As used within this article, the following terms shall have the following corresponding meanings:
ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTURE
Structures such as clock towers, bell towers, church steeples, water storage towers or tanks, light poles and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of the antennas and tower.
ANTENNA
Any exterior transmitting or receiving apparatus mounted on any tower, building or structure utilized to send or receive electromagnetic signals, microwave signals, radio frequency signals, digital and/or analog signals, wireless telecommunication signals and/or any other telecommunication signals.
BACKHAUL NETWORK
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.
CELL SITE
Wireless telecommunication antennas, towers, facilities, structures and related equipment that transmit and capture signals to and from wireless service providers and their customers.
COLLOCATE
Shared use of wireless telecommunications antennas, towers or other related telecommunications structures by multiple licensed and authorized wireless telecommunications service providers for various types of telecommunications technology and/or siting of antennas on a site owned or operated by a public utility or other public entity.
FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission.
GOVERNING BODY
The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Wanaque.
GUY TOWER
A telecommunications tower that is supported, in whole or in part, by guy wires and ground anchors.
HEIGHT
The distance, when referring to a tower or other such structure, measured from the lowest finished natural grade of the parcel at the tower base to the highest point on the tower or other structure, including the base pad, any antennas, as well as any structure on which the same are built, affixed and/or attached.
MONOPOLE TOWER
A communications tower consisting of a single pole constructed without guy wires or ground anchors.
PREEXISTING TOWERS and PREEXISTING ANTENNAS
Any tower or antenna for which a building permit or other permit has been properly issued prior to the effective date of this article, including permitted towers or antennas that have not yet been constructed, so long as such approval is current and not expired, and including any tower or antenna that is presently a permitted use pursuant to § 114-98, on property owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the Borough of Wanaque.
REVIEWING BODY
Any person, office, board or entity required to review the wireless telecommunication and site plan application, including without limitation the Borough of Wanaque Planning Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment, Borough Clerk, Borough Construction Code Official, Borough of Wanaque Engineer and Borough of Wanaque governing body.
STEALTH TOWER STRUCTURE
Man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.
TOWER
Any structure and any support thereof, such as an alternative tower structure, self-supporting lattice tower, guy tower or monopole tower, constructed either as self-supporting or in association with a building, for purposes of supporting one or more antennas.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Any personal wireless services as defined in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which includes FCC-licensed commercial wireless telecommunications services, including cellular, personal communication services, specialized mobile radio, enhanced specialized mobile radio, paging and similar services that exist or that may be developed in the future.