20-1545 Amending Chapter 68, Roadway and Utility Construction

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EXHIBIT "A" Site shall mean towers other than towers in the public rights-of-wav e current boundaries of the leased or owned property surrounding the tower, and any access or utility easements currently related to he site, and, for other eligible support structures, further restricted to that area in proximity to the structure and to other transmission equipment already deployed on the ground. Small wireless facility shall mean a wireless communication facility that meets the following qualifications: (1) Each antenna associated with the facility is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume or, in the case of antennas that have exposed elements, each antenna and all of its exposed elements could fit within an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume; and (2) All other wireless equipment associated with the facility is cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume. The following types of associated ancillary equipment are not included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meters, concealment elements, telecommunications demarcation boxes, ground-based enclosures, grounding equipment, power transfer switches, cutoff switches, vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services, and utility poles or other support structures. Stealth Design shall mean a method of camouflaging any tower, antenna or other Communications Facility, including, but not limited to, supporting electrical or mechanical equipment, which is designed to enhance compatibility with adjacent land uses and be as visually unobtrusive as possible. Stealth design may include a repurposed structure or a wrap. Substantial change shall mean a modification that substantially changes the physical dimensions of an eligible support structure if it meets any of the following criteria: 1. For towers other than towers in the public rights-of-wav, it increases the height of the tower by more than ten percent or by the height of one additional antenna array with separation from the nearest existing antenna not to exceed 20 feet, whichever is greater: for other eligible support structures, it increases the height of the structure by more than ten percent or more than ten feet, whichever is greater. Changes in height should be measured from the original support structure in cases where deployments are or will be separated horizontally, such as on buildings' rooftops: in other circumstances, changes in height should be measured from the dimensions of the tower or base station. inclusive of originally approved appurtenances and any modifications that were approved prior to the passage of the Spectrum Act: 2. For towers other than towers in the public rights-of-wav, it involves adding an appurtenance to the body of the tower that would protrude from the edge of the tower more than 20 feet or more than the width of the tower structure at the level of the appurtenance, whichever is greater: for other eligible support structures, it involves adding an appurtenance to the body of the structure that would protrude from the edge of the structure by more than six feet: 3. For any eligible support structure, it involves installation of more than the standard number of new equipment cabinets for the technology involved but not to exceed four cabinets: or, for towers in the public rights-of-way and base stations_ it involves installation of any new equipment cabinets on the ground if there are no preexisting ground cabinets associated with the structure, or else involves installation of ground cabinets that are more than ten percent larger in height or overall volume than any other ground cabinets associated with the structure: 4. It entails any excavation or deployment outside the current site: 5. It would defeat the concealment elements of the eligible support structure: or 6. It does not comply with conditions associated with the siting approval of the construction or modification of the eligible support structure or base station equipment: provided however, that this limitation does not apply to any modification that is noncompliant only in a manner that would not exceed the thresholds identified in subsections (1) throuah (4) of this definition. Surrounding Neighborhood shall mean the area within a 6W 5500 foot radius of a communications facility site or proposed communications facility site.