1144.01 DEFINITIONS.

   (a)    "Telecommunication" means technology permitting the passage of information from the sender to one or more receivers in a usable form by means of any electromagnetic system.

   (b)    "Wireless telecommunications antenna" means an antenna designed to transmit or receive communications as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission excluding all amateur radio operators' antennas.

   (c)    "Wireless telecommunications equipment building" means the structure in which the electronic receiving and transmitting equipment for a wireless telecommunications facility is housed.

   (d)    "Wireless telecommunications facility" means a facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone and/or communication lines.

   (e)    "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.

   (f)    "Monopole" means a single, slender and typically cylindrical, vertical structure to which antennas or antenna support structures are affixed.

   (g)    "Lattice" means a framework or structure of crossed metal strips or struts and braces constructed vertically in the form of a triangle or square which tapers from the foundation to the top.

   (h)    "Substantial evidence" means more than a mere scintilla of evidence. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.

   (i)    "Technically suitable" means the location of a wireless telecommunication antenna(s) reasonably serves the purpose for which it is intended within the band width of frequencies for which the owner or operator of the antenna(s) has been licensed by the FCC to operate without a significant loss of communication capability within developed areas of the City. (Ord. 1997-21. Passed 5-13-97.)