ABANDONED ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURES: Any antennas or antenna support structures that are not utilized for the provision of wireless communication services for a continuous period of six (6) months shall be considered abandoned. This includes television antennas and ham radio antennas.
ALTERNATIVE ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE: An antenna support structure designed to shield, conceal, or disguise the presence of antennas or towers and blend with the surrounding setting. Alternative structures may include, but are not limited to, unobtrusive architectural features on new or existing structures, utility poles, clock towers, flagpoles, water towers, and church steeples. Examples of alternative antenna support structures are illustrated in subsection 4-12-5J of this chapter.
ANTENNA: Any structure or device used for the purpose of collecting or transmitting electromagnetic waves, including, but not limited to, directional antennas, such as panels, microwave dishes, and satellite dishes, and omnidirectional antennas, such as whip antennas but not including satellite earth stations.
ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE: Any structure or device specifically designed, constructed and/or erected for the purpose of attaching, mounting or otherwise affixing antennas. Antenna support structures may include, but are not limited to, self- supporting lattice towers, guyed towers, or monopole towers. The term also includes radio and transmission towers, microwave towers, common carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative antenna support structures, and the like. The term includes the structure and any support thereto. Types of antenna support structures are illustrated in subsection 4-12-5J of this chapter.
ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE HEIGHT: The vertical distance measured from the base of the antenna support structure at grade to the highest point of the structure including any attached antennas. If the support structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between the highest and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the antenna height. The height of roof mounted antenna support structure height does not include the height of building on which they are mounted.
COLOCATION: The use of a wireless communications facility by more than one wireless communications provider.
COMMERCIAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES: Licensed commercial wireless telecommunication services including cellular, personal communications services (PCS), specialized mobilized radio (SMR), enhanced specialized mobilized radio (ESMR), paging, and similar services that are marketed to the general public.
EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURE: A structure, shelter, cabinet, or vault used to house and protect the electronic equipment necessary for processing wireless communication signals. Associated equipment may include air conditioning, backup power supplies, and emergency generators.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY: An unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception of radio frequency (RF), microwave or other signals for commercial communications purposes, typically consisting of an equipment enclosure, an antenna support structure and one or more antennas. (Ord. 2003-02, 2-18-2003)