Unless otherwise specifically provided, the terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings.
A. Ancillary Equipment means any wires, cables, meter boxes, cooling devices, cable, conduit and connectors, and any other equipment required to operate and support the operation of small cell wireless facilities.
B. Applicant means service provider(s) of the small cell wireless facilities that are proposed to be located within the city, or service provider(s)'s authorized representative.
C. Co-location means a telecommunications facility comprising a single telecommuni cations tower, monopole or building supporting antennas owned or used by more than one telecommunications carrier.
D. Equipment Cabinet means a structure that contains, protects and conceals the ancillary equipment. Equipment Cabinet may also include the equipment necessary to allow for the undergrounding of PG&E meters and other ancillary equipment related to the functioning of small cell wireless facilities.
E. Readily Visible means an object that can be seen from street level by a person with normal vision, and distinguished as an antenna or other component of a wireless communication facility, due to the fact that it stands out as a prominent feature of the landscape, protrudes above or out from the structure, a ridgeline, or is otherwise not sufficiently camouflaged or designed to be compatible with the appurtenant or adjacent architecture or building materials.
F. Small cell wireless facility means a wireless telecommunications facility that meets all of the following conditions:
1. The structure on which antenna facilities are mounted:
a. is fifty (50) feet or less in height, or
b. is no more than ten percent (10%) taller than other adjacent structures, or
c. is not extended to a height of more than ten percent (10%) above its preexisting height as a result of the collocation of new antenna facilities; and
2. Each antenna (excluding associated antenna equipment as defined by 47 C.F.R. § 1.1320(d)) is no more than three (3) cubic feet in volume; and
3. All other wireless equipment associated with the facility are cumulatively no more than twenty-eight (28) cubic feet in volume; and
4. The facility does not require antenna structure registration under 47 C.F.R. Chapter 1, Subchapter A, Part 17.
5. The facility is not located on Tribal lands, as defined under 36 C.F.R. § 800.16(x); and
6. The facility does not result in human exposure to radiofrequency radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in 47 C.F.R. §1.1307(b).
G. School means any public or private k-12 educational institution.
H. Stealth Facility means any commercial wireless communications facility that is designed to blend into the surrounding environment by means of screening, concealment, or camouflage. The antenna and supporting antenna equipment are either not readily visible beyond the property on which they are located, or, if visible, appear to be part of the existing developed feature, the surrounding landscape or environment rather than identifiable as a wireless communications facility.
I. Public Right of Way means all public streets and utility easements, now and hereafter owned by the city or other public entity, but only to the extent of the city or public entity's right, title, interest or authority to grant a license to occupy and use such streets and easements for wireless communication facilities. (Ord. 2019-03 § 7, 2019)