§ 1.6002   Definitions.

   Terms not specifically defined in this section or elsewhere in this
   subpart have the meanings defined in this part and the Communications
   Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq. Terms used in this subpart have the
   following meanings:

   (a) Action or to act on a siting application means a siting authority's
   grant of a siting application or issuance of a written decision denying
   a siting application.

   (b) Antenna, consistent with § 1.1320(d), means an apparatus designed
   for the purpose of emitting radiofrequency (RF) radiation, to be
   operated or operating from a fixed location pursuant to Commission
   authorization, for the provision of personal wireless service and any
   commingled information services. For purposes of this definition, the
   term antenna does not include an unintentional radiator, mobile
   station, or device authorized under part 15 of this chapter.

   (c) Antenna equipment, consistent with § 1.1320(d), means equipment,
   switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters or cabinets
   associated with an antenna, located at the same fixed location as the
   antenna, and, when collocated on a structure, is mounted or installed
   at the same time as such antenna.

   (d) Antenna facility means an antenna and associated antenna equipment.

   (e) Applicant means a person or entity that submits a siting
   application and the agents, employees, and contractors of such person
   or entity.

   (f) Authorization means any approval that a siting authority must issue
   under applicable law prior to the deployment of personal wireless
   service facilities, including, but not limited to, zoning approval and
   building permit.

   (g) Collocation, consistent with § 1.1320(d) and the Nationwide
   Programmatic Agreement (NPA) for the Collocation of Wireless Antennas,
   appendix B of this part, section I.B, means—

   (1) Mounting or installing an antenna facility on a pre-existing
   structure; and/or

   (2) Modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing an
   antenna facility on that structure.

   (3) The definition of “collocation” in § 1.6100(b)(2) applies to the
   term as used in that section.

   (h) Deployment means placement, construction, or modification of a
   personal wireless service facility.

   (i) Facility or personal wireless service facility means an antenna
   facility or a structure that is used for the provision of personal
   wireless service, whether such service is provided on a stand-alone
   basis or commingled with other wireless communications services.

   (j) Siting application or application means a written submission to a
   siting authority requesting authorization for the deployment of a
   personal wireless service facility at a specified location.

   (k) Siting authority means a State government, local government, or
   instrumentality of a State government or local government, including
   any official or organizational unit thereof, whose authorization is
   necessary prior to the deployment of personal wireless service
   facilities.

   (l) Small wireless facilities, consistent with § 1.1312(e)(2), are
   facilities that meet each of the following conditions:

   (1) The facilities—

   (i) Are mounted on structures 50 feet or less in height including their
   antennas as defined in § 1.1320(d); or

   (ii) Are mounted on structures no more than 10 percent taller than
   other adjacent structures; or

   (iii) Do not extend existing structures on which they are located to a
   height of more than 50 feet or by more than 10 percent, whichever is
   greater;

   (2) Each antenna associated with the deployment, excluding associated
   antenna equipment (as defined in the definition of “antenna” in
   § 1.1320(d)), is no more than three cubic feet in volume;

   (3) All other wireless equipment associated with the structure,
   including the wireless equipment associated with the antenna and any
   pre-existing associated equipment on the structure, is no more than 28
   cubic feet in volume;

   (4) The facilities do not require antenna structure registration under
   part 17 of this chapter;

   (5) The facilities are not located on Tribal lands, as defined under 36
   CFR 800.16(x); and

   (6) The facilities do not result in human exposure to radiofrequency
   radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in
   § 1.1307(b).

   (m) Structure means a pole, tower, base station, or other building,
   whether or not it has an existing antenna facility, that is used or to
   be used for the provision of personal wireless service (whether on its
   own or comingled with other types of services).

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