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46 <br /> ae,v� =wireless f4eiliti€ss en pt:eviettsly appt:eved st ticcc wing tev�'er-s-' <br /> i ttil ifigs „tilit ,pole tet:ta*ks. <br /> 4a Eligible facilities request. - A request for modification of an existing <br /> wireless tower or base station that involves collocation of new transmission <br /> equipment or replacement of transmission equipment but does not include a <br /> substantial modification. <br /> (5) Equipment compound. - An area surrounding or near the base of a wireless <br /> suport structure within which a wireless facility is located.E"ipfnefit <br /> of toe f e „� „ f r too tt:a ,miss;,, ptio, of , ro�o�� <br /> t signals. <br /> (5a) Fall zone. - The area in which a wireless support structure may be expected <br /> to fall in the event of a structural failure, as measured by engineering <br /> standards. <br /> (6) Land development regulation. -Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this Part. <br /> (7) Search ring. - The area within which a wireless suport facility or wireless <br /> facility must be located in order to meet service objectives of the wireless <br /> service provider using the wireless facility or wireless support structure. <br /> 7a Substantial modification. - The mounting of a proposed wireless facility on <br /> a wireless suport structure that substantially changes the physical <br /> dimensions of the suport structure. A mounting is presumed to be a <br /> substantial modification if it meets any one or more of the criteria listed <br /> below. The burden is on the local government to demonstrate that a <br /> mounting that does not meet the listed criteria constitutes a substantial <br /> change to the physical dimensions of the wireless suport structure. <br /> a. Increasing the existing vertical height of the structure by the greater <br /> of(i) more than ten percent (10%) or (ii) the height of one additional <br /> antenna array with separation from the nearest existing antenna not to <br /> exceed 20 feet. <br /> b. Except where necessary to shelter the antenna from inclement <br /> weather or to connect the antenna to the tower via cable, adding an <br /> appurtenance to the body of a wireless suport structure that <br /> protrudes horizontally from the edge of the wireless suport structure <br /> the greater of(i) more than 20 feet or (ii) more than the width of the <br /> wireless suport structure at the level of the apurtenance. <br /> C. Increasing the square footage of the existing equipment compound <br /> by more than 2,500 square feet. <br /> (8) Utility pole. - A structure that is designed for and used to carry lines, cables, <br /> or wires for telephone, cable television, or electricity, or to provide lighting. <br /> 8a Water tower. - A water storage tank, a standpipe, or an elevated tank <br /> situated on a suport structure originally constructed for use as a reservoir or <br /> facility to store or deliver water. <br /> (9) Wireless facility. - The set of equipment and network components, exclusive <br /> of the underlying wireless support structure or tower, including antennas, <br /> transmitters, receivers, r B-base stations, power supplies, cabling, and <br /> associated equipment necessary to provide wireless data and wireless <br /> telecommunications services to a discrete geographic area. <br /> (10) Wireless support structure. - A new or existing structure, such as a <br /> monopole, lattice tower, or guyed tower that is designed to support or <br /> capable of supporting wireless facilities. A utility pole is not a wireless <br /> support structure. <br /> 160A-400.51A. Local authority. <br /> A city may plan for and regulate the siting or modification of wireless suport structures <br /> and wireless facilities in accordance with land development regulations and in conformity with <br /> this Part. Except as expressly stated, nothing in this Part shall limit a city from re_ lu atin <br /> applications to construct, modify, or maintain wireless suport structures, or construct, modify, <br /> maintain, or collocate wireless facilities on a wireless suport structure based on consideration <br /> of land use, public safety, and zoning considerations, including aesthetics, landscaping, <br /> structural design, setbacks, and fall zones, or State and local building code requirements, <br /> Page 2 Session Law 2013-185 SL201 `� �' <br />