As used in this chapter:
(a) "Collocation" means the use of a wireless telecommunications facility by more than one wireless telecommunications provider.
(b) "Monopole" means a support structure constructed of a single, self-supporting hollow metal tube securely anchored to a foundation.
(c) "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).
(d) "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.
(e) "Technically suitable" or "technologically suitable" means the location of a tower or wireless telecommunications facility which reasonably serves the purpose for which it is intended within the band width of frequencies for which the owner or operator of the tower or wireless telecommunications facility has been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate without a significant loss of communications capability within developed areas of the City.
(f) "Telecommunications" 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.
(g) "Wireless telecommunications antenna" or "antenna" means the physical device through which electromagnetic, wireless telecommunications signals authorized by the FCC are transmitted or received. Antennas used by amateur radio operators are excluded from this definition.
(h) "Wireless telecommunications equipment shelter" means the structure in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a wireless telecommunications system is housed.
(i) "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 land-based telephone lines.
(j) "Wireless telecommunications tower" means a monopole steel structure intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals.
(Ord. 1998-15. Passed 5-27-98.)