For purposes of this division, the following terms are defined:
ANTENNA
Communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic
radio signals used in the provision of any type of wireless communications
services.
CO-LOCATE
To install, mount, maintain, modify, operate, or replace
a wireless facility on, under, within, or adjacent to a base station,
building, existing structure, utility pole, or wireless support structure.
EXISTING STRUCTURE
Any structure that is installed or approved for installation
at the time a wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure
provider provides notice to the City of an agreement with the owner
of the structure to co-locate equipment on that structure. Existing
structure includes any structure that is currently supporting, designed
to support, or capable of supporting the attachment of wireless facilities,
including towers, buildings, utility poles, light poles, flagpoles,
signs, and water towers.
MICRO-WIRELESS FACILITY
A small cell facility that is not larger in dimension than
24 inches in length, 15 inches in width, and 12 inches in height and
that has an exterior antenna, if any, not longer than 11 inches.
PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY
Any person engaged in the business of providing electric,
telecommunications, gas, cable television, or similar utility service
to the public.
SMALL CELL FACILITY
(1)
A wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications:
(a)
Each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than
six 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 six cubic feet; and
(b)
All other wireless equipment associated with the facility has
a cumulative volume of no more than 28 cubic feet, or such higher
limit as is established by the Federal Communications Commission.
(2)
The following types of associated equipment are not included
in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meter, concealment,
telecommunications demarcation boxes, backup power systems, grounding
equipment, power transfer switches, cutoff switches, and vertical
cable runs for the connection of power and other services.
UTILITY POLE
A structure owned, operated, or owned and operated by a public
utility, local government, or the commonwealth that is designed specifically
for and used to carry lines, cables, or wires for communications,
cable television, or electricity.
WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER
Any person, including a person authorized to provide telecommunications
service in the state, that builds or installs transmission equipment,
wireless facilities, or wireless support structures, but that is not
a wireless provider.
WIRELESS SERVICE
(1)
"Personal wireless services" as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(C)(i);
(2)
"Personal wireless facilities" as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(C)(ii),
including commercial mobile services as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332(d),
provided to personal mobile communication devices through wireless
facilities; and
(3)
Any other fixed or mobile wireless service, using licensed or
unlicensed spectrum, provided using wireless facilities.
WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE
A freestanding structure, such as a monopole, tower, either
guyed or self-supporting, or suitable existing structure or alternative
structure designed to support or capable of supporting wireless facilities.
Wireless support structure does not include any telephone or electrical
utility pole or any tower used for the distribution or transmission
of electrical services.