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For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context otherwise requires a different meaning.

ANTENNA means communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals and that is used in providing wireless services.

ANTENNA MOUNTING BRACKET means the hardware required to secure the antenna to the pole.

ANTENNA MOUNTING POST means the vertical post or pipe that the antenna mounting bracket is mounted to in order for the antenna to be attached to the pole.

ANTENNA SHROUD means the three-sided cover that is mounted at the base of the antenna to conceal the appearance of the cables and wires from the hand-hole port on the pole to the bottom-fed antenna.

APPLICABLE CODES means applicable City code provisions and any applicable uniform building, fire, electrical, plumbing or mechanical codes that are adopted by a recognized national code organization or local amendments to those codes that are enacted to address threats of destruction of property or injury to persons and to an extent that is not inconsistent with this article.

APPLICANT means any person that submits an application and that is a wireless provider.

APPLICATION means a request that is submitted by an applicant to the City for a permit to collocate small wireless facilities or to approve the installation, modification or replacement of a utility pole or wireless support structure.

AUTHORITY means City of Goodyear.

AUTHORITY UTILITY POLE means a utility pole that is owned or operated by an authority and that is in a right-of-way. Authority utility pole does not include a utility pole for electric distribution.

CABLE OPERATOR means a person that is issued a license by the licensing authority to construct, operate and maintain a cable television system in public streets, roads and alleys. Cable operator does not include a special taxing district.

CANISTER ANTENNA means the canister or cylinder style housing used to conceal the antenna(s), amplifier(s), radio(s), cables, and wires at the top of a pole.

COLLOCATE OR COLLOCATION. To install, mount, maintain, modify, operate or replace wireless facilities on, within or adjacent to a wireless support structure or utility pole.

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT means any and all electronic equipment at the small wireless facility location that processes and transports information from the antennas to the wireless provider’s network.

COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE means cable service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 522(6), information service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(24), telecommunications service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(53) or wireless service.

DOG HOUSE means the plastic or metal attachment to the base of a pole that covers the transition point of underground cables and wires to the vertical section of the pole.

FEE means a onetime charge.

GROUND-MOUNTED EQUIPMENT means any communications equipment that is mounted to a separate post or to a foundation on the ground.

LAW means any federal, state or local law, statute, common law, code, rule, regulation, order or ordinance.

LIGHT EMITTING DIODE also referred to as "LED" is a type of lighting fixture installed on City streetlight and traffic signal poles.

LIGHT FIXTURE means the lighting unit or luminaire that provides lighting during the evening hours or during the hours of darkness.

LUMINAIRE MAST ARM means the horizontal post that attaches the light fixture to the streetlight pole or traffic signal pole.

MONOPOLE means a wireless support structure that is not more than 40 inches in diameter at the ground level and that has all of the wireless facilities mounted on the pole or contained inside of the pole.

OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA also referred to as an "OMNI ANTENNA." This antenna is round in shape, like a pipe, and may be about one-inch diameter up to about six inches diameter.

OUTSIDE DIAMETER is referred to as "OD" and means the points of measurement, using the outer edges of a pole, pipe or cylinder.

PERMIT means written permission required by the City to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate or replace a utility pole or monopole, to collocate a small wireless facility on a utility pole or wireless support structure or to collocate wireless facilities on a monopole.

PERSON means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization, including an authority.

PRIVATE EASEMENT means an easement or other real property right that is only for the benefit of the grantor and grantee and the grantor’s or grantee’s successors and assigns.

RATE means a recurring charge.

REMOTE RADIO HEADS (RRH)/REMOTE RADIO UNITS (RRU) means the electronic devices that are used to amplify radio signals so that there is increased performance (farther distance) of the outgoing radio signal from the antenna.

RF means "radio frequency."

RIGHT-OF-WAY means the area on, below or above a public roadway, highway, street, sidewalk, alley or utility easement. Right-of-way does not include a federal interstate highway, a state highway or state route under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, a private easement, property that is owned by a special taxing district, or a utility easement that does not authorize the deployment sought by the wireless provider.

SIGHT DISTANCE EASEMENTS or SIGHT VISIBILITY EASEMENTS (SDE or SVE) means the area of land adjacent to an intersection, driveway or roadway that has restrictive uses in order to preserve the view of oncoming or crossing vehicular and pedestrian traffic by drivers in vehicles attempting to merge with traffic or enter a roadway.

SIGHT VISIBILITY TRIANGLES (SVT) means the traffic engineering and safety concept that requires clear view by the driver of a vehicle to crossing traffic at a stop sign, driveway or intersection. In order to achieve clear visibility of the cross traffic, the land areas in the sight visibility triangle have specific maximum heights on landscaping, cabinets, and other potential view obstructions.

SIGNAL HEAD means the "Red, Yellow and Green" light signals at a signal-controlled intersection.

SIGNAL HEAD MAST ARM means the horizontal pole that has the signal heads mounted to it and attaches to the traffic signal pole.

SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY (SWF) means a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications:

(1) All antennas are located inside an enclosure of not more than six cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of the antenna’s exposed elements could fit within an imaginary enclosure of not more than six cubic feet in volume.

(2) All other wireless equipment associated with the facility is cumulatively not more than 28 cubic feet in volume, or 50 cubic feet in volume if the equipment was ground-mounted before August 9, 2017. The following types of associated ancillary equipment are not included in the calculation of equipment volume pursuant to this subdivision:

(a) An electric meter.

(b) Concealment elements.

(c) A telecommunications demarcation box.

(d) Grounding equipment.

(e) A power transfer switch.

(f) A cutoff switch.

(g) Vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services.

SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT means a special district formed pursuant to A.R.S. Title 48, Chapter 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 22.

UTILITY POLE means a pole or similar structure that is used in whole or in part for communications services, electric distribution, lighting or traffic signals. Utility pole does not include a monopole.

WIRELESS FACILITY.

(1) Means equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network, including both of the following:

(a) Equipment associated with wireless communications.

(b) Radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cables, regular and backup power supplies and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration.

(2) Includes small wireless facilities.

(3) Does not include the structure or improvements on, under or within which the equipment is collocated, wireline backhaul facilities, coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is between wireless support structures or utility poles or coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is otherwise not immediately adjacent to, or directly associated with, an antenna.

(4) Does not include Wi-Fi radio equipment described in A.R.S. § 9-506(I) or microcell equipment described in A.R.S. § 9-584(E).

WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER means any person that is authorized to provide telecommunications service in this state and that builds or installs wireless communications transmission equipment, wireless facilities, utility poles or monopoles but that is not a wireless services provider. Wireless infrastructure provider does not include a special taxing district.

WIRELESS PROVIDER means a cable operator, wireless infrastructure provider or wireless services provider.

WIRELESS SERVICES means any services that are provided to the public and that use licensed or unlicensed spectrum, whether at a fixed location or mobile, using wireless facilities.

WIRELESS SERVICES PROVIDER means a person that provides wireless services. Wireless services provider does not include a special taxing district.

WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE.

(1) Means:

(a) A freestanding structure, such as a monopole.

(b) A tower, either guyed or self-supporting.

(c) A sign or billboard.

(d) Any other existing or proposed structure designed to support or capable of supporting small wireless facilities.

(2) Does not include a utility pole. (Ord. 18-1378, passed 1-8-2018)

Statutory reference: A.R.S. § 9-591 with changes.