All terms from the McHenry County Access Control and Right-of-Way Management Ordinance shall be applicable to this Ordinance unless otherwise stated. As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ALTERNATIVE ANTENNA STRUCTURE: An existing pole or other structure within the public rights-of-ways that can be used to support an antenna and is not a utility pole or a County-owned infrastructure (see also Wireless Support Structure).
APPLICANT: Any person who submits an application or is a wireless provider requesting to install or maintain wireless telecommunication facilities on County-owned infrastructure or within a public right-of-way.
COLLOCATE or COLLOCATION: To install, mount, maintain, modify, operate, or replace wireless facilities on or adjacent to a wireless support structure or utility pole.
COUNTY: McHenry County, Illinois.
COUNTY-OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE: Infrastructure including, but not limited to, streetlights, traffic signals or towers owned, operated or maintained by the County.
COUNTY ENGINEER: The appointed head of the McHenry County Division of Transportation.
DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS): A type of wireless telecommunication facility consisting of a network of spatially separated antenna nodes connected to a common source via a transport medium that provides wireless service within a geographic area.
MONOPOLE: A structure composed of a single spire, pole or tower used to support antennas or related equipment.
PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY: The functional division of the federal government, the State of Illinois, a unit of local government, or a special purpose district located in whole or in part within the County, that provides or has authority to provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services to respond to and manage emergency incidents.
RIGHT-OF-WAY: The area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, public sidewalk, associated surface and/or subsurface drainage system, alley, or utility easement, either as dedicated or prescriptive, for compatible use.
SMALL CELL ANTENNA: A Wireless Telecommunication Facility consisting of an antenna and related equipment, either installed singly or as part of a network, to provide coverage or enhance capacity in a limited defined area.
TOWER: Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self- supporting lattice towers, guy wires, anchors, or monopole towers.
UTILITY POLE: An upright pole used to support electric cables, telephone cables, telecommunication cables and related facilities owned and maintained by a Public Utility Company as defined by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
VARIANCE: A grant of relief from specific limitations of this Ordinance.
WI-FI ANTENNA: An antenna used to support Wi-Fi broadband internet access service based on the IEEE 802.11 standard that typically uses unlicensed spectrum to enable communication between devices.
WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE: A freestanding structure, such as a monopole; tower, either guyed or self-supporting; billboard; or other existing or proposed structure designed to support or capable of supporting wireless facilities. A wireless support structure does not include a utility pole.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNA: An antenna that is part of a wireless telecommunication facility.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT: Equipment, exclusive of an antenna, that is part of a wireless telecommunications facility.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY: An antenna, and equipment used, or designed to be used, to provide wireless transmission of voice, data, images, or other information including, but not limited to, cellular phone service, personal communication service, paging, and Wi-Fi antenna service.
(Ord. 6744, passed 5-15-2018)