For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTERNATIVE CELLULAR ANTENNA TOWER. Any facility, such as a clock or bell tower; steeple; light pole; or other similar alternative-design mounting structure that accommodates, minimizes, camouflages or conceals the presence of a cellular antenna or cellular antenna tower and that is constructed (or reconstructed) primarily for the purpose of accommodating a cellular antenna or cellular antenna tower.
ANTENNA OR RELATED EQUIPMENT. Transmitting, receiving or other equipment used to support cellular telecommunications services or personal communications services.
CELLULAR ANTENNA TOWER. A tower constructed for, or an existing facility that has been adapted for, the location of transmission or related equipment to be used in the provision of cellular telecommunications services or personal communications services.
CELLULAR ANTENNA TOWER HEIGHT. The distance from the highest point of the antenna structure to the point at which the antenna or any structure the antenna is mounted upon meets the grade.
CELLULAR EQUIPMENT CABINET. A cabinet designed to house radio equipment, similar in size to a traffic signal cabinet, not designed for human occupancy. Any maintenance to radio equipment can only be done from outside the cabinet, as opposed to an alternative larger sized equipment shelter that can be totally accessed by service personnel.
CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY. The lot, tract or parcel of land that contains the cellular antenna tower, its supporting structure, any accessory building, parking and any other uses or structures that are associated with the transmission facility.
CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE. A retail telecommunications service that uses radio signals transmitted through cell sites and mobile switching stations.
CO-LOCATION. Locating two or more transmission antennas or related equipment on the same cellular antenna tower.
FALL ZONE. Designated area around the cellular antenna tower where the structure is likely to fall in the event of a catastrophic failure. The FALL ZONE shall be free of all dwellings.
SEARCH RING. The necessary search area within which a site for a cellular antenna tower should, pursuant to radio frequency requirements, be located.
STEALTH TECHNOLOGY. Cellular antenna tower is camouflaged, such as in a steeple or flag pole, to make it less visible.
UNIFORM APPLICATION. The application submitted to the Planning Commission by an applicant, complete and meeting all requirements as provided in KRS 100.9865, for the construction of a cellular antenna tower for cellular telecommunications services or personal communications services. Completion of a UNIFORM APPLICATION shall not be required for temporary cellular antenna that are deployed during construction of permanent facilities; used in the event of emergency situations where infrastructure has been damaged; or in connection with temporary high usage situations, such as sporting events.
UTILITY. Any person except, for purposes of divisions (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) below, a city, who owns, controls, operates or manages any facility used or to be used for or in connection with:
(1) The generation, production, transmission, or distribution of electricity to or for the public, for compensation, for lights, heat, power or other uses;
(2) The production, manufacture, storage, distribution, sale or furnishing of natural or manufactured gas, or a mixture of same, to or for the public, for compensation, for light, heat, power or other uses;
(3) The transporting or conveying of gas, crude oil or other fluid substance by pipeline to or for the public, for compensation;
(4) The diverting, developing, pumping, impounding, distributing or furnishing of water to or for the public, for compensation;
(5) The transmission or conveyance over wire, in air or otherwise, of any message by telephone or telegraph for the public, for compensation; or
(6) The collection, transmission or treatment of sewage for the public, for compensation, if the facility is a subdivision collection, transmission or treatment facility plant that is affixed to real property and is located in a county containing a city of the first class or is a sewage collection, transmission or treatment facility that is affixed to real property, that is located in any other county and that is not subject to regulation by a metropolitan sewer district or any sanitation district created pursuant to KRS Ch. 220.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 6.303)