As used in this chapter certain terms are defined as follows:
(a) "Collocation" means the use of a wireless telecommunications facility by more than one wireless telecommunications provider.
(b) "Lattice tower" means a support structure constructed of vertical metal struts and cross braces forming a triangular or square structure which often tapers from the foundation to the top.
(c) "Monopole" means a support structure constructed of a single, self-supporting hollow metal tube securely anchored to a foundation.
(d) "Open space" means land devoted to conservation or recreational purposes and/or land designated by a municipality to remain undeveloped (may be specified on a zoning map).
(e) "Telecommunication" means the technology which enables information to be exchanged through the transmission of voice, video, or data signals by means of electrical or electromagnetic systems.
(f) "Wireless telecommunications antenna" means the physical device through which electromagnetic, wireless telecommunications signals authorized by the Federal Communications Commission are transmitted or received. Antennas used by amateur radio operators and residential or small business satellite dishes are excluded from this definition, and are covered under Chapter 1367 of the Building Code.
(g) "Wireless telecommunications equipment shelter" means the structure in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a wireless telecommunications facility is housed.
(h) "Wireless telecommunications facility" means a facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications signals from a mobile communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer, which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines, or sends the signal to another mobile telecommunications receiver.
(i) "Wireless telecommunications tower" means a structure intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals including monopoles, guyed and lattice construction steel structures.
(j) "FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration.
(k) "FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission.
(l) "Essential services" means for purposes of the zoning ordinances of the City, wireless telecommunications facilities, and cellular facilities are expressly excluded from the definition of "essential services."
(Ord. 50-1998. Passed 6-2-98.)