For purposes of this Chapter of the Oxford Zoning Code, the following definitions will apply.
(a) "Antenna" shall mean any panel (directional antenna), whip or rod (omni-directional antenna), dish or disc (parabolic antenna), or other similar devices used for communications through the sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves. The definition of antenna does not include any support structure other than mounting brackets.
(b) "Cellular Communications Services" means personal communications accessed by means of cellular equipment and services.
(c) "Clear and Convincing Evidence" shall mean the measure of proof that will produce a firm belief as to the allegations sought to be established.
(d) "Co-Location/Site Sharing" shall mean the process of providing space for more than one user on a tower, facility, and/or site.
(e) "Equipment Buildings" means any accessory structure in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a wireless and cellular telecommunications facility is housed.
(f) "Height" when referring to a tower or other structure, the distance measured from ground level or the structure's point of attachment (such as the roof for a residential TV antenna) to the highest point on the tower or other structure even if said highest point is an antenna.
(g) "Personal Wireless Service" means commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services and common carriers wireless exchange access service, including cellular services.
(h) "Publicly Owned Property" means any real property owned by the City of Oxford, Talawanda School District, Miami University, or Oxford Township.
(i) "Related Equipment" shall mean all equipment ancillary to the transmission and reception of voice and data via electromagnetic waves. Such equipment may include, but is not limited to, cable, conduit, and connectors.
(j) "Tall Structure/Support Structure" shall mean any building or structure, other than a tower, which can be used for location of wireless and cellular telecommunication facilities.
(k) "Tower" shall mean any freestanding structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, and alternative tower structures.
(l) "Wireless and Cellular Telecommunication Facilities" means any cables, wires, lines, wave guides, support structures, antennas and any other equipment or facilities associated with the transmission or reception of communications, as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, which an applicant seeks to locate, or have installed, upon or within a tower or existing structure.
(m) "Small Cell System" means a network of remote antenna nodes that distributes radio frequency signals from a central hub through a high capacity signal transport medium to a specific area. The term includes mini commercial towers, small cells towers, distributed antenna systems, mini cell, or similar systems.
(n) "Small Cell Tower" means any structure under thirty-five (35) feet in height with an antenna or transmitter that is constructed for the sole or primary purpose of supporting any Federal Communication Commission-licensed or authorized antennas and their associated facilities, including structures that are constructed for wireless communication services including, but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services as microwave backhaul, and the associated site. A pole originally installed for the primary purpose of supporting wireless telecommunications equipment, regardless of the timeframe between pole installation and connection/implementation of Transmission Equipment, is considered a Small Cell Tower, and is not a Utility Pole. The term Small Cell Tower includes mini cell towers, distributed antenna system towers, micro cell towers, mini cell, or similar systems.
(o) "Stealth Technology" means the state-of-the art design techniques used to blend objects into the surrounding environment and to minimize visual impact. These design techniques may be applied to wireless communication towers, antennas, and other facilities, which blend the proposed facility into the existing structure of visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it less visible to the casual observer. Such methods include, but are not limited to facilities constructed to resemble light poles, flag poles or other streetscape amenities. The use of additional features such as flags, decorative street lamps and banners or signs may be utilized to blend the proposed facility into the visual backdrop.
(Ord. 3374. Passed 10-18-16.)
(Ord. 3374. Passed 10-18-16.)