[Amended 6-13-2026]
Unless specifically defined in this section, words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as they have at common law and to give this chapter its most reasonable application.
Any landowner within 500 feet of the property that the tower or facility will be located on.
Any system of poles, panels, rods, reflecting discs or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of radio or electromagnetic frequency signals.
The vertical distance measured from the base of the antenna support structure at grade to the highest point of the structure, even if said highest point is an antenna. Measurement of tower height shall include antenna, base pad, and other appurtenances and shall be measured from the finished grade of the facility site. If the support structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between the highest and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the antenna height.
The use of a wireless telecommunications facility by more than one wireless telecommunications provider.
A specific location, view, or corridor, as identified as a scenic resource in the municipally adopted Comprehensive Plan or by a state or federal agency, that consists of:
A three-dimensional area extending out from a particular viewpoint on a public way or within a public recreational area, focusing on a single object, such as a mountain, resulting in a narrow corridor; or a group of objects, such a downtown skyline or mountain range, resulting in a panoramic view corridor; or
Lateral terrain features such as valley sides or woodland as observed to either side of the observer, constraining the view into a narrow or particular field, as seen from a viewpoint on a public way or within a public recreational area.
The addition of antennas, towers, or other devices to an existing structure.
The Federal Aviation Administration, or its lawful successor.
The Federal Communications Commission, or its lawful successor.
The vertical measurement from a point on the ground at the mean finish grade adjoining the foundation as calculated by averaging the highest and lowest finished grade around the building or structure to the highest point of the building or structure. The highest point shall exclude farm building components, flagpoles, chimneys, ventilators, skylights, domes, water towers, bell towers, church spires, processing towers, tanks, bulkheads, or other building accessory features usually erected at a height greater than the main roofs of buildings.
A geographically definable area, possessing a significant concentration, linkage or continuity of sites, buildings, structures or objects united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development and identified in the municipality's Comprehensive Plan, which is listed or is eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Such historic district may also comprise individual elements separated geographically but linked by association or history.
Any improvement, building or structure of particular historic or architectural significance to the Town, relating to its heritage, cultural, social, economic or political history or which exemplifies historic personages or important events in local, state or national history identified in the municipality's Comprehensive Plan, which has been listed or is eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Resources/structures that are:
Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a list maintained by the Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior to qualify as a registered historic district;
Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs approved by the Secretary of the Interior;
Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified by the Secretary of the Interior through the Maine Historic Preservation Commission; or
Areas identified by a governmental agency such as the Maine Historic Preservation Commission as having significant value as an historic or archaeological resource and any areas identified in the municipality's Comprehensive Plan which have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The direct view of the object from the designated scenic resource.
An antenna which is bowl-shaped, designed for the reception and or transmission of radio frequency communication signals in a specific directional pattern.
A use other than one that is wholly incidental or accessory to another use on the same premises.
A regionally or locally significant facility, as defined and identified either by state statute or in the municipality's adopted Comprehensive Plan, designed to serve the recreational needs of municipal property owners.
The area which is targeted to be served by this proposed telecommunications facility.
When the proposed project would produce an end result which is:
A location which is identified either in the municipally adopted Comprehensive Plan or by a federal or state agency and which serves as the basis for the location and determination of a particular designated scenic resource.
Any structure, antenna, tower, or other device which provides radio/television transmission, commercial mobile wireless services, unlicensed wireless services, cellular phone services, specialized mobile radio communications (SMR), common-carrier wireless exchange phone services, specialized mobile radio communications (SMR), common-carrier wireless exchange access services, and personal communications services (PCS) or pager services.