Man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, flag poles, and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.

The buildings, cabinets, vaults, closures and equipment required for operation of telecommunications systems including but not limited to repeaters, equipment housing, and ventilation and other mechanical equipment.

Any exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, or television communications through the sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or other communications signals. Parabolic dish antennas under 30 inches used for satellite communications shall not be included within this definition.

The lines that connect a provider's towers/cell sites to one or more cellular telephone switching offices, and/or long distance providers, or the public switched telephone network.

The area surrounding a telecommunications tower and ancillary facilities which lies between the tower and adjacent lot lines and/or land uses.

A company that provides wireless services.

When two or more receiving and/or transmitting facilities are placed together in the same location or on the same antenna support structure.

The Federal Aviation Administration.

The Federal Communications Commission.

The area on the ground within a prescribed radius from the base of a wireless telecommunications tower. The fall zone is the area within which there is a potential hazard from falling debris (such as ice) or collapsing material.

Cellular radio, personal communications service (PCS), enhanced specialized mobile radio, specialized mobile radio and paging, commercial land mobile radio and additional emerging technologies.

A tower which is supported or braced through the use of cable (guy wires) which are permanently anchored.

When referring to a tower, the vertical distance measured from the lowest finished grade at the base of the tower to the highest point on the tower, even if said highest point is an antenna.

A type of mount that is self-supporting with multiple legs and cross-bracing of structural steel.

The type of mount that is self-supporting with a single shaft of wood, steel or concrete and a platform (or racks) for panel antennas arrayed at the top.

The structure or surface upon which antennas are mounted, including the following four types of mounts:

A facility for the provision of personal wireless services, as defined by the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Any tower or antenna for which a building permit has been properly issued prior to the effective date of this section,[1] including permitted towers or antennas that have been approved but have not yet been constructed so long as such approval is current and not expired.

An engineer specializing in electrical or microwave engineering, especially the study of radio frequencies.

A telecommunications facility that is designed or located in such a way that the facility is not readily recognizable as telecommunications equipment (see "alternative tower structure").

A facility designed and used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving and relaying voice and data signals from various wireless communications devices including licensed transmission towers, antennas and ancillary facilities. For purposes of this section, amateur radio transmission facilities and facilities used exclusively for the transmission of television and radio broadcasts are not telecommunications facilities.

Any personal wireless services as defined in the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 which includes FCC licensed commercial wireless telecommunications services including cellular, personal communications services (PCS), specialized mobile radio (SMR), enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR), paging and similar services that currently exist or that may in the future be developed. It does not include any amateur radio facility that is owned and operated by a federally licensed amateur radio station operator or is used exclusively for receive-only antennas, nor does it include noncellular telephone service.