The purpose of this chapter is to provide definitions for unique
terms used throughout this title that relate to wireless communications
facilities.
(Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this title,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
means a device used in wireless communications which radiates
and/or receives commercial cellular, personal communication service,
and/or data radio signals. "Antenna" shall not include any satellite
dish antenna or any antenna utilized for amateur radio, citizens band
radio, television, AM/FM, or shortwave radio reception purposes.
A structure or equipment at a fixed location that enables
Commission-licensed or authorized wireless communications between
user equipment and a communications network. The term does not encompass
a tower as defined in this subpart or any equipment associated with
a tower.
The term includes, but is not limited to, equipment associated
with wireless communications services such as private, broadcast,
and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services
and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul.
The term includes, but is not limited to, radio transceivers,
antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies,
and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration
(including distributed antenna systems and small-cell networks).
The term includes any structure other than a tower that, at
the time the relevant application is filed with the state or local
government under this section, supports or houses equipment described
in subsections 1 and 2 of this definition that has been reviewed and
approved under the applicable zoning or siting process, or under another
state or local regulatory review process, even if the structure was
not built for the sole or primary purpose of providing such support.
The term does not include any structure that, at the time the
relevant application is filed with the state or local government under
this section, does not support or house equipment described in subsections
1 and 2 of this definition.
means mounted to the side of a building, to the facade of
a building, or to the side of another structure such as a water tank,
church steeple, freestanding sign, utility tower, light pole, or similar
structure, but not to include the roof of any structure.
means an analog or digital wireless communication technology
that is based on a system of interconnected neighboring cell sites.
means the locating of wireless communications equipment from
more than one provider on a single wireless communication facility.
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:
means mounted to a pole, monopole, tower, or other freestanding
structure specifically constructed for the purpose of supporting an
antenna.
means a wireless communications facility that is non-stealth
in design or exceeds the height limit of the district in which it
is located. A major wireless communications facility also includes
any wireless communications facility that is ground- or roof-mounted
and mounted in or on any public property including the public right-of-way
but does not include a wireless communications facility located on
a public utility pole within a public right-of-way that meets the
requirements of a minor wireless communications facility.
means a wireless communications facility that is stealth
in design and does not exceed the height limit of the district in
which it is located, or building-, facade-, or wall-mounted and does
not exceed the height of the parapet wall or roofline of the building.
A roof-mounted facility, which is screened by a solid material on
all four sides and does not exceed the maximum height of the district,
shall be considered a minor wireless communications facility. The
following shall be considered a minor wireless communications facility:
A wireless communications facility located on a public utility
pole owned by the city;
A wireless communications facility located on public property
or within a public right-of-way, other than a public utility pole
owned by the city, if it is located 300 feet or more from a residential
zone, that is in full compliance with the state public utilities commission
joint pole association General Order 95, Rule 94, or any successor
provisions thereto, and that does not exceed the height limit for
the zone.
means a structure composed of a single spire, pole, or tower
used to support antennas or related equipment.
means attached or supported.
means digital low-power, high-frequency commercial wireless
radio communication technology that has the capacity for multiple
communications services and the routing of calls to individuals, regardless
of location.
means mounted above the eave line of a building.
means any communication facility which is designed to blend
into the surrounding environment, typically one that is architecturally
integrated into a building or other concealing structure, and shall
include and mean any concealed antenna.
means a wireless communications facility that is kept portable
or mobile and deployed while a permanent facility is under construction.
means any pole or tower owned by any utility company that
is primarily used to support wires or cables necessary to the provision
of electrical or other utility services regulated by the state public
utilities commission.
means a facility consisting of any commercial antenna, monopole,
microwave dish, and/or other related equipment necessary to the transmission
and/or reception of cellular, personal communication service, and/or
data radio communications, and which has been granted a certificate
of public convenience and necessity, or a wireless registration number
by the state public utilities commission, or otherwise provides wireless
communications services to the public.
(Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022)
