Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter its most reasonable application.
A | |
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 | Any exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, or television communications through the sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves. |
C | |
City | The City of Blue Ash. |
F | |
FAA | The Federal Aviation Administration. |
FCC | The Federal Communications Commission. |
H | |
Height | When referring to a tower or other structure, the distance from ground level to the highest point on the tower or other structure, even if said highest point is an antenna. |
P | |
Personal Wireless Services | Commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services and common carrier wireless exchange access services, including cellular services. |
Preexisting Towers and Antennas | |
S | |
Site | A tract, lot or parcel of land that contains the cellular or wireless communications tower, antenna, support structure(s), parking and any other uses associated with and ancillary to cellular or wireless communications transmission. |
Support Structure | Any building or structure accessory to but necessary for the proper functioning of the cellular or wireless communications antenna or tower. |
T | |
Telecommunications Facilities | The towers, antenna, alternate tower structures, support structures, cables, wires and other equipment necessary for telecommunication. |
Tower | Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone tower, alternative tower structures, and the like. |
(Ord. 2017. Passed 1-26-17.)