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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 8- Conditional Uses All zones Section I Purpose The purpose of this Section 2-& is to: • Protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impacts of towers and antennas; • Encourage the location of towers in non - residential and less developed areas; • Strongly encourage joint use of new and existing tower sites as a primary option rather than construction of additional single -use towers; • Encourage users of towers and antennas to locate them, to the extent possible, in areas where the adverse impact on the community is minimal; • Encourage users of towers and antennas to configure them in a way that minimizes the adverse visual impact of the towers and antennas through careful design, siting, landscape screening, and innovative camouflaging techniques; • Enhance the ability of the providers of telecommunications services to provide such services to the community quickly, effectively, and efficiently; • Consider the public's health and safety in regard to communication towers; and • Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure through engineering and careful siting of tower structures. Section 2 Definitions The words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings assigned below provided, however, any words, terms or phrases not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned in Chapter 2 of this Ordinance: ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT STRUCTURE- A building or cabinet -like structure located adjacent to, or in the immediate vicinity of, a wireless telecommunication tower or antenna to house equipment customarily incidental to the receiving or transmitting of wireless broadcasts, cellular telephone calls, voice messaging and paging services. ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTURE- Man -made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and similar alternative- design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers. ANTENNA- Equipment used for transmitting or receiving radio frequency signals, which is attached to a tower, building or other structure, usually consisting of a series of directional panels, microwave or satellite dishes, or omnidirectional "whip" antenna. ANTENNA, STEALTH- Wireless telecommunication antenna and related equipment designed to blend into the surrounding environment or integrated into the physical structure to which it is attached. BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION- Equipment that provides the link between wireless communications and land -based public telephone switching networks, including radio frequency transceivers, back -up power sources, power amplifiers, and signal processing hardware, typically contained in a small building or cabinet. COMMUNICATIONS TOWER- A tower, which supports communication (broadcast, receiving, or relay) equipment, utilized by government or other public and quasi - public users. This does not include private home use of satellite dishes and television antennas or amateur radio operators as licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Chapter 8 Page 27 of 35 Attachment number 5 G -1 Page 261