For the purposes of this section, the terms below shall have
the following meanings:
APPLICANT
A wireless provider that submits an application.
APPLICATION
A formal request, including all required and requested documentation
and information, submitted by an applicant to the Village of Elm Grove
for a wireless permit.
BASE STATION
The same as in 47 CFR § 1.6100(b)(1), which defines
the term to mean a structure or wireless telecommunications equipment
at a fixed location that enables FCC-licensed or authorized wireless
communications between user equipment and a communications network.
This definition does not include towers.
CO-LOCATE, CO-LOCATE ON, OR CO-LOCATION
The placement, mounting, replacement, modification, operation,
or maintenance of a small wireless facility on, or of ground-mounted
antenna equipment adjacent to, a structure.
ELIGIBLE FACILITIES REQUEST
The same as in 47 CFR § 1.6100(b)(3), which defines
the term to mean any request for modification of an existing tower
or base station that does not substantially change the physical dimensions
of such tower or base station, involving:
(a)
Co-location of new transmission equipment;
(b)
Removal of transmission equipment; or
(c)
Replacement of transmission equipment.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The area on, below, or above a highway, as defined in § 340.01(22), Wis. Stats., other than a federal interstate highway; sidewalk; utility easement, other than a utility easement for a cooperative association organized under ch.
185 for purposes of providing or furnishing heat, light, power, or water to its members only; or other similar property; including property owned or controlled by the Department of Transportation.
SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY
A wireless facility to which all of the following apply:
(a)
The wireless facility satisfies any of the following:
[1]
The wireless facility is mounted on a structure 50 feet or less
in height, including any antenna.
[2]
The wireless facility is mounted on a structure no more than
10% taller than any other adjacent structure.
[3]
The wireless facility does not increase the height of an existing
structure on which the wireless facility is located to a height of
more than 50 feet or by 10%, whichever is greater.
(b)
Each antenna associated with the deployment of the wireless
facility, excluding associated antenna equipment, is no more than
three cubic feet in volume.
(c)
All other wireless equipment associated with the wireless facility specified in Subsection
(a), including the wireless equipment associated with the antenna and any preexisting associated equipment on the structure, is no more than 28 cubic feet in volume.
(d)
The wireless facility does not require registration as an antenna
structure under 47 CFR Part 17.
(e)
The wireless facility is not located on tribal land, as defined
in 36 CFR 800.16(x).
(f)
The wireless facility does not result in human exposure to radio
frequency in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in
47 CFR 1.1307.
SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Any structure capable of supporting wireless telecommunications
equipment.
TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE
That by virtue of engineering or spectrum usage, the proposed
placement for a small or otherwise wireless facility, or its design,
concealment measures, or site location can be implemented without
a significant reduction in the functionality of same.
TOWER
The same as in 47 CFR § 1.6100(b)(9), which defines
the term as any structure built for the sole or primary purpose of
supporting any Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-licensed or
authorized antennas and their associated facilities, including structures
that are constructed for wireless communications services, including,
but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services,
as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services
such as microwave backhaul, and the associated site. This definition
does not include utility poles.
UNDERGROUND AREAS
Those areas where there are no electrical facilities or facilities
of the incumbent local exchange carrier in the right-of-way; or where
the wires associated with the same are or are required to be located
underground; or where the same are scheduled to be converted from
overhead to underground. Electrical facilities are distribution facilities
owned by an electric utility and do not include transmission facilities
used or intended to be used to transmit electricity at nominal voltages
more than 35,000 volts.
UTILITY POLE
A pole that is used in whole or in part by a communications
service provider; used for electric distribution, lighting, traffic
control, signage, or a similar function; or used for the co-location
of small wireless facilities. Utility pole does not include a wireless
support structure or electric transmission structure.
WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER
Any person, other than a wireless services provider, that
builds or installs wireless communications transmission equipment,
antenna equipment, or wireless support structures.
WIRELESS PERMIT OR PERMIT
A written authorization issued pursuant to this section allowing
the placement or modification of a wireless telecommunications facility
of a design specified in the permit at a particular location within
the right-of-way, and the modification of any existing support structure
to which the wireless telecommunications facility is proposed to be
attached.
WIRELESS PROVIDER
A wireless infrastructure provider or a wireless services
provider.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY OR FACILITY
A facility at a fixed location in the right-of-way consisting
of a base station, antennas and other accessory equipment, and a tower
and underground wiring, if any, associated with the base station.