A. Characteristics: Telecommunications facilities includes all devices, equipment, machinery, structures or supporting elements necessary to produce and operate as a discrete unit to produce a signal or message. Facilities may be self-supporting, guyed, co-located with existing facilities, or mounted on rooftops, poles, light posts, power poles, buildings or other structures. Facilities may also include interconnection translators, connections from over-the-air to cable, fiber-optic, or other landline transmission system.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include transmitter facilities or non-public roadways used to access a telecommunications facility.
C. Examples: Examples include broadcast towers, communication towers, wireless telecommunications facilities, and point-to-point microwave towers.
D. Exceptions:
1. Receive-only antennas are not included in this category.
2. Radio and television studios are classified in the Office category.
E. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Wireless telecommunications facilities are regulated by Chapter 10-45. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)