The definitions provided in the Rhode Island Small Cell Siting Act, RIGL § 39-32-1 are hereby incorporated. The following definitions apply for the purpose of this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT. Any wires, cables, meter boxes, cooling devices, cable, conduit and connectors, and any other equipment required to operate and support the operation of small wireless facilities.
APPLICANT. The service provider(s) of the small wireless facilities that are proposed to be located within the town, or service provider(s) authorized representative.
COLLOCATE. The installation of wireless communications facilities on a preexisting pole or structure in a manner that negates the need to construct a new free-standing support structure, such as a tower or pole.
POLE. A structure that is used, in whole or in part, for telephone service, wireless service, cable television service, information service, electric service, lighting, traffic control, signage, or similar function, such as a utility pole, light pole or similar structure.
PUBLIC WAY. The surface of and the space above and below any public street, road, highway, avenue, sidewalk, way, bridge, viaduct, alley or other public right-of-way, including non-paved surfaces, now or hereafter held by the town for the purpose of public travel, communications, alarm, street lighting, power distribution, water or sewer easements or similar public use.
SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY. A wireless facility with an antenna of no more than six cubic feet in volume and associated equipment with a cumulative volume no larger than 28 cubic feet. The following types of associated equipment may be located outside the primary enclosure and are not included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meter, concealment, telecommunications demarcation box, ground-based enclosures, backup power system, grounding equipment, power transfer switch, cut-off switch, and cable and conduit runs for the connection of power and other services. Equipment that is concealed from public view within or behind an existing structure or concealment is not included in the volume calculations.
WIRELESS FACILITIES. Equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network or cellular network, including:
(1) Equipment associated with wireless services, such as private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services, such as microwave backhaul; and
(2) Radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration. The term "wireless facilities" includes small wireless facilities but does not include the structure or improvements on, under, or within which the equipment is collocated; wireline backhaul facilities; coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is between wireless support structures or poles; or coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is otherwise not immediately adjacent to, or directly associated with, an antenna.
WIRELESS SERVICE. Any services using licensed or unlicensed wireless spectrum, whether at a fixed location or mobile, provided using wireless facilities.
WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER. A person who provides wireless service as well as a person who builds, installs, or maintains wireless communications transmission equipment, wireless facilities or wireless support structures.
(Ord. 2019-10, passed 7-1-19)