Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY FACILITY
Accessory buildings or structures, including base stations,
designed and used to shelter equipment and/or to support telecommunications
facilities. Excluded are offices, long-term storage of vehicles and
other equipment, or broadcast studios.
ANTENNA
The actual device which transmits and/or receives radio or
electromagnetic waves.
COLLOCATED ANTENNA
Two or more antennas, which utilize the same existing towers,
buildings or structures.
COLLOCATION
As to small wireless facilities, means mounting or installing
an antenna for a small wireless facility on a preexisting structure
and/or modifying an existing structure for the purpose of mounting
or installing an antenna for a small wireless facility on that structure.
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No. 4-2019]
COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
A monopole, guyed tower or self-supported tower, constructed
as a freestanding structure or in connection with a building or other
permanent structure or equipment, capable of containing or intended
for the use of one or more antennas for transmitting and/or receiving
radio, television, digital, telephone, cellular, microwave or other
similar electronic communications.
EMF
Electromagnetic field.
ENGINEER
An engineer licensed by the State of New York.
EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration.
FACILITY
A structure that is used for the provision of personal wireless
service, whether such service is provided on a stand-alone basis or
commingled with other wireless communications services.
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No. 4-2019]
FCC
Federal Communications Commission.
GUYED TOWER
A communications tower consisting of a single pole constructed
with guy wires and ground anchors.
NIER
Nonionizing electromagnetic radiation.
ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-CLEAR ZONE
The area where, in the event of a tower failure, the entire
height of the tower would fall completely within the boundaries of
the property in which it is located.
PROPAGATION STUDY
A study which demonstrates the existing signal coverage and
the signal coverage resulting from the proposed communications facility.
SELF-SUPPORTED TOWER
A communications tower, other than a monopole, that is constructed
without guy wires and ground anchors.
SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES
Facilities that meet the following criteria:
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No. 4-2019]
(1)
The facilities:
(a)
Are mounted on structures 50 feet or less in height, including
their antennas;
(b)
Are mounted on structures no more than 10% taller than other
adjacent structures; or
(c)
Do not extend existing structures on which they are located
to a height of more than 50 feet or by more than 10% whichever is
greater.
(2)
Each antenna associated with the deployment, excluding associated
antenna equipment, is no more than three cubic feet in volume.
(3)
The provisions in §
230-14.1I(3) and
(4) shall not apply, and there shall be no required minimum spacing between structures; however:
(a)
The spacing and location of the structures shall be such as
to minimize the aesthetic impact upon nearby residential dwellings,
taking into account property lines, driveways, topography, sight lines,
water views, and existing landscaping.
(b)
New small wireless facilities shall be placed on existing structures
with existing small wireless facilities to the extent feasible, so
long as the collocation does not have a material adverse aesthetic
impact on nearby residential dwellings from the multiplicity of facilities
and associated equipment.
(c)
If such new small wireless facilities are not to be placed on
existing structures with existing small wireless facilities, they
shall be placed on other existing structures to the extent feasible,
so long as the location does not have a material adverse aesthetic
impact on nearby residential dwellings.
(4)
All other wireless equipment associated with the structure,
including the wireless equipment associated with the antenna and any
preexisting associated equipment of the structure, is no more than
28 cubic feet in volume.
(5)
The facilities do not require antenna structure registration
pursuant to the rules adopted from time to time by the Federal Communications
Commission.
(6)
The facilities do not result in human exposure to radio frequency
radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards adopted from
time to time by the Federal Communications Commission.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
Communications towers, antenna(s), satellite systems and
accessory facilities used together in connection with the provisions
of wireless communications service, personal communications services,
paging services, radio or television broadcast services, and similar
wireless or cellular systems.