CHAPTER 153: TOWERS
Section
   153.01   Title
   153.02   Authority
   153.03   Jurisdiction
   153.04   Purpose
   153.05   Definitions
   153.06   Development application and site plan review
   153.07   Special use permit review process
   153.08   Development standards
   153.09   Appeals and variances
   153.10   Tower removal
   153.11   Existing communication towers
 
   153.99   Penalty
§ 153.01 TITLE.
   The title of these regulations is the "Wireless Communication Tower Ordinance for the Town of Sparta and Alleghany County, North Carolina".
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§ 153.02 AUTHORITY.
   This chapter is adopted under the authority and provisions of G.S. Ch. 153A-121, Art. 6, 153A-122, 153A-123 and 153A-340 and the authority granted by § 704 of the Federal Telecommunication Act of 1966 being 47 U.S.C. § 332(c).
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§ 153.03 JURISDICTION.
   (A)   This chapter shall apply to all areas of the unincorporated county, which are not included in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the town; and within the town, including the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
   (B)   The Town Council adopts this chapter by resolution pursuant to G.S. § 153A-122.
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§ 153.04 PURPOSE.
   (A)   The town and county wish to accommodate the orderly development of the wireless communication industry, while at the same time preserving the area's natural beauty and distinctive character.
   (B)   Furthermore, the chapter is intended to promote and protect the public health, welfare and safety by regulating existing and proposed wireless communication towers by:
      (1)   Restricting tower height so as to not detract from the ridgelines and beautiful vistas of the county and to provide for the safety of low-flying private, government and medical aircraft;
      (2)   To provide for adequate fall-zones to protect from falling ice and debris and potential tower failure;
      (3)   To encourage antenna collocation so as to reduce the number of new towers constructed in the county and the town; and
      (4)   To require the use of camouflage or stealth technology for towers constructed within the viewshed of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Stone Mountain State Park, the New River or the New River State Park.
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