Specific terms. The following terms and phrases shall have the following
described meanings:
ANTENNA
Communications equipment that transmits and receives electromagnetic
radio signals and is used in the provision of mobile services.
APPLICANT
The entity applying to the Town for the location of a mobile
service support structure or mobile service facility in the Town.
APPLICATION
An application for a permit under this article to engage
in either:
(1)
The siting and construction of a new mobile service support
structure and facilities.
(2)
With regard to a Class 1 co-location, the substantial modification
of an existing support structure and mobile service facilities, or
a Class 2 co-location.
BUILDING PERMIT
A permit issued by Town that authorizes an applicant to conduct
construction activity that is consistent with Town Building Code.
CLASS 1 CO-LOCATION
The placement of a new mobile service facility on an existing
support structure such that the owner of the facility does not need
to construct a freestanding support structure for the facility but
does need to engage in substantial modification.
CLASS 2 CO-LOCATION
The placement on an existing support structure such that
the owner of the facility does not need to construct a freestanding
support structure for the facility or engage in substantial modification.
CO-LOCATION
Either a Class 1 co-location or a Class 2 co-location, or
both.
DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM
A network of spatially separated antenna nodes that is connected
to a common source via a transport medium and that provides mobile
service within a geographic area or structure.
EQUIPMENT COMPOUND
An area surrounding or adjacent to the base of an existing
support structure within which is located mobile service facilities.
EXISTING STRUCTURE
A support structure that exists at the time a request for
permission to place mobile service facilities on a support structure
is filed with Town.
FALL ZONE
The area over which a mobile support structure is designed
to collapse.
MOBILE SERVICE
A radio communication service carried on between mobile stations
or receivers and land stations, and by mobile stations communicating
among themselves, as more specifically provided in 47 U.S.C. § 153(33),
and includes:
(1)
Both one-way and two-way radio communications services;
(2)
A mobile service which provides a regularly interacting group
of base, mobile, portable, and associated control and relay stations
(whether licensed on an individual, cooperative, or multiple basis)
for private one-way or two-way land mobile radio communications by
eligible users over designated areas of operation; and
(3)
Any service for which a license is required in a personal communications
service.
MOBILE SERVICE FACILITY
The set of equipment and network components, including antennas,
transmitters, receivers, base stations, power supplies, cabling, and
associated equipment, that is necessary to provide mobile service
to a discrete geographic area, but does not include the underlying
support structure.
PERMIT
A permit, other than a building permit, or approval issued
by the Town which authorizes any of the following activities by an
applicant:
(3)
The construction of a mobile service support structure.
RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE FACILITIES
Commercial or noncommercial facilities, including antennas
and antenna support structures, intended for the provision of radio
broadcast services as allowed under § 66.0406, Wis. Stats.
RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES
The regular provision of a commercial or noncommercial service
involving the transmission, emission, or reception of radio waves
for the transmission of sound or images in which the transmissions
are intended for direct reception by the general public.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The person associated with the applicant who is filing an
application under this chapter and who has responsibility over the
placement of the applicant's proposed mobile service support structure.
SEARCH RING
A shape drawn on a map to indicate the general area within
which a mobile service support structure should be located to meet
radio frequency engineering requirements, taking into account other
factors, including topography and the demographics of the service
area.
SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION
The modification of a mobile service support structure, including
the mounting of an antenna on such a structure, that does any of the
following:
(1)
For structures with an overall height of 200 feet or less, increases
the overall height of the structure by more than 20 feet.
(2)
For structures with an overall height of more than 200 feet,
increases the overall height of the structure by 10% or more.
(3)
Measured at the level of the appurtenance added to the structure
as a result of the modification, increases the width of the support
structure by 20 feet or more, unless a larger area is necessary for
co-location.
(4)
Increases the square footage of an existing equipment compound
to a total area of more than 2,500 square feet.
SUPPORT STRUCTURE
An existing or new structure that supports or can support
a mobile service facility, including a mobile service support structure,
utility pole, water tower, building, or other structure.
UTILITY POLE
A structure owned or operated by an alternative telecommunications
utility, as defined in Wisconsin Statutes; public utility, as defined
in Wisconsin Statutes; telecommunications utility, as defined in Wisconsin
Statutes; political subdivision; or cooperative association organized
under Wisconsin Statutes; and that is designed specifically for and
used to carry lines, cables, or wires for telecommunications service,
as defined in Wisconsin Statutes; for video service, as defined in
Wisconsin Statutes; for electricity; or to provide light.