§ 8-92. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Antenna means a device, dish, or array used to transmit or receive telecommunications signals.

Communications tower means a tower, pole or similar structure which supports a telecommunications antenna operated for commercial purposes above ground in a fixed location, freestanding, guyed, or on a building.

Height of a communication tower means the distance from the base of the tower to the top of the structure.

Telecommunications, as defined in the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.

(Code 2004, § 18.21)