As used in this Article only, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below. All other terms shall have the meaning set forth in Article XIII, Definitions.
ANTENNA. Any communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of wireless communications service.
ANTENNA ARRAY. A structure attached to a telecommunications tower that supports a telecommunications antenna.
BASE STATION. A station located at a specific site that is authorized to communicate with mobile stations. The term includes all radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial cables, power supplies, and other electronics associated with a station.
COLLOCATION. The placement or installation of wireless facilities on existing structures that include a wireless facility or wireless support structure, including water towers and other buildings or structures. The term includes the placement, replacement, or modification of wireless facilities within an approved equipment compound.
CONSTRUCTION PLAN.
(1) When referring to a new wireless support structure means a written plan for construction that:
(a) Demonstrates that the aesthetics of the wireless support structure is substantially similar to Town of Plainfield's decorative light poles;
(b) Includes the total height and width of the wireless facility and wireless support structure, including cross section and elevation, footing, foundation and wind speed details;
(c) A structural analysis indicating the capacity for future and existing antennas, including a geotechnical report and calculation for the foundation’s capability; the identity and qualifications of each person directly responsible for the design and construction; signed and sealed documentation from the applicant that shows the proposed location of the wireless facility and wireless support structure and all easements and existing structures within 1,000 feet of such wireless facility or wireless support structure.
(2) When referring to substantial modification of an existing wireless facility or wireless support structure means a plan that describes the proposed modifications to the wireless support structure and all equipment and network components, including antennas, transmitters, receivers, base stations, power supplies, cabling, and related equipment.
EIA-222. Electronics Industries Association Standard 222, “Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Support Structures”.
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWER. A structure that physically supports high voltage overhead power lines. The term does not include a utility pole.
EQUIPMENT COMPOUND. The area that:
(1) Surrounds or is near the base of a wireless support structure; and
(2) Encloses wireless facilities.
EXISTING STRUCTURE. Does not include a utility pole or an electrical transmission tower.
NON-WHIP ANTENNA. An antenna which is not a whip antenna, such as dish antennas, panel antennas and the like.
PERMIT AUTHORITY. The staff of the Town of Plainfield and the applicable Board of Zoning Appeals within the jurisdiction of the Town of Plainfield.
PERSON. A corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or any other group acting as a unit, as well as a natural person.
SMALL CELL FACILITY.
(1) A personal wireless service facility as defined by the Act; or
(2) A wireless service facility that satisfies the following requirements:
(a) Each antenna, including exposed elements, has a volume of three cubic feet or less;
(b) All antennas, including exposed elements, have a total volume of six cubic feet or less;
and
(c) The primary equipment enclosure located within the facility has a volume of 40 cubic feet or less.
SMALL CELL NETWORK. A collection of interrelated small cell facilities designed to deliver wireless service.
SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION OF A WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE. The mounting of a wireless facility on a wireless support structure in a manner that:
(1) Increases the height of the wireless support structure by the greater of:
(a) Ten percent of the original height of the wireless support structure; or
(b) Twenty feet; or
(2) Adds an appurtenance to the wireless support structure that protrudes horizontally from the wireless support structure by the greater of:
(a) Twenty feet; or
(b) The width of the wireless support structure at the location of the appurtenance; or
(c) Increases the square footage of the equipment compound in which the wireless facility is located by more than 2,500 square feet.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS. The transmission between or among points specified by the user of information of the user’s choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA. An antenna used to provide a telecommunications service.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE. The offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of
the facilities used.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER. A structure more than ten feet tall, built primarily to support one or more telecommunications antennas.
UTILITY POLE. A structure that is:
(1) Owned or operated by:
(a) A public utility;
(b) A communications service provider;
(c) A municipality;
(d) An electric membership corporation; or
(e) A rural electric cooperative; and
(2) Designed and used to:
(a) Carry lines, cables, or wires for telephone, cable television; or electricity; or
(b) Provide lighting.
WHIP ANTENNA. An omni-directional dipole antenna of cylindrical shape which is no more than six inches in diameter.
(1) All wireless facilities and wireless support structures shall be designed to conform with the accepted electrical engineering methods and practices and to comply with the provisions of the National Electric Code, as amended.
(2) All wireless facilities and wireless support structures shall be constructed to conform with the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
(3) All wireless facilities and wireless support structures shall be designed and constructed to all applicable standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) manual, as amended.
WIRELESS FACILITY. The set of equipment and network components necessary to provide wireless communications service. The term does not include a wireless support structure.
WIRELESS SUPPORT. A freestanding structure designed to support wireless facilities. The
term does not include a utility pole or an electrical transmission tower.
(Ord. 21-97, passed - -1997; Ord. 16-2016, passed 7-11-2016)