(a) Accommodate the need for cellular or wireless communications towers and facilities for the provision of personal wireless services while regulating their location and number in the City;
(b) Minimize adverse visual effects of communication towers and support structures through proper siting, design and screening;
(c) Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from communications towers and support failure; and
(d) Encourage the joint use of any new and existing communications towers and support structures to reduce the number of such structures needed in the future.
(Ord. 6-1997. Passed 4-7-97.)
The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
(a) "Cellular or Wireless Communication Services" means personal communications accessed by means of cellular equipment and services.
(b) "Cellular or Wireless Communications Antenna" shall mean any structure or devices used to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves between cellular phones, pagers, commercial mobile services, wireless services and ground- wired communications systems including both directional antennas, such as panels, microwave dishes and satellite dishes, and omni-directional antennas such as whips and other equipment utilized to serve personal wireless communication services.
(c) "Cellular or Wireless Communications Site" shall mean a tract, lot or parcel of land that contains the cellular or wireless communications tower, antenna, support structure(s), parking and any other uses associated with and ancillary to cellular or wireless communications transmission.
(d) "Cellular or Wireless Communications Support Structure" shall mean any building or structure accessory to but necessary for the proper functioning of the cellular or wireless communications antenna or tower.
(e) "Cellular or Wireless Communication System" shall mean plant, equipment and property, including but not limited to, cables, wires, conduits, ducts, pedestals, antennae, or towers, electronic and other appurtenances used or to be used to transmit, receive, distribute, provide or offer cellular or wireless communications services.
(f) "Cellular or Wireless Communications Tower" shall mean any freestanding structure used to support a cellular or wireless communication antenna.
(g) “Cellular or Wireless Communications Tower, Height of” shall mean the height from the base of the structure to its top; including any antenna located thereon.
(h) "Personal Wireless Services" means commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services and common carrier wireless exchange access services, including cellular services.
(i) "Tall structures" shall include, but not limited to: smoke stacks, water towers, buildings over fifty (50) feet in height, antenna support structures or other cellular or wireless communication companies, other communication towers and roadway lighting poles.
(Ord. 6-1997. Passed 4-7-97.)