose of the wireless support structure customaril nsidered as accessory to a use that is allowed <br /> in the zoning district, and the structure and its use comply with this Ordinance. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities ility pole <br /> A structure that is designed for a sed to carry lines, cables, ires for telephone, cable television, or <br /> electricity, or to provide light <br /> Telecommun' ion Facilities, Unforeseen Events <br /> Condemnat s of existing telecommunications wireless support structures for road pr * ts, casualty of <br /> existin ecommunications wireless support structures, blocking of signals from new cons ion <br /> n ssitating a relocation of a telecommunication wireless support structure, or the need to repla n <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-53 <br />