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Article 10: Definitions 45 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> The North Carolina. State Building Code and any other uniform building, fire, electrical, plumbing, or <br /> mechanical codes adopted by a recognized national code organization together with State or County <br /> amendments to those codes enacted solely to address imminent threats of destruction of property or <br /> injury to persons. z <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Applicant <br /> Any wireless service provider or wireless support structure owner submitting an application for a wireless <br /> facility. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Application <br /> A request submitted by an applicant to Orange County for a permit to collocate wireless facilities or to <br /> approve the installation, modification or replacement of a utility pole, or a wireless support structure. 3 <br /> A formal request, GORtaiRiRg all ReGeSSary and required dGGUmeRtatiGR, submitted to QraRge GeLiRty te <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Base Station <br /> A station at a specific site authorized to communicate with mobile stations, generally consisting of radio <br /> receivers, antennas, coaxial cables, power supplies, and other associated electronics. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Building Code <br /> The most recently adopted or amended edition of the North Carolina State Building Code. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Building permit <br /> An official Orange County administrative authorization issued prior to beginning construction consistent <br /> with the provisions of N.C.G.S. 160D-403 and 160D-1110. a <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Collocation <br /> The placement, installation, maintenance, modification, operation, or replacement of wireless facilities on <br /> existing structures, including utility poles, electrical transmission towers, water towers, buildings, and <br /> other structures capable of structurally supporting the attachment of wireless facilities in compliance with <br /> applicable codes. This term does not include the installation of new utility poles or wireless support <br /> structures. 5 <br /> v.dreless faGili+ies OR pliaRGe with applicable GE)doo <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Commercial Impracticability or Commercially <br /> Impracticable <br /> The inability to perform an act on terms that are reasonable in commerce, the cause or occurrence of <br /> which could not have been reasonably anticipated or foreseen and that jeopardizes the financial efficacy <br /> of the project. The inability to achieve a particular financial return on investment or profit, standing alone, <br /> and for a single site, shall not deem a situation to be commercially impracticable and shall not render an <br /> act or the terms of an agreement commercially impractical. <br /> Telecommunication Facilities, Communications Facility <br /> The set of equipment and network components, including wires and cables and associated facilities used <br /> by a communications service provider to provide communications service.6 <br /> z G.S. 160D-931(2) <br /> 3 G.S. 160D-931(3) <br /> 4 G.S. 160D-931(5) <br /> 5 G.S. 160D-931(8) <br /> 6 G.S. 160D-931(9) <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-58 <br />