The regulations of this article apply to mobile service facilities.
The regulations of this article are intended to regulate mobile
service facilities to the full extent allowed by Wis. Stats. § 66.0404
and other applicable laws. These regulations are not intended to regulate
or authorize the regulation of mobile service facilities in a manner
that is preempted or prohibited by Wis. Stats. § 66.0404
or other applicable laws.
The definitions of this section apply only in administering
and enforcing the wireless telecommunications regulations of this
article.
ANTENNA
Communications equipment that transmits and receives electromagnetic
radio signals and is used in the provision of mobile services.
APPLICATION
An application for a permit under this section to engage
in either:
(a)
The siting and construction of a new mobile service support
structure and facilities.
(b)
With regard to a Class 1 collocation, the substantial modification
of an existing support structure and mobile service facilities or
a Class 2 collocation.
CLASS 1 COLLOCATION
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 COLLOCATION
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 or
engage in substantial modification.
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 village.
FALL ZONE
The area over which a mobile support structure is designed
to collapse.
MOBILE SERVICE
Has the meaning given in 47 U.S.C. § 153(33), as
follows: a radio communication service carried on between mobile stations
or receivers and land stations, and by mobile stations communicating
among themselves, and includes:
(a)
Both one-way and two-way radio communication services;
(b)
A mobile service that 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
(c)
Any service for which a license is required in a personal communications
service established pursuant to the proceeding entitled "Amendment
to the Commission's Rules to Establish New Personal Communications
Services" (GEN Docket No. 90-314; ET Docket No. 92-100), or any successor
proceeding.
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 a political subdivision that authorizes any of the following activities
by an applicant:
(c)
The construction of a 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:
(a)
For structures with an overall height of 200 feet or less, increases
the overall height of the structure by more than 20 feet.
(b)
For structures with an overall height of more than 200 feet,
increases the overall height of the structure by 10% or more.
(c)
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
collocation.
(d)
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.