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39 <br />visually discernable components or aspects of a wireless facility that vvill add to <br />the visible appearance of the facility as originally permitted. but does not <br />constitute a modification to a wireless facility or support structure. <br />Roofline -The overall ridaeline of the structure. not includina cupolas. elevator <br />towers clock towers or other similar features. <br />Search ring The area within which a wireless support structure must be located in <br />order to meet service objectives of the wireless service provider usina the <br />wireless facility or fireless support structure. <br />Self-Support/~attice Wireless support structure - A tapered structure broad at the <br />base and narrower at the top consisting of cross-members and diagonal bracing <br />and without guyed support. <br />State -The State of North Carolina. <br />Stealth or Stealth Technology - A design or treatment that minimizes adverse <br />aesthetic and visual impacts on the land. property. buildings. and other facilities <br />adjacent to. surrounding. and in generally the same area as the reauested <br />location of such wireless support structures. which shall mean building the least <br />visually and physically intrusive facility that is not technologically or commercially <br />impracticable under the facts and circumstances. Stealth technoloav includes <br />such technoloav as Distributed Antenna System (DAS) or its functional <br />eauivalent or camouflage where the structure is disguised to make it less visually <br />obtrusive and not recognized to the average person as a wireless Support <br />structure. <br />Telecommunication Eauipment - Eauipment. which is located either upon a <br />telecommunication tower or a structure and includes some form of antenna for <br />the purpose of transmitting and receiving wireless services. <br />Wireless facility Stealth - A wireless support structure designed usina stealth <br />technoloav such that its primary purpose is. or visually appears to be, something <br />other than the support of telecommunications eauipment. the apparent purpose <br />of the wireless support structure is customarily considered as accessory to a use <br />that is allowed in the zoning district. and the structure and its primary use comply <br />with the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. <br />Utility pole - A structure that is designed for and used to carry lines. cables. or <br />wires for telephone. cable television. or electricity. or to provide lighting. <br />Unforeseen Events. -Condemnations of existing telecommunications wireless <br />support structures for road projects. casualty of existing telecommunications <br />wireless Support structures. blocking of signals from new construction <br />necessitating a relocation of a telecommunication wireless support structure. or <br />the need to replace an existing telecommunication wireless support structure for <br />capacity issues. or for other reasons deemed necessary by the County Planning <br />Director or his/her designee. <br />Whip Antenna - A cylindrical antenna that transmits and/or receives signals in <br />three hundred sixty (360°) degrees. <br />Wireless facility -The set of eauipment and network components. exclusive of <br />the underlying Support structure or tower. includina antennas. transmitters. <br />