Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the following definitions will govern the construction of the words and phrases used in this chapter.
ACCESSORY BUILDING means a subordinate building located on a building site, the use of which is customarily ancillary to that of a main building or to the use of the land.
ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT means any equipment installed, mounted, operated or maintained in close proximity to an antenna structure to provide power to the antenna structure or to receive, transmit, or store signals or information received by or sent from an antenna.
ANTENNA STRUCTURE means an antenna, any structure designed specifically to support an antenna, and/or any appurtenances mounted on such structure or antenna.
COLOCATION or COLOCATED means the location of multiple antennas which are either owned or operated by more than one service provider at a single location and mounted to a common supporting structure, wall or building.
COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE means any mobile service that (1) is offered in return for monetary compensation, (2) is available to the public or a substantial portion of the public and (3) provides subscribers with the ability to access or receive communication from the public switched telephone network. COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE includes, but is not limited to, paging service, wireless data transmission, cellular telephone service, specialized mobile radio service (SMR), and personal communications service (PCS).
DISGUISED FACILITY means any wireless communications facility which is designed to blend into the surrounding land, architecturally integrated into a building or other concealing structure, or disguised to appear as another natural or artificial
object that is prevalent in the surrounding environment.
FIXED WIRELESS SERVICE means any service providing radio communication to or from antenna structures at fixed and specified locations which are not designed to be moved during operation and which offers the ability to access or receive communication from the public switched telephone network.
GROUND MOUNTED means a wireless communications facility that is mounted to a pole, lattice tower or other freestanding structure that is specifically constructed for the purpose of supporting an antenna.
LATTICE TOWER means a tower-like structure used to support antennae and comprised of up to two or more steel support legs.
MAJOR FACILITY means a wireless communications facility that is either ground mounted or roof mounted; provided that the roof mounted facility is not screened on all four sides by solid material that is architecturally compatible with the surrounding land uses or exceeds the maximum height of the applicable zoning district in which the major facility is located.
MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION means the transmission or reception of radio communication at frequencies of a microwave signal (generally, in the 3GHz to 300GHz frequency spectrum).
MINOR FACILITY means a wireless communications facility that is either (1) wall mounted, (2) utility mounted, or (3) roof mounted in such a manner that the entire facility is screened by solid material on four sides, is architecturally compatible with the surrounding land uses, and does not exceed the maximum height of the applicable zoning district in which the minor facility is located.
MOBILE SERVICE means any temporary service providing radio communication to or from at least one antenna that is designed to be moved during
operation or used during halts at unspecified locations; or as otherwise defined in 47 USCS Section 153 and interpreted by the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
MOUNTED means any manner of attachment, support, or connection, whether on ground or on a structure.
MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE means a microwave communication service that delivers video programming directly to subscribers, including multichannel multipoint distribution services, instructional television fixed services, and local multipoint distribution services, or as otherwise defined by the Section 207 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Section 1.4000 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations and any interpretive decisions thereof issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
RADIO COMMUNICATION means the transmission and/or reception of impulses, writing, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all kinds through space by means of electromagnetic waves.
ROOF MOUNTED means a facility that is mounted on any structure that is not specifically constructed for the purpose of supporting antennae, in any manner that does not satisfy either the definition of wall mounted or utility mounted, and is typically mounted on the roof of a building.
SATELLITE ANTENNA means a device used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and orbitally-based uses. This definition is meant to include, but not be limited to, what are commonly referred to as satellite earth stations, TVRO's (Satellite Television Receiving Antenna), and satellite microwave antennas.
UTILITY MOUNTED means a facility that is mounted to an existing above-ground structure that is specifically designed and originally installed to support electrical power lines, cable television lines, street lighting, traffic signal equipment, park lighting
or a structure on public or private property deemed by the city to be similar in nature.
WALL MOUNTED means a facility that is mounted on any vertical surface or nearly vertical surface of a building or other existing structure that is not specifically constructed for the purpose of supporting an antenna, i.e., the exterior walls of a building, an existing parapet, the side of a water tank, the face of a church steeple, or the side of a freestanding sign such that the highest point of the antenna structure is at an elevation equal to or lower than the highest point of the surface on which it is mounted.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY or FACILITY means an antenna structure and any appurtenant facilities or accessory equipment located within city limits and that is used in connection with the provision of wireless service.
WIRELESS SERVICE means any type of wireless service providing radio communication that satisfies the definition of commercial mobile service, fixed wireless service, or wireless video service.
WIRELESS VIDEO SERVICE means any service providing radio communication which delivers video programming.
(Ord. 1105, passed 12-6-04)