(a) Antenna - any system of wires, rods, discs, panels, flat panels, dishes, whips, or other similar devices used for the transmission or reception of wireless signals. An antenna may include an omnidirectional antenna (rod), directional antenna (panel), parabolic antenna (disc) or any other wireless antenna. An antenna shall not include tower-based wireless communications facilities as defined below.
(b) Co-location - the mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennae, on an existing tower-based WCF, or on any structure that already supports at least one non-tower WCF.
(c) Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) - network of spatially separated antenna sites connected to a common source that provides wireless service within a geographic area or structure.
(d) Emergency - a condition that constitutes a clear and immediate danger to the health, welfare, or safety of the public, or has caused or is likely to cause facilities in the rights-of-way to be unusable and result in loss of the services provided.
(e) FCC - Federal Communications Commission.
(f) Height of a Tower-Based WCF - the vertical distance measured from the ground level including any base pad, to the highest point on a Tower-Based WCF, including antennae mounted on the tower and any other appurtenances.
(g) Monopole - a WCF or site which consists of a single pole structure, designed and erected on the ground or on top of a structure, to support communications antennae and connecting appurtenances.
(h) Non-Tower Wireless Communications Facility (Non-Tower WCF) - all non-tower wireless communications facilities, including but not limited to, antennae and related equipment. Non-Tower WCF shall not include support structures for antennae or any related equipment that is mounted to the ground or at ground-level.
(i) Related Equipment - any piece of equipment related to, incidental to, or necessary for, the operation of a tower-based WCF or non-tower WCF. By way of illustration, not limitation, Related Equipment includes generators and base stations.
(j) Stealth Technology - camouflaging methods applied to wireless communications towers, antennae and other facilities which render them more visually appealing or blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it minimally visible to the casual observer. Such methods include, but are not limited to, architecturally screened roof-mounted antennae, building-mounted antennae painted to match the existing structure and facilities constructed to resemble trees, shrubs, and light poles.
(k) Substantially Change or Substantial Change -
(1) Any increase in the height of a wireless support structure by more than ten percent or by the height of one additional antenna array with separation from the nearest existing antenna not to exceed twenty feet, whichever is greater, except that the mounting of the proposed wireless communications facility may exceed the size limits set forth herein if necessary to avoid interference with existing antennae; or
(2) Any further increase in the height of a wireless support structure which has already been extended by more than ten percent of its originally approved height or by the height of one additional antenna array.
(l) Tower-Based Wireless Communications Facility (Tower-Based WCF) - any structure that is used for the purpose of supporting one or more antennae, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles, utility poles and light poles. DAS hub facilities are considered to be tower-based WCF.
(m) WBCA - Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act (53 P.S. §11702.1 et. seq.)
(n) Wireless - transmissions through the airwaves including, but not limited to, infrared line of sight, cellular, PCS, microwave, satellite, or radio signals.
(o) Wireless Communications Facility (WCF) - the antennae, nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics and other equipment used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating wireless communications services.
(p) Wireless Communications Facility Applicant (WCF Applicant) - any person that applies for a wireless communication facility building permit, zoning approval and/or permission to use the public right-of-way (ROW) or other Borough owned land or property.
(q) Wireless Support Structure - a freestanding structure, such as a tower-based wireless communications facility or any other support structure that is constructed primarily to support the placement or installation of a wireless communications facility if approved by the Borough.
(Ord. 2523. Passed 8-15-16.)