For the purpose of this subchapter and consistent with I.C. 8-1-32.3 et seq., the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANTENNA. Any communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of wireless communications service.
BASE STATION. A station located at a specific site that is authorized to communicate with mobile stations. The term includes all radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial cables, power supplies, and other electronics associated with a station.
COLLOCATION or CO-LOCATION. The placement or installation of wireless facilities on existing structures that include a wireless facility or a wireless support structure, including water towers and other buildings or structures. The term includes the placement, replacement, or modification of wireless facilities within an approved equipment compound.
CONSTRUCTION PLAN. A written plan (minimum size 11 by 17, based on a standard engineering or architectural scale, dimensioned in feet and inches) that describes the proposed wireless support structure, and all equipment and network components including antennas, transmitters, receivers, base stations, power supplies, cabling, and related equipment. The PLAN shall also include information that demonstrates that the aesthetics of the wireless support structure is substantially similar to the street lights located nearest the proposed location; includes the total height and width of the wireless facility and wireless support structure, including cross-section and elevation, footing, foundation, and wind speed details; a structural analysis indicating the capacity for future and existing antennas, and calculations for the foundation’s capacity. All drawings shall be sealed, signed, and dated by a registered professional engineer, licensed in the state.
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWER. A structure that physically supports high voltage overhead power lines. The term does not include a utility pole.
EQUIPMENT COMPOUND. The area that:
(1) Surrounds or is near the base of a wireless support structure; and
(2) Encloses wireless facilities.
EXISTING STRUCTURE. Excludes a utility pole or an electrical transmission tower.
PERMIT AUTHORITY. The staff of the city, City Board of Public Works, and the City Board of Zoning Appeals.
SMALL CELL FACILITY.
(1) A personal wireless service facility as defined by the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, being Pub. L. No. 104-104, as in effect on July 1, 2015; or
(2) A wireless service facility that satisfies the following requirements:
(a) Each antenna, including exposed elements, has a volume of three cubic feet or less;
(b) All antennas, including exposed elements, have a total volume of six cubic feet or less; and
(c) The primary equipment enclosure located with the facility has a volume of 17 cubic feet or less.
(3) For purposes of division (2)(c) above, the volume of the primary equipment enclosure does not include the following equipment that is located outside the primary equipment enclosure:
(a) Electric meters;
(b) Concealment equipment;
(c) Telecommunications demarcation boxes;
(d) Ground-based enclosures;
(e) Back-up power systems;
(f) Grounding equipment;
(g) Power transfer switches; or
(h) Cut-off switches.
SMALL CELL NETWORK. A collection of interrelated small cell facilities designed to deliver wireless service.
SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION OF A WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE.
(1) The mounting of a wireless facility on a wireless support structure in a manner that:
(a) Increases the height of the wireless support structure by the greater of:
1. Ten percent of the original height of the wireless support structure; or
2. Twenty feet;
(b) Adds an appurtenance to the wireless support structure that protrudes horizontally from the wireless support structure more than the greater of:
1. Twenty feet; or
2. The width of the wireless support structure at the location of the appurtenance; or
(c) Increases the square footage of the equipment compound in which the wireless facility is located by more than 2,500 square feet.
(2) The term SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION does not include the following:
(a) Increasing the height of a wireless support structure to avoid interfering with an existing antenna;
(b) Increasing the diameter or area of a wireless support structure to:
1. Shelter an antenna from inclement weather; or
2. Connect an antenna to the wireless support structure by cable.
UTILITY PLAN. A plan (minimum size 11 by 17, based on a standard engineering or architectural scale, dimensions shown in feet and inches) demonstrating the location and relationship to existing utilities within the vicinity of the proposed wireless support structure. The PLAN is includes drawings of:
(1) The project area showing location and all dimensions;
(2) The wireless support structure dimensions (size, height, and the like);
(3) Vicinity map showing the location of the proposed wireless facility and the surrounding street;
(4) Proximity map showing distance and dimensions from public facilities (curb, sidewalk, street landscape area, street centerline, right-of-way line, and the like) and adjacent buildings;
(5) Ground disturbance plan showing depth and dimensions of disturbance and excavation parameters;
(6) Adjacent utility plan, showing location and distances of all adjacent above ground and below ground utility facilities; and
(7) Documentation of coordination with utilities including a conflict analysis and work plan which documents that there are no conflicts with existing utilities and a restoration plan if there are conflicts with the existing utilities.
UTILITY POLE.
(1) A structure that is:
(a) Owned or operated by:
1. A public utility;
2. A communications service provider;
3. A municipality;
4. An electric membership corporation; or
5. A rural electric cooperative;
(b) Designed and used to:
1. Carry lines, cables, or wires for telephone, cable television, or electricity; or
2. Provide lighting.
(2) The term does not include a wireless support structure or an electrical transmission tower.
WIRELESS FACILITY. The set of equipment and network components necessary to provide wireless communications service. The term does not include a wireless support structure.
WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE. A freestanding structure designed to support wireless facilities. The term does not include a utility pole or an electrical transmission tower
(Res. 02-2017, passed 1-17-2017; Ord. 17-0001, passed 2-27-2017)