§ 62-2403. Definitions.

For the purpose of this division, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth in this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular, and words in the singular number include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

Abandoned means any tower without any mounted transmitting and/or receiving antennas in continued use.

Alternative structure means a structure that is not primarily constructed for the purpose of supporting antennas but on which one or more antennas may be mounted. Alternative structures include, but are not limited to, buildings, water tanks, light stanchions, pole signs, billboards, church steeples and electric power transmission towers.

Amateur radio tower means any tower used for amateur radio transmissions consistent with the "Complete FCC U.S. Amateur Part 97 Rules and Regulations" for amateur radio facilities.

Ancillary structure means equipment, devices and structures associated with a wireless communications facility, including but not limited to: concrete slabs on grade, guy anchors, generators, feed lines, mounting hardware, pedestals, electrical risers and transmission cable supports; however, specifically excluding equipment cabinets, towers, alternative structures and antenna elements.

Anti-climbing device means a piece or pieces of equipment, which are either attached to an antenna support structure, or which are freestanding and are designed to prevent people from climbing the structure. These devices may include but are not limited to fine mesh wrap around structure legs, the removal or absence of climbing pegs, "squirrel-cones," or other approved devices, but excluding the use of barbed or razor wire.

Antenna means any apparatus designed for the transmitting and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves, including but not limited to: telephonic, radio, wireless, or television communications. Types of antenna include, but are not limited to: omni-directional (whip) antennas, sectionalized (panel) antennas, multi or single bay (FM and TV), yagi, or parabolic (dish) antennas, and in the case of AM broadcast facilities the actual tower structure.

Antenna array means a group of antennas and associated mounting hardware, transmission lines, or other appurtenances which share a common attachment device such as a mounting frame or common mounting support structure for a unified purpose of transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves for a single wireless services provider, or if combined antennas, for the combined providers.

Antenna system means any antenna or antenna array.

ASR means the antenna structure registration number as required by the FAA and FCC for towers that exceed 200 feet in height or may interfere with flight paths.

Antenna support structure. See "Tower."

Attached antenna means an antenna element attached to an alternative structure.

Base station means the electronic equipment utilized by the wireless telecommunication provider(s) for the transmission and/or reception of radio signals.

Board means the board of county commissioners of Brevard County, Florida.

Breakpoint technology means the engineering design of a tower wherein a specified point on the tower is designed to have stresses concentrated so that the breakpoint is at least five percent more susceptible to failure than any other point along the tower so that in the event of a structural failure of the tower, the failure will occur at the breakpoint rather than at the base plate, anchor bolts, or any other point on the tower.

Brevard County Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan also referred to as the wireless telecommunication master plan or master plan is that certain document prepared by CityScape Consultants, Inc., dated October 2, 2014, adopted by the county and incorporated as part of this division by this reference. The master plan includes a table of county-owned sites potentially available for the location of wireless telecommunication facilities with design recommendations for each site and an inventory of all existing facilities throughout the county. The purpose of the master plan is to develop strategies for the improvement of future deployment practices within the county.

Broadcast facilities means towers, antennas, and/or antenna arrays for FM/TV/broadcasting transmission facilities, and tower(s) utilized as antennas for an AM broadcast station that are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.

Broadcast tower means a tower built primarily for broadcast facilities, but which may also be used for co-location of other wireless telecommunications facilities.

Camouflage means camouflaged antenna systems and/or towers use paint instead of structure to blend into its surroundings; for example, matching the color of the structure upon which the system is attached or if separate and distinct from its surroundings colored to match the sky or nearby vegetation.

Coastal area shall mean as defined in the master plan as that area of the barrier islands east of the Banana and Indian Rivers.

Co-location means the practice of installing and operating multiple antenna systems, which are owned or controlled by multiple wireless service providers, and/or radio common carrier licensees on the same tower, antenna support structure, or alternative structure using different and separate antenna, feed lines, equipment cabinets, generators and other radio frequency generating equipment.

Combined antenna means an antenna or an antenna array designed and utilized to provide wireless telecommunications services for more than one wireless provider, or a single wireless provider utilizing more than one frequency band or spectrum, for the same or similar type of services.

Communication facilities means the general term used to collectively describe all the various communication towers, antennas, networks, systems, arrays, equipment, devices and structures defined in this division.

Concealed means a tower, antenna system or ancillary structure, or equipment compound that is not readily identifiable as such, and is designed to be aesthetically compatible with existing and proposed building(s) and uses on a site so as to reduce or mitigate the facility's potential adverse visual impacts on the surrounding areas. There are two types of concealed facilities:

(1)

Antenna attachments, and

(2)

Freestanding antenna support structures.

Examples of concealed attached facility include, but are not limited to the following: antenna systems enclosed within canisters, faux windows, dormers or other architectural features that blend with an existing or proposed building or structure. Freestanding concealed antenna support structures usually have a secondary, obvious function which may be, but is not limited to the following: church steeple, windmill, bell tower, clock tower, light standard. flagpole with or without a flag, or tree.

County means the Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County, Florida [means Brevard County, Florida].

Equipment cabinet means any structure, including: cabinets, shelters, pedestals, and other similar structures that are used exclusively or in combination with ancillary facilities, to contain radio or other equipment necessary for the transmission or reception of wireless communication signals.

Equipment compound means the fenced area surrounding the ground-based wireless communication facility that includes the following: the tower or antenna support structure's framework and ancillary structures such as equipment necessary to operate the antenna. cabinets, shelters, pedestals, emergency generators and other similar structures.

FAA means the Federal Aviation Administration.

