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0 0 BOOK 21 PAGE 950 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LEE COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Lee, North Carolina that the Unified Development Ordinance be, and it hereby is, amended as follows: Section L Article 4. Zoning District Regulations, 'lable 4.7-1 Density and Dimensional Regulations be rewritten to include the following additional note: Note 7: Any ramp or other structure constructed to comply with the standards of' the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or other similar Building Code requirement for the purpose of providing handicap access to a building shall be exempt from the required setbacks of this Table 4.7-1. Section 2. Article 5. Supplemental Development Regulations; Section 5.1 Accessory Uses and Structures; Subsection 5. 1.3) be rewritten to include the Billowing additional note: Note 3: Any accessory structure that will be located within eighteen (18) inches of an exterior wall of a principal structure, shall be required to meet the principal structure setbacks as set forth in Table 4.7-1 of this Ordinance. Section 3. Article 5. Supplemental Development Regulations, Section 5.33 Telee0lnmtmlcat Ions Towers. Subsection 5.33.2.3 be rewritten as lbllows: 5.33.2.3 NIIArLblUH SETBACK AND F,,I LL "ZONE REQUIREMENTS. Towers shall conform to the following dimensional requirements: (a) For towers located on the roof of a Structures, other than the base or supporting elements of the tower, the tower shall not be more than 30% of the building height above the building, or 75 feet above the building, whichever is less. The building or structure shall maintain the normal setbacks of the zoning district. (b) For towers mounted on the ground surface: • The minimum setback from all property boundaries shall be equal to the maximum height of the proposed tower. • A fall zone shall also be established for each tower. The fall zone is defined as an area within the subject property, which shall be maintained so as to be clear of any buildings within an area equal to the maximum height of the proposed tower as measured by a circle around the base of the tower. Buildings that are constructed for the purpose of' housing equipment in support of the communications equipment as located on the tower shall be permitted within the fall -none. Section 4. Article 5. Supplemental Development Regulations, Section 5.33 Telecommunications Towers be amended to include a new subsection 5.33.8 to be written as follows: