<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 72-26. - Authority and purpose.</div>
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               This article is enacted pursuant to the general police powers granted to the county
               by G.S. 153A-121. The purpose of this article is to protect the health, safety, and
               property values of citizens of the county from potential adverse effects caused by
               the proliferation of wireless communications facilities, such as falling of towers
               or ice from the towers, children being injured by playing on towers, and aesthetic
               harm to residential communities including historic preservation areas and designated
               scenic corridors.
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               (Ord. No. 97-1-10, art. I, Â§ A, 1-21-97; Ord. No. 99-5-3, Â§ 1, 5-4-99)
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