ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT. Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a telecommunications facility or support structure. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters or other structures.

ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTURE. Any clock or bell towers, church steeples, chimneys or stacks, elevators, light poles, power poles and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.

ANTENNA. Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiates or captures electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunication signals, or other communication signals.

BUILDING-MOUNTED ANTENNA. Any antenna that is attached to the walls of, or integrated into, buildings or parapet walls.

CARRIER ON WHEELS or CELL ON WHEELS (COW). A portable self-contained telecommunications facility that can be moved to a location and set up to provide wireless services on a temporary or emergency basis. A COW is normally vehicle-mounted and contains a telescoping boom as the antenna support structure.

CO-LOCATION. The use of a single mount and/or site by more than one personal wireless service.

FAA. The Federal Aviation Administration.

FCC. The Federal Communications Commission.

HEIGHT. The HEIGHT of monopoles and towers shall be measured from natural grade to the top of all appurtenances. The HEIGHT of rooftop-mounted communication equipment shall be measured from the roof elevation to the top of all appurtenances. The HEIGHT of building-mounted communication equipment shall be from the top of the equipment to natural grade.

MONOPOLE. A facility used exclusively for PWSF mounts and is self-supporting with a single shaft of steel, concrete or wood.

MOUNT. The ground or the structure to which a PWSF is attached.

PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITY (PWSF). A facility for the provision of personal wireless services as defined by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and any amendments thereto. PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES are composed of two or more of the following components:

SITE. The physical location occupied by a single tower and its accompanying ground-mounted or roof-mounted equipment.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996. This federal legislation established certain standards for local review of various types of antennas and other communication devices. Local governments may consider standards such as height, appearance, screening, stealth design, planting, and public safety issues (other than radiation). The local government may not discriminate between service providers, prohibit wireless services or have the effect of prohibiting wireless services, regulate on the basis of electromagnetic radiation if the facility complies with FCC standards, make land use decisions without substantial evidence and a written record of the proceedings, or unreasonably delay decision making on proposed applications.

TOWER. Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone, radio and similar communication purposes, including monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, and digital and/or cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures, and the like. The term also includes the structure and any support thereto. (Ord. 312 § 2(19.2), passed 4-11-2012. Code 2012 § 152.317.)