(a) "Telecommunications" means technology permitting the passage of information from the sender to one or more receivers in a usable form by means of any electronic system.
(b) "Wireless communication antenna" means an antenna designed to transmit or receive communications as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) excluding amateur radio operator's antennas.
(c) "Wireless telecommunications equipment building" means the structure in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a wireless telecommunications facility is housed.
(d) "Wireless telecommunications facility" means a facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines.
(e) "Wireless communications tower" means a tower including but not limited to self- supporting lattice or monopole which elevates the wireless communication antenna and may include accessory transmission and receiving equipment.
(f) "Monopole" means a single, slender and typically cylindrical, vertical structure to which antenna support structures are affixed.
(g) "Lattice" means a framework or structure of crossed metal strips typically resting on three members constructed vertically to which antennas are affixed.
(h) "Collocation" means the use of a wireless telecommunications facility by more than one wireless telecommunications provider.
(Ord. 1997-115. Passed 7-8-97.)