Definitions 17.4 Definitions Generally*
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improvement”. Substantial damage also means flood-related damage sustained by a structure on 2 separate occasions during a 10-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds 25% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) Any combination of repairs, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, taking place during any 1-year period for which the cost equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure before the “start of construction” of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred “substantial damage”, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either: • Any correction of existing violations of State or community health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the community code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or, Any alteration of a historic structure provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure. SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION (WTF) A change or Modification that increases the existing vertical height of the structure by the greater of • (a) more than ten percent (10%) or (b) the height of one additional antenna array with separation from the nearest existing antenna not to exceed 20 feet; or (a) except where necessary to shelter the antenna from inclement weather or to connect the antenna to the tower via cable, adding an appurtenance to the body of a wireless support structure that protrudes horizontally from the edge of the wireless support structure the greater of (i) more than 20 feet or (ii) more than the width of the wireless support structure at the level of the appurtenance; or (b)increases the square footage of the existing equipment compound by more than 2,500 square feet. SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS For the purposes of determining whether sufficient progress has been made on an approved plan, one or more of the following construction activities toward the
completion of a site or subdivision plan shall occur: obtaining a grading permit and conducting grading activity on a continuous basis and not discontinued for more than 30 days; or installation and approval of on-site infrastructure; or obtaining a building permit for the construction and approval of a building foundation. “Substantial progress” for purposes of determining whether an approved plan is null and void is not necessarily the same as “substantial expenditures” used for determining vested rights pursuant to applicable law. TELECOMMUNICATIONS The transmission and/or reception of audio, video, data, and other information by wire, radio frequency, light, and other electronic or electromagnetic systems. TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE OR SUPPORT STRUCTURE A structure used in the provision of services described in the definition of Wireless Telecommunications Facilities to physically support antennas and other equipment necessary for the provision of wireless service. TEMPORARY (WTF) Unless otherwise specified by this ordinance, something intended to, or that does, exist for fewer than 90 days. TEMPORARY SIGNS Portable signs used to announce or advertise specific events which have a definite beginning and end date/time. TEN-YEAR STORM The storm water runoff resulting from precipitation of an intensity expected to be equaled or exceeded, on the average, once in ten years, and of a duration which will produce the maximum peak rate of runoff for the watershed of interest under average antecedent wetness conditions. TOP OF BANK The points in a cross-section where the stream channel makes a transition to flood plain. Top of bank can be identified by a change in the slope of the land, a transition from terrestrial to riparian vegetation, and/or changes in the composition of substrate materials. TOWER Any structure designed primarily to support an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting a wireless signal.
Town of Wake Forest Unified Development Ordinance – July 19, 2022
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