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<br />(c) With any zoning district wherein wireless communication facilities are <br />permitted, to provide clear performance standa~ds addressing the siting of wireless <br />communications facilities; J <br /> <br />(d) To encourage the location of wireless communications facilities on <br />existing structures, including utility poles, signs, water towers, buildings, and other <br />similar facilities where feasible; <br /> <br />(e) To promote and encourage shared use/collocation of towers and <br />telecommunications facilities as a primary option rather than construction of <br />additional such facilities; <br /> <br />(t) To promote and encourage utilization of technological designs that will <br />either eliminate or reduce the need for erection of new Support Structures and <br />telecommunications facilities; <br /> <br />(g) To streamline and expedite permitting procedures to effect compliance <br />with the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996; <br /> <br />(h) To enhance the ability of providers of telecommunication services to <br />provide such service to the community quickly, effectively, and efficiently; <br /> <br />(i) To avoid potential damage to property caused by towers, support <br />structures, and telecommunications facilities by insuring such structures are <br />soundly and carefully designed, constructed, modified, maintained, and removed <br />when no longer used or are determined to be structurally unsound; <br /> <br />0) To ensure that towers, support structures and telecommunication <br />facilities are compatible with surrounding land uses. <br /> <br />Sec. 28-102. Definitions. <br /> <br />The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this ordinance, shall <br />have the meanings ascribed to them herein, except where the context clearly <br />indicates a different meaning: <br /> <br />(a) Antenna Array means one or more rods, panels, discs, or similar devices <br />attached to a Support Structure and used for the transmission or reception of radio <br />frequency signals, which may include an omni directed antenna (rod), a directional <br />antenna (panel) and a parabolic antenna (dish). The Antenna Array does not <br />include the Support Structure defined herein. <br /> <br />-3- <br />