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Union Beach City Zoning Code

§ 13-2.4

Definitions Pertaining to Personal Wireless Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment.

a. 
Definitions: Personal wireless telecommunications facilities and equipment are not to be considered essential services as defined in subsection 13-2.3a, 50.
ANTENNA
Means a system of electrical conductors that transmit or receive radio frequency signals for wireless communications.
ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Means a structure other than a telecommunications tower which is attached to a building and on which one or more antennas are located.
COLLOCATION
Means use of a common PWTF or a common site by two or more wireless license holders or by one wireless license holder for more than one type of communications technology and/or placement of a PWTF on a structure owned or operated by a utility or other public entity.
PERSONAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FACILITIES (PWTEFS)
Means accessory facilities serving and subordinate in area, extent and purpose to, and on the same lot as a telecommunications tower or antenna location. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, transmission equipment, storage sheds, storage buildings, and security fencing.
PERSONAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES (PWTFS)
Means facilities for the provision of wireless communications services, including, but not limited to, antennas, antenna support structures, telecommunications towers, and related facilities other than PWTEFs.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER
Means a freestanding structure on which one or more antennas are located, including lattice towers, guyed towers, monopoles and similar structures.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Means any personal wireless services as defined in the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (FTA) which includes FCC licensed commercial wireless telecommunications services including cellular, personal communication 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 operation or is used exclusively for receive only antennas, nor does it include noncellular telephone services.