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Public way means and includes all public streets held or controlled by the city. but only to the extent of the city's right, title, interest or authority to grant a license to occupy and use such public streets for telecommunications mall cell facility means facilities. a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications: (i) each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume or in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of its exposed elements could fit within an imaginary enclosure of no more than six cubic feet and (ii) all other wireless equipment associated with the facility has a cumulative volume of no more than 28 cubic feet. or such hiaher limit as is established by the Federal Communications Commission. The following types of associated equipment are not included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meter, concealment. telecommunications demarcation boxes, ground -based enclosures, back -up power systems. grounding equipment. power transfer switches. cut -off switches. and vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services. Small cell facilities include, but are not limited to, micro - wireless facilities. Utility pole means a structure owned operated, or owned and operated by a public utility. local government. or the Commonwealth of Virginia that is designed specifically for and used to carry lines, cables. or wires Wireless facility means for communications, equipment cable television. at a fixed location that enables or electricity. wireless services between user equipment and a communications network. including (i) equipment associated with wireless services, such as private. broadcast. and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul and (ii) radio transceivers antennas, coaxial, or fiber -optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment regardless of technological configuration Wireless facilities include but are not limited to small cell facilities and Wireless facilities franchise micro - wireless facilities agreement means an agreement approved by city council and executed by the city and a wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider granting -a non - exclusive, revocable license to use the public ways of the city for the purposes of constructing, installing, using, maintaining. testing. inspecting. operating, repairing. and removing wireless facilities pursuant to and in accordance with the agreement and this article. Wireless infrastructure provider means any person. including a person authorized to provide telecommunications services in the state that builds or installs transmission equipment wireless facilities or wireless support structures, but that is not a wireless services provider. Wireless services means (i) 'personal wireless services" as defined in 47 U.S.C. & 32(c)(7)(C)(i): (ii) "personal wireless service facilities" as defined in 47 U.S.C. & 332(c)(7)(C)(ii). including commercial mobile services as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332(d), provided to personal mobile communication devices through wireless facilities: and (iii) any other fixed or mobile fireless service, using licensed or unlicensed spectrum. provided using wireless facilities. Wireless service provider means a provider of wireless services. Wireless support structure means a freestanding structure, such as a pole, monopole, tower. either guyed or self - supporting. or a suitable existing structure or alternative structure designed to support or capable of supporting wireless facilities. Wireless support structure does not include anv telephone or electrical utilitv pole or any tower used for the distribution or transmission of n Sec. 32 -128. - Plan of location and other materials to accompany permit application. Any application for a permit to erect poles on the _uA _blEstreets shall be accompanied by the following materials;