For purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given.
ABANDONMENT shall mean the permanent cessation of all uses of a communications facility, provided that this term shall not include cessation of all use of a facility within a physical structure where the physical structure continues to be used.
ANTENNA shall mean communication equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals used in providing wireless services.
BASE HEIGHT shall mean the height of the vertical portion of the pole from the lowest ground level adjacent to the base of the pole. This measurement shall include the height of the foundation if the foundation is raised. The measurement shall not include the height of any equipment attached to the pole such as mast arms, traffic signal heads or luminaries.
CITY UTILITY POLE shall mean a utility pole owned by the City in a right-of-way maintained by the city.
COLLOCATE or COLLOCATION shall mean to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate or replace small wireless facilities on or adjacent to a wireless support structure or utility pole.
MONOPOLE means a wireless support structure that is not more than forty (40) inches in diameter at the ground level and that has all of the wireless facilities mounted on the pole or contained inside the pole.
OVERALL HEIGHT means the vertical distance of the wireless support structure to be measured from the lowest adjacent grade to the top of the antenna, canister, or the top of the panel antenna if the antennas are the highest elements of the site. Otherwise, the OVERALL HEIGHT shall be from the lowest adjacent grade to the highest point of the wireless support structure.
PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY shall mean the area on, below or above a public roadway, highway, street, sidewalk, alley or utility easement. Right-of-way does not include a federal interstate highway, a state highway or state route under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, a private easement, property that is owned by a special taxing district, or a utility easement that does not authorize the deployment sought by the wireless provider.
SIGHT TRIANGLE shall mean a triangle shaped portion of land established at street or alley intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.
SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY shall mean a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications:
(1) All antennas are located inside of an enclosure of not more than six cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of the antenna's exposed elements could fit within an imaginary enclosure of not more than six (6) cubic feet in volume.
(2) All other wireless equipment associated with the facility is cumulatively not more than twenty-eight (28) cubic feet in volume, or fifty (50) cubic feet in volume if the equipment was ground mounted before August 9, 2017. The following types of associated ancillary equipment are not included in the calculation of equipment volume pursuant to this subdivision:
(a) An electric meter.
(b) Concealment elements.
(c) A telecommunications demarcation box.
(d) Grounding equipment.
(e) A power transfer switch.
(f) A cutoff switch.
(g) Vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services.
UTILITY POLE means a pole or similar structure that is used in whole or in part for communication services, electric distribution, lighting, and traffic signals. Utility pole does not include a monopole.
WIRELESS FACILITY shall mean:
(1) Equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network, including both of the following:
(a) Equipment associated with wireless communications, and
(b) Radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cables, regular and backup power supplies and comparable equipment.
(2) Includes small wireless facilities.
(3) Does not include the structure or improvements on, under or within which the equipment is collocated, the wireline backhaul facilities, coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is between wireless support structures or utility poles or coaxial or fiber optic cable that is otherwise not immediately adjacent to, or directly associated with, an antenna.
(4) Does not include Wi-Fi radio equipment described in A.R.S. § 9-506, Subsection I or Microcell equipment described in A.R.S. § 9-584, Subsection E.
WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER shall mean a person who has been certified to provide telecommunications service in the state and who builds or installs wireless communication transmission equipment, wireless facilities, or wireless support structures but is not a wireless provider.
WIRELESS PROVIDER shall mean a cable operator, wireless infrastructure provider or a wireless services provider.
WIRELESS SERVICES shall mean any services provided using licensed or unlicensed spectrum, whether at a fixed location or mobile, using wireless facilities.
WIRELESS SERVICES PROVIDER shall mean a person that provides wireless services. Wireless services provider does not include a special taxing district.
WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE shall mean a freestanding structure, such as a monopole, a tower, either guyed or self supporting, a sign or billboard, or any other existing or proposed structure designed to support or capable of supporting small wireless facilities. The term does not include a utility pole.
(Ord. 2018-001, passed 2-8-18)