(a) "Collocation" means the use of a wireless telecommunications facility and/or tower by more than one wireless telecommunications provider.
(b) "Lattice" means a framework or structure of crossed metal strips typically resting on three or four members constructed vertically to which antennas are affixed.
(c) "Monopole" means a single, slender and typically cylindrical, vertical structure in which antennas or antenna support structures are affixed.
(d) "Substantial evidence" means more than a scintilla of evidence. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.
(e) "Telecommunication" means technology permitting the passage of information from the sender to one or more receivers in a usable form by means of any electromagnetic or wireless system.
(f) "Wireless Telecommunication Antenna" means an antenna designated to transmit or receive communications as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) excluding amateur radio operator's antennas.
(g) "Wireless Telecommunications equipment building" means the structure above or below ground, in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a wireless communications facility is housed.
(h) "Wireless Telecommunications facility" means a facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines.
(i) "Wireless telecommunication tower" means a tower including but not limited to self-supporting lattice or monopole which elevates the wireless communications antenna and may include accessory transmission and receiving equipment.
(Ord. 1999-82. Passed 2-14-99.)