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74 <br />Application - A formal request, containing all necessary and required <br />documentation, submitted to Orange County to construct or modify a wireless <br />support structure or a wireless facility. <br />Board -The Orange County Board of County Commissioners. <br />Building Code -The most recently adopted or amended edition of the North <br />Carolina State. Building Code. <br />Building permit - An official Orange County administrative authorization to begin <br />construction consistent with the provisions of G.S. 153A-357. <br />Collocation -The installation of new wireless facilities on previously approved <br />structures, including wireless support structures, buildings, utility poles, and water <br />tanks. <br />Commercial Impracticability or Commercially Impracticable -The inability to <br />perForm an act on terms that are reasonable in commerce; the cause or <br />occurrence of which could not have been reasonably anticipated or foreseen and <br />that jeopardizes the financial efficacy of the project. The inability to achieve a <br />particular financial return on investment or profit, standing alone, and for a single <br />site, shall not deem a situation to be commercially impracticable and shall not <br />render an act or the terms of an agreement commercially impractical. <br />EIA-222 -Electronics Industries Association Standard 222 (Structural Standards <br />for Steel Antenna Wireless support structures and Antenna Support Structures). <br />Equipment enclosure - An enclosed structure, cabinet, or shelter used to contain <br />radio or other equipment necessary for the transmission or reception of wireless <br />communication signals. <br />Existing Structure/Building -For purposes of this Section, any building or structure <br />that currently exist on a parcel of land. Such, structures may include, but shall not <br />be limited to, telecommunications wireless support structures, overhead <br />transmission line support structures, water tanks, silos, churches, schools, and <br />utility poles. <br />Extraordinary Conditions -Conditions subsequent to a hurricane, flood, tornado, <br />or other natural or other disaster. <br />FAA -The Federal Aviation Administration or its duly designated and authorized <br />successor agency. <br />FCC -The Federal Communications Commission or its duly designated and <br />authorized successor agency. <br />Fall Zone -The area in which a wireless support structure may be expected to fall <br />in the event of a structural failure, as measured by engineering standards. <br />