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36 <br />t) Equipment storage. Mobile or immobile equipment not used in direct <br />support of a tower facility shall not be stored or parked on the site of the <br />telecommunication tower, unless repairs to the tower are being made. <br />u) Signs and advertising. The use of any portion of a tower for signs or <br />advertising purposes including company name, banners, streamers, etc. shall <br />be strictly prohibited. <br />v) <br />8.8.17a.4. Remova{ of 1iVireless Support Structures and Facilities. <br />The owner of any facility shall be required to provide a minimum of thirty (30) dam <br />written notice to the County Clerk prior to abandoning any facility. Under the <br />following circumstances, the County may determine that the health, safety, <br />and welfare interests of the County warrant and require facility. removal. <br />Facilities that have been abandoned (i.e. not used as facilities) for a period <br />exceeding ninety consecutive ninety (90) days or a total of one hundred- <br />eighty (18~ days in any three hundred-sixty five (365) day period, except <br />forperiods caused by force majeure or Acts of God, in which case, repair or <br />removal shall commence within ninet~~90) days of abandonment; <br />b) Permitted facilities fall into such a state of disrepair that it creates a health <br />or safetyhazard; <br />c) Facilities have been located, constructed, or modified without first <br />obtaining, or. in a manner not authorized by, the required Special Use <br />Permit, or any other necessary authorization and the Special Use Permit <br />may be revoked. <br />If the Counter makes such a determination as noted above, then the County shall <br />notify the holder of the facility Special Use Permit within forty-eight (48) hours that <br />said facility shall be removed; the County may approve an interim temporary use <br />agreement/permit, such as to enable the sale of the facility. <br />The holder of the Special Use Permit, or its successors or assigns, shall dismantle <br />and remove such facility, and all associated structures, from the site and restore <br />the site to as close to its original condition as is possible, such restoration being <br />limited only physical or commercial impracticability, within ninety (90) days of <br />receipt of written notice from the County. However, if the owner of the property <br />upon which the facility are located wishes to retain any access to the facility, the <br />owner may do so with the approval of the County. <br />If a facility is not removed or substantial progress has not been made to remove <br />the Facilities within ninety X90) days after the permit holder has received notice, <br />then the County may order officials or representatives of the County to remove the <br />facility at the sole expense of the owner or Special Use Permit holder. <br />If the County removes, or causes to be removed a facility, and the facility owner <br />does not claim and remove it from the site to a lawful location within ten (10) days, <br />