FCC means the Federal Communications Commission.

Feed lines means coaxial cables, power cables, and/or fiber optic cables used as the interconnecting media between the equipment cabinet and the antenna.

Flush-mounted means any antenna or antenna array attached directly to the tower or alternative structure such that no portion of the antenna extends above the height of the tower or alternative structure. Where a maximum flush-mounting distance is given, that distance shall be measured from the outside edge of the tower or alternative structure to the inside edge of the antenna.

Geographic search ring means an area designated by a wireless provider or operator for a new base station and antenna elements, produced in accordance with generally accepted principles of wireless engineering.

Guyed tower means a style of tower consisting of a single truss assembly composed of sections with cross bracing incorporated. The sections are attached to each other, and the assembly is attached to a foundation and supported by a series of wires that are connected to anchors placed in the ground or on a building.

Handoff candidate means a wireless telecommunication facility that receives call transference from another wireless facility, usually located in an adjacent first "tier" surrounding the initial wireless facility.

Lattice tower means a self-supporting tapered style of tower that consists of vertical and horizontal supports with multiple legs and cross-bracing and metal crossed diagonal strips or rods to support antennas.

Microcell means a microcell is a cell in a mobile phone network served by a low power cellular base station (tower), covering a limited area such as a mall, a hotel, or a transportation hub.

Mitigation means a modification of an existing antenna support structure to increase the height or to improve its integrity, by replacing or removing one or several antenna support structures located in proximity to a proposed new antenna support structure in order to encourage compliance with this article or improve aesthetics or functionality of the overall wireless network. Mitigation may also include replacement of an existing tower or antenna support structure with a new tower or antenna support structure which mitigates the impacts of its predecessor.

Monopole tower means a style of free-standing tower consisting of a single shaft usually composed of two or more hollow sections used to conceal all feed lines that are in turn attached to a foundation. This type of tower is designed to support itself without the use of guy wires or other stabilization devices. These facilities are mounted to a foundation that rests on or in the ground or on a building's roof.

Non-concealed means a wireless communication facility that is readily identifiable as such and can be either freestanding or attached.

Personal communication service (PCS) means commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services, and common carrier wireless exchange access services, as defined in the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Provider's designed service means the configuration and manner of deployment of wireless communications services the wireless services provider has designed for an area as part of its network.

Public safety communications equipment means all communications equipment utilized by a public entity for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the citizens of the county.

Replacement means the removal of an existing tower for purposes of erecting a new tower of nearly equal dimensions usually for the purposes of improved structural integrity.

Rural area shall mean as defined in the master plan as that area where there are fewer than 100 addresses per square mile.

Satellite earth station means a single or group of parabolic (or dish) antennas mounted to a support device that may be a pole or truss assembly attached to a foundation in the ground, or in some other configuration. A satellite earth station may include the associated separate equipment cabinets necessary for the transmission or reception of wireless telecommunications signals with satellites.

Substantial increase in size occurs when:

(1)

the mounting of the proposed antenna on the tower would increase the existing 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, except that the mounting of the proposed antenna may exceed the size limits described above if necessary to avoid interference with existing antennas; or

(2)

the mounting of the proposed antenna would involve the installation of more than the standard number of new equipment cabinets for the technology involved, not to exceed four, or more than one new equipment shelter; or

(3)

the mounting of the proposed antenna would involve 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, except that the mounting of the proposed antenna may exceed the size limits described above if necessary to shelter the antenna from inclement weather or to connect the antenna to the tower via cable; or

(4)

the mounting of the proposed antenna would involve excavation outside the current tower site, defined as the current boundaries of the leased or owned property surrounding the tower and any access or utility easements currently related to the site.

Tower means a vertical projection composed of metal or other material with or without a foundation that is designed for the express purpose of accommodating antennas at a desired height. Towers do not include any device used to attach antennas to an existing building, unless the device extends above the highest point of the building by more than 20 feet. Types of towers include the following: guy, lattice and monopole structures.

Tower base means the above ground portion of the foundation, usually concrete, on which the tower is situated. For measurement calculations, the tower base is that point on the foundation reached by dropping a perpendicular line from the geometric center of the tower.

Tower height means for ground mounted towers, the vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the finished development grade of the building site to the highest point of the tower, including any antenna, lighting, lightning protection or other equipment affixed thereto. For roof mounted towers, the vertical distance measured from the flat roof section where the tower is mounted to the highest point of the tower, including any antenna, lighting, lightning protection or other equipment affixed thereto.

Tower setback means the minimum distance a tower is located from the property line of the parent tract.

Tower site means the land area that contains, or will contain, a proposed tower, support structures and other related buildings and improvements. Tower sites are confined within a parent tract if non-leased or when leased within the designated area of the lease.

Transmission means the development of a radio signal from an antenna device for the purpose of communications or communication of data.

Transmission line. See "feed line." A coaxial cable intended to convey radio frequency between a transmitter/receiver to an antenna.

Urban area shall mean as defined in the master plan as that area where there are more than 100 addresses per square mile.

Wireless telecommunications facility (WTCF) means any staffed or unstaffed location for the transmission and/or reception of radio frequency signals, or other wireless communications, and usually consisting of an antenna or group of antennas, transmission cables fiber optic cables, DC power cables, and equipment cabinets, and may include a tower. The following shall be deemed a wireless communications facility: new, mitigated, or existing towers, public towers, replacement towers, antenna co-location on existing towers, attached wireless communications facilities, concealed wireless communication facilities, non-concealed wireless communication facilities.

(Ord. No. 2014-30, § 9, 10-2-14)