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39 <br />visually discernable components or aspects of a wireless facility that will 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-SupportJLattice 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 auved support. <br />State -The State of North Carolina. <br />Stealth or Stealth Technoloav - A desicrn 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 phvsically intrusive facility that is not technologically or commercially <br />impracticable under the facts and circumstances. Stealth technoloav includes <br />such technoloav as Distributed Antenna Svstem (DASI 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 />- -- <br />wires for telephone. cable television. or electricity. or to provide lighting. <br />Unforeseen Events -Condemnations of existina telecommunications wireless <br />Support structures for road projects. casualty of existina telecommunications <br />wireless support structures. blocking of sianals from new construction <br />necessitating a relocation of a telecommunication wireless support structure. or <br />the need to replace an existina telecommunication wireless support structure for <br />capacity issues. or for other reasons deemed necessary by the County Planning <br />Director orhis/her designee. <br />Whip Antenna - A cylindrical antenna that transmits and/or receives sianals in <br />three hundred sixty (360°l degrees. <br />Wireless facility -The set of equipment and network components, exclusive of <br />the underlying Support structure or tower. includina antennas. transmitters. <br />