<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 72-27. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, shall have the specific meaning ascribed to
               them herein. All other words, terms and phrases shall have their ordinary meaning
               of common usage in the English language:
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               <span class="ital">Antenna array</span> means one or more rods, panels, discs or similar devices used for the transmission
               or reception of radio frequency signals, which may include omni-directional antenna
               (rod), directional antenna (panel) and parabolic antenna (disc). The antenna array
               does not include the support structure.
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               <span class="ital">Attached wireless communication facility</span> means an antenna array that is attached to an existing building or structure (attachment
               structure), which structures shall include but not be limited to utility poles, signs,
               water towers, rooftops, towers with any accompanying pole or device (attachment device)
               which attaches the antenna array to the existing building or structure and associated
               connection cables, and an equipment facility which may be located either inside or
               outside of the attachment structure.
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               <span class="ital">Board of adjustment</span> means the county board of adjustment appointed by the board of commissioners as provided
               for by G.S. 160D-302 and established by<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH78ZO" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> chapter 78</a> of this Code.
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               <span class="ital">Co-location/site sharing</span> means use of a common wireless communication facility or common site by more than
               one wireless communication license holder or by one wireless license holder for more
               than one type of communications technology and/or placement of a wireless communication
               facility on a structure owned or operated by a utility or public entity.
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               <span class="ital">Crest</span> means the uppermost line of a mountain or chain of mountains from which the land
               falls away on at least two sides to a lower elevation or elevations.
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               <span class="ital">Equipment facility</span> means any structure used to contain ancillary equipment for a wireless communication
               facility which includes cabinets, shelters, a buildout of an existing structure, pedestals,
               and other similar structures.
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               <span class="ital">Facility</span> means wireless communications facility.
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               <span class="ital">Federal Aviation Administration.</span> FAA.
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               <span class="ital">Federal Communications Commission.</span> FCC.
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               <span class="ital">Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.</span> FTA.
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               <span class="ital">Height,</span> referring to wireless communication facility, means the distance measured from ground
               level to the highest point on the wireless communication facility, excluding the antenna
               array.
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               <span class="ital">Ordinance administrator</span> means the planning director or his designee.
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               <span class="ital">Permit</span> means the permit issued by the ordinance administrator to an individual, corporation,
               partnership or other entity to erect a wireless communications facility.
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               <span class="ital">Protected mountain ridge</span> means a ridge with an elevation higher than 2,500 feet above mean sea level and an
               elevation 300 feet or more above the elevation of an adjacent valley floor.
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               <span class="ital">Ridge</span> means the elongated crest or series of crests at the apex or uppermost point of intersection
               between two opposite slopes or sides of a mountain, and includes all land within 200
               feet below the elevation of any portion of such line or surface along the crest.
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               <span class="ital">Support structure</span> means a structure designed and constructed specifically to support an antenna array,
               and may include a monopole, self-supporting (lattice) tower, guy-wire-support tower
               and other similar structures.
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               <span class="ital">Telecommunications tower</span> means any tower exceeding 20 feet in height erected for the purpose of transmitting
               or receiving telephonic or radio signals over the airwaves as a commercial service,
               but shall not include any structures erected solely for a noncommercial individual
               use such as residential television antennas, satellite dishes, or ham radio antennas;
               a commercial use that is purely incidental to other business activities of the owner;
               or AM radio towers.
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               <span class="ital">Temporary wireless communication facility</span> means a wireless communication facility to be placed in use for sixty (60) or fewer
               days.
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               <span class="ital">Tower site</span> means the real property which an applicant is required to have ownership of, leasehold
               interest in, or easement over, pursuant to subsection<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH72TE_ARTIIWICOFA_DIV3CRISPE_S72-46RE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> 72-46</a>(2).
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               <span class="ital">Wireless communication facility</span> means any unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception of wireless telecommunications
               services for commercial use, usually consisting of an antenna array, connection cables,
               an equipment facility, and a support structure to achieve the necessary elevation;
               but shall not include any facility erected solely for a noncommercial individual use
               as residential television antennas, satellite dishes, or ham radio antennas; a commercial
               use that is purely incidental to other business activities of the owner; or AM radio
               towers.
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               <span class="ital">Wireless communication facility permit (WCFP)</span> means a permit issued by the county specifically for the location, construction and
               use of a wireless communication facility subject to an approved site plan and any
               special conditions determined by the ordinance administrator to be appropriate under
               the provisions of this ordinance.
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               (Ord. No. 97-1-10, art. I, Â§ B, 1-21-97; Ord. No. 99-5-3, Â§ 1, 5-4-99; Ord. No. 11-06-05,
               Â§ 1, 6-7-11;
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="1118554">
                  Ord. No. 21-05-06
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               , Â§ 1(Exh. A), 5-4-21)
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