For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings.
ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT. Equipment, including buildings and structures, used to protect and enable radio switching equipment, back up power and other devices incidental to a WSF, but excluding antennas.
ANTENNA. Communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals used to provide wireless service.
BASE STATION. A structure or equipment, other than a tower, at a fixed location that enables FCC-licensed or authorized wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network, including equipment associated with wireless communications services, including radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration (including distributed antenna systems and small-cell networks), and any structure, other than a tower, to which any of the equipment described herein is attached.
BUILDING MOUNTED WSF. A WSF that is mounted and supported entirely on the roof of a legally existing building or structure or on the wall of a legally existing building or structure.
ELIGIBLE FACILITY REQUEST. A request for approval of the modification of an existing tower or base station that involves the co-location of new transmission equipment, the removal of transmission equipment or the replacement of transmission equipment.
EQUIPMENT STORAGE SHELTER. Buildings, storage shelters, and cabinets used to house WSF equipment.
FAA. Federal Aviation Administration.
FCC. Federal Communications Commission.
FREESTANDING WSF. A WSF that consists of a stand-alone support structure such as a tower or monopole, and antennas and accessory equipment.
MICRO WSF. A WSF that is no larger than 24 inches in length, 15 inches in width and 12 inches in height, with exterior antenna, if any, of no more than 11 inches in length.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. Any road, street, alley, trail, sidewalk, easement or right-of-way dedicated to public use, including without limitation access and utility easements.
SMALL CELL FACILITY. Either a personal wireless service facility as defined by the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, or a WSF where: each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than three cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of its exposed elements could fit within an imaginary enclosure of no more than three cubic feet; and primary equipment enclosures are no larger than 17 cubic feet in volume; provided that the following associated equipment may be located outside of the primary equipment enclosure and, if so located, is not included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meter; concealment; telecommunications demarcation box; ground-based enclosures; back-up power systems; grounding equipment; power transfer switch; and cut-off switch. A SMALL CELL FACILITY includes a micro WSF.
SMALL CELL NETWORK. A collection of interrelated small cell facilities designed to deliver wireless service.
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. A modification to an existing tower or base station under the following circumstances:
(1) A
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE in the height of an existing tower or base station occurs as follows:
(a) For a tower outside of a public right-of-way, when the height of the tower is increased by more than 10%, or by the height of one additional antenna array with separation from the nearest existing antenna not to exceed 20 feet, whichever is greater.
(b) For a tower located in a public right-of-way or a base station, when the height of the structure increases by more than 10% or by more than ten feet, whichever is greater.
(2) Changes in height are measured as follows.
(a) When deployments are separated horizontally, changes in height shall be measured from the original support structure, not from the height of any existing telecommunications equipment.
(b) When deployments are separated vertically, changes in height shall be measured from the height of the tower or base station, including any appurtenances, as the tower or base station existed on February 22, 2012.
(3) A
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE in the width of an existing tower or base station occurs as follows.
(a) For a tower outside of public rights-of-way, when the addition of an appurtenance to the body of the tower protrudes from the edge of the tower more than 20 feet, or more than the width of the tower structure at the level of the appurtenance, whichever is greater.
(b) For a tower in a public right-of-way or a base station, when the addition of an appurtenance to the body of the structure would protrude from the edge of the structure by more than six feet.
(4) A
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE also occurs for an existing tower in a public right-of-way or an existing base station as follows:
(a) When the change involves the installation of any new equipment cabinets on the ground, if no ground cabinets presently exist; or
(b) When the change involves the installation of ground cabinets that are more than 10% larger in height or overall volume than any existing ground cabinets.
(5) A
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE also occurs for any existing tower or base station when any of the following are found:
(a) When the change involves installation of more than the standard number of new equipment cabinets for the technology involved, or more than four new cabinets, whichever is less;
(b) When the change entails any excavation or deployment outside the current site;
(c) When the change would defeat the concealment elements of the eligible support structure; and
(d) When the change does not comply with conditions associated with the original approval of the construction or modification of the tower, base station or base station equipment. This limitation does not apply if the noncompliance is due to an increase in height, increase in width, addition of cabinets, or new excavation that would not exceed the thresholds identified in subsections (1) through (5)(b) of this definition.
TOWER. A structure built for the sole or primary purpose of supporting any FCC-licensed or authorized antennas and their associated facilities, including structures that are constructed for wireless communications services, including without limitation private, broadcast, public safety services, unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul.
WIRELESS SERVICE. Data and telecommunications services, including commercial mobile services, commercial mobile data services, unlicensed wireless services and common carrier wireless exchange access services, as defined by federal law.
WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITY (WSF). A facility for the provision of wireless services, including a small cell facility, excluding coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is not immediately adjacent to or directly associated with a particular antenna.
(Ord. 8(2018) § 1)