(A) "Amateur radio facility" means any exterior structure, equipment, property or other appurtenances used for carrying on radio communications for the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and technical investigations carried out by persons, authorized under Title 47 of the United States Code and Title 47, Part 97 of the Code of Federal Regulations and interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest.
(B) "Base station" means a structure or equipment at a fixed location that enables the provision of telecommunications service and may include transmission equipment and/or a support structure.
(C) "Board of Zoning Adjustment" means the decision-making body established pursuant to § 17.98.010.
(D) "Co-location", "collocation" or "collocated" means the placement, mounting or installation of telecommunications facilities on a support structure or tower to which a telecommunications facility is already placed, mounted or installed.
(E) "Receive-only antenna" means an exterior apparatus mounted on or adjacent to a structure and designed solely for the reception of telecommunications services for use within such structure.
(F) "Receive-only satellite antenna" means a satellite antenna mounted on or adjacent to a structure and designed solely for the reception of telecommunications services for use within such structure.
(G) "Satellite antenna" means an exterior disc-shaped or other parabolic apparatus also referred to as a satellite earth station antenna, which transmits and/or receives telecommunications services by line of sight with another similar antenna or a geosynchronous or orbiting satellite for use within an adjacent structure.
(H) "Small cell sites" means portable, low profile, low powered radio access nodes and all associated and appurtenant equipment that transmit a wireless signal to and from a defined area, are capable of being integrated on new or existing utility poles or street light standards in the public rights-of-way, and are intended to support and enhance wireless connectivity, coverage and performance and minimize weak spots or coverage gaps while reducing the burden on existing wireless telecommunications infrastructure.
(I) "Support structure" means a building, structure or improvement that is structurally and legally capable of accommodating a telecommunications facility, which is secondary and subordinate to the primary purpose, design and legal use of the building, structure or improvement, including, but not limited to, utility poles, flag poles, light standards, water tanks, buildings or any feature incorporated into a building, structure or improvements which is designed to be indistinguishable from the surrounding environment. A support structure shall not include a tower.
(J) "Telecommunications facility" means any structure, equipment, property or other appurtenances, including a tower, base station, transmission equipment, support structures and devices, accessory equipment and enclosures thereof, used or to be used to transmit, receive, distribute, provide and/or offer telecommunications service, including satellite antennas, receive-only antennas and amateur radio facilities.
(K) "Telecommunications carrier" means any person that directly or indirectly owns, leases, operates, manages or otherwise controls telecommunications facilities within the city.
(L) "Telecommunications service" means the transmittal of voice, data, image, graphic or video programming information by wire, cable, fiber optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite transmission or other similar mediums, with or without the benefit of any closed transmission medium.
(M) "Tower" means any freestanding structure built for the sole or primary purpose of supporting a telecommunications facility including, but not limited to, masts, monopoles, lattice towers and similar structures used to support a telecommunications facility.
(N) "Transmission equipment" means equipment that facilitates transmission for any wireless communication service authorized or licensed by the FCC, including, but not limited to, antennas, radio receivers, coaxial or fiber-optic cables, regular and/or backup power supplies.
(`78 Code, § 17.65.020.) (Ord. 3254 § 3, 4, 2017; Ord. 3200 § 3 (part), 2015; Ord. 3195 § 2 (part), 2015; Ord. 2891 § 1 (part), 2007; Ord. 2432 § 5 (part), 1999.)