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Non -small cell facility means a wireless facility which is not a small cell facility
<br />Public street means the surface of and the mace above and below any public street road
<br />highway, avenue sidewalk way, bridge viaduct alley or other public right -of -way including
<br />non -paved surfaces, now or hereafter held by the city for the puroose of public travel
<br />communications, alarm, street lighting, power distribution, water or sewer easements or similar
<br />public use.
<br />Public way means and includes all public streets held or controlled by the city, but only to the
<br />extent of the city's right, title, interest or authority to grant a license to occupy and use such public
<br />streets for telecommunications facilities.
<br />Small cell facility means a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications: (i)
<br />each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume, or, in the case
<br />of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of its exposed elements could fit
<br />within an imaginary enclosure of no more than six cubic feet and (ii) all other wireless equipment
<br />associated with the facility has a cumulative volume of no more than 28 cubic feet, or such higher
<br />limit as is established by the Federal Communications Commission. The following types of
<br />associated equipment are not included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meter,
<br />concealment, telecommunications demarcation boxes, ground -based enclosures, back -up power
<br />systems, grounding equipment, power transfer switches, cut -off switches, and vertical cable runs
<br />for the connection of power and other services. Small cell facilities include but are not limited to.
<br />micro - wireless facilities.
<br />Utility pole means a structure owned, operated, or owned and operated by a public utility,
<br />local government, or the Commonwealth of Virginia that is designed specifically for and used to
<br />carry lines, cables, or wires for communications, cable television, or electricity.
<br />Wireless facility means equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless services between
<br />user equipment and a communications network, including (i) equipment associated with wireless
<br />services, such as private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless
<br />services and fixed wireless services, such as microwave backhaul, and (ii) radio transceivers,
<br />antennas, coaxial, or fiber -optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable
<br />equipment, regardless of technological configuration. Wireless facilities include, but are not
<br />limited to, small cell facilities and micro - wireless facilities
<br />Wireless facilities franchise agreement means an agreement approved by city council and
<br />executed by the city and a wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider granting a
<br />non - exclusive, revocable license to use the public ways of the city for the purposes of constructing
<br />installing using maintaining testing inspecting operating repairing and removing wireless
<br />facilities pursuant to and in accordance with the agreement and this article
<br />Wireless infrastructure provider means any person, including a person authorized to provide
<br />telecommunications services in the state, that builds or installs transmission equipment, wireless
<br />facilities, or wireless support structures, but that is not a wireless services provider.
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