The following definitions shall apply to Small Cell Facilities and Small Cell wireless support structures and related equipment:
(a) “Applicant” means any person or entity who submits an Application pursuant to this Chapter.
(b) “Accessory equipment” means equipment used in conjunction with a Small Cell facility and generally at the same location of the Small Cell Facility, including but not limited to, electric meters, concealment elements, telecommunications demarcation boxes, grounding equipment, power transfer switches, cut-off switches, and vertical cable runs.
(c) “Buffer” means landscape screening to shield obtrusive hardware associated with Small Cell Facilities, Small Cell wireless support structures and related equipment in the public right-of-way.
(d) “Collocation” means the use of support structures in the public right-of-way by more than one Small Cell Facility/wireless telecommunication provider.
(e) “Eligible Facilities or Eligible Support Structure Request” means any request for Modification of an existing support structure or base station that does not substantially change the physical dimension of such support structure involving Collocation of new Facilities; removal of facilities; or replacement of Facilities. A substantial change means:
(1) A modification that changes the physical dimension of a Wireless Support Structure by increasing the height of the Wireless Support structure by more than ten percent (10%) or more than ten (10) feet, whichever is greater; and/or by adding an appurtenance to the body of the Wireless Support Structure that would protrude from the edge of the Wireless Support Structure by more than six (6) feet;
(2) The installation of more than the standard number of equipment cabinets for the technology involved or the installation of more than four (4) cabinets, whichever is less;
(3) The installation of any new ground-mounted equipment cabinets if there are no existing ground-mounted equipment cabinets or the installation of ground-mounted cabinets that are more than ten percent (10%) larger in height or overall volume than any other ground-mounted cabinets associated with the structure;
(4) Any excavation or deployment outside of the current site of the facility;
(5) Removal of any concealment elements of the facilities or the Wireless Support Structure; and
(6) Any change that does not comply with this Chapter or state or federal law and regulations.
(7) The threshold for measuring increases that may constitute a substantial change are cumulative, measured from the Facilities as originally permitted (including any modifications that were reviewed and approved by the City prior to the enactment of the Spectrum Act on February 22, 2012.
(f) “Facilities” means Small Cell Facilities, Accessory Equipment, and Wireless Support Structures.
(g) “Facilities Operator” means the person or entity responsible for the installation, operation, Maintenance, replacement, and modification of Small Cell Facilities. Facilities operators includes:
(1) Operators;
(2) Applicants who applied for consent to collocate a Small Cell Facility or to construct, maintain, modify, operate, or replace a new Wireless Support structure pursuant to Ohio R.C. Section 4939.031 (E) and who have obtained a conditional use and zoning Permit; and
(3) Applicants who applied for consent to collocate a Small Cell Facility or to construct, maintain, modify, operate, or replace a new Wireless Support Structure pursuant to Ohio R.C. Section 4939.033 and who have obtained a conditional use and zoning Permit.
(h) “Monopole” means a structure constructed of a single, self-supporting hollow metal tube securely anchored to a foundation with an attached Small Cell Facility.
(i) “Operator” means a wireless service provider, cable operator, or a video service provider that operates a Small Cell Facility and provides wireless service, including a wireless service provider, cable operator, or a video service provider that provides information services as defined in the Telecommunication Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 59 U.S.C. 153 (20), and services that are fixed in nature or use unlicensed spectrum.
(j) “Public Way” or “Right-of-Way” means the surface of, and the space within, through, on, across, above or below, any public street, public road, public highway, public freeway, public lane, public path, public alley, public court, public sidewalk, public boulevard, public parkway, public drive, public easement, and any other land dedicated or otherwise designated for a comparable public use, which is owned or controlled by the City or other public entity or political subdivision.
(k) “Small Cell Facility” means a wireless facility where each antenna is located inside an enclosure of not more than six (6) cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna with exposed elements, the antenna and all of its exposed elements can fit within an enclosure of not more than six (6) cubic feet in volume; and all other wireless equipment associated with the facility is cumulatively not more than twenty-eight (28) cubic feet in volume. The calculation of equipment volume shall not include electric meters, concealment elements, telecommunications demarcation boxes, grounding equipment, power transfer switches, cut-off switches, and vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services.
(l) “Small Wireless Facility” means a type of small cell facility in which each antenna is located within an enclosure of not more than three (3) cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna with exposed elements, the antenna and all of the exposed elements can fit within an enclosure of not more than three (3) cubic feet in volume, where such antenna is associated with a structure fifty (50) feet or less in height, including the antenna, or is not more than ten percent (10%) taller than adjacent structures, or is not extended in height by more than ten percent (10%) or to a height exceeding fifty (50) feet, whichever is greater, and which also otherwise satisfies the definition of “Small Wireless Facilities” found in the FCC’s Small Cell Order adopted September 16, 2018, FCC 18-133.
(m) “Telecommunication” means the technology, which enable information to be exchanged through the transmission of voice, video, or data signals by means of electrical or electromagnetic systems. “Telecommunication” includes, but is not limited to the receiving or transmitting of cellular phones, pagers, radios, televisions, personal telecommunication services, or other ground-wired telecommunication systems.
(n) “Wireless Support Structure” means a pole, such as a monopole, either guyed or self-supporting, street light pole, traffic signal pole, a fifteen (15) foot or taller sign pole, or utility pole capable of supporting Small Cell Facilities.
(Ord. 2020-4053. Passed 1-7-21.)