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Ordinance as Recommended by <br />Planning Board and Administration <br />may include, but shall not be limited to, telecommunications towers, <br />overhead transmission line support structures, water tanks silos, <br />churches, schools, and utility poles. <br />Extraordinary Conditions - Conditions subsequent to a hurricane, flood, <br />tornado, or other natural or other disaster. <br />FAA - The Federal Aviation Administration. <br />FCC - The Federal Communications Commission <br />Fall Zone - The circular area measured from the base of the tower <br />outward in a circular pattern (radius) for a distance of 110% of the <br />proposed or existing tower's height including lightening rod. <br />Telecommunications towers shall not be located on property where the <br />proposed tower's fall zone will encroach on a residential, buildable, lot. <br />Guyed Tower - A telecommunication tower that is supported, in whole or <br />in part, by guy wires and ground anchors. <br />Inspections Division - A Division of the Orange County Planning and <br />Inspections Department, <br />Master Telecommunications Plan ("Plan") - A plan developed for Orange <br />County by the County's Planning Department that shows properties <br />where owners have expressed interest in allowing that have renpivpd <br />general I-#rera-t# ners #er the <br />placement of telecommunications towers less than 200 foot <br />provided that all applicable federal, state, and local regulations are met. <br />Information that may be shown on the plan will include existing <br />towers, County defined Natural Areas, historic properties, scenic <br />corridors, all major electrical lines, Voluntary Agricultural Districts, <br />existing telecommunication towers, known bird migratory patterns <br />through the County and all public and quasi-public properties that <br />may allow telecommunication facilities. The Plan will be for <br />purposes of disclosing information to telecommunication providers <br />when they are seeking to establish their telecommunication <br />networks in the County. <br />Microwave dish antenna - A dish-like antenna used to link wireless <br />service sites together by wireless transmission of voice or data,. <br />Monopole Tower - A telecommunication tower consisting of a single pole <br />or spire self supported by a permanent foundation, constructed without <br />guy wires and ground anchors. <br />Panel Antenna - An inconspicuous, relatively flat, square or rectangular <br />antenna designed to be affixed to the wall of a building or structure in <br />order to receive and transmit signals from a telecommunication device.