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Piscataway City Zoning Code

§ 21-1016.1

Definitions.

[Ord. No. 06-43 § 21-1016.1; Ord. No. 08-02 § 21-1016.1]
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ANTENNA
Shall mean any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiate or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or other communications signals.
BACKHAUL NETWORK
Shall mean lines that connect a providers' towers/cell sites to one or more cellular telephone switching offices, and/or long distance providers, or the public switched telephone network.
BOARD
Shall mean the Zoning Board of Adjustment or the Planning Board of the Township of Piscataway.
BOCA
Shall mean Building Officials Code Administrators.
CELLULAR ANTENNA
Shall mean antennas which are used for the transmission and reception of wave frequencies for the purposes of telephone, radio, paging and/or television communication and which are permitted as "conditional uses" in accordance with the specific zoning conditions and standards for their location and operation within this section. For the purposes of this section "cellular antennas," as referred to in the 1996 Federal Telecommunications Act, shall not be considered to be a public utility.
FAA
Shall mean the Federal Aviation Administration.
FCC
Shall mean the Federal Communications Commission.
PLANNING BOARD
Shall mean the Planning Board of the Township of Piscataway.
PUBLIC VIEW
Shall mean visible from a public thoroughfare, public lands or buildings or navigable waterways.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
Shall mean the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and amendments or modifications which may be made thereto.
TOWER
Shall mean any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone, radio and similar communications purposes, including self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures and the like. The term includes the structure and any support thereto.
TOWNSHIP
Shall mean the Township of Piscataway.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT COMPOUND
Shall mean a fenced in area which houses any combination of wireless telecommunications, structures, buildings, antennas, equipment, and/or towers.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURES, ANTENNAS, EQUIPMENT AND/OR TOWERS
Shall mean buildings and/or structures and equipment for the delivery of wireless telecommunications, except for satellite dish antennas. Wireless telecommunications tower means a vertical structure used for wireless telecommunications antennas.
ZONING BOARD
Shall mean the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Piscataway.