(a) Collocation: The use of a wireless telecommunications facility by more than one wireless telecommunications provider or by one provider for more than one type of telecommunication technology.
(b) Lattice Tower: A support structure constructed of vertical metal struts and cross braces forming a triangular or square structure, which often tapers from the foundation to the top.
(c) Monopole: A support structure constructed of a single, self-supporting hollow metal tube securely anchored to a foundation.
(d) Radio Operator, Amateur: An individual that participates in the non-commercial hobby of amateur radio, as defined by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission.
(e) Technically Suitable: The location of a wireless telecommunication antenna that reasonably serves the purpose for which it is intended within the band with of frequencies for which the owner or operator of the antenna has been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate without a significant loss of communication capability within developed areas of the City.
(f) Telecommunications: The technology that enables information to be exchanged through the transmission of voice, video or data signals by means of electrical, optical or electromagnetic systems.
(g) Wireless Telecommunications Antenna: The physical device through which electromagnetic, wireless telecommunications signals authorized by the FCC are transmitted or received. Antennas used by amateur radio operators are excluded from this definition.
(h) Wireless Telecommunications Facility: A facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in the commercial activity of receiving or transmitting telecommunications or radio signals from other communications sources.
(i) Wireless Telecommunications Tower: A structure intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals including monopoles, guyed and lattice construction steel structures.
(Ord. 2006-35. Passed 5-25-06.)