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Page 3 • "Emergency"means a reasonably unforeseen occurrence with a potential to endanger personal safety or health or cause substantial damage to property,that calls for immediate action. "Engineer"means any engineer licensed by the State of Minnesota "Equipment Shelter and/or Cabinet"means the structure in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a Wireless Telecommunications Facility is housed. "FAA"means the Federal Aviation Administrations,and any legally appointed,designated or elected agent or successor. "FCC: means the Federal Communications Commission and any legally appointed, designated or elected agent or successor. "Height or Above Ground Level(AGL)"means,when referring to a tower or other structure,the distance measured from the finished grade at the base of the tower/structure to the highest point on the tower or other structure,including . the base pad and any antenna "Microcell"means the lines that connect a provider's towers/cell sites to one or more cellular telephone switching offices, and/or long distance providers,or the public switched telephone network. "Monopole"means a support structure constructed of a single, self-supporting hollow metal tube securely anchored to a foundation. "Multi-use Tower"means a self supporting lattice, guyed or monopole structure constructed from grade which supports more than one Wireless Telecommunications Facility. "Open Space"means land devoted to conservation or recreational purposes and/or land designated by a municipality to remain undeveloped(may be specified on a land use map). • "Person"is any person,firm,partnership,association,corporation,company,or other legal entity,private or public,whether for profit or not-for-profit. "Pre-existing Towers and Pre-existing Antennas"means any tower or antenna for which a building permit or conditional use permit has been properly issued prior to the effective date of this ordinance,including permitted towers or antennas that have not yet been constructed so long as such approval is current and not expired. "Tower"means any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone,radio and similar communication purposes including self-supporting lattice towers,guyed towers,or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers,microwave towers,common-carrier towers,wireless telecommunications towers,alternative tower structures,and the like. The term includes the structure and any support thereto. "Viewshed"means the area surrounding a Wireless Telecommunications Facility or Antenna Support Structure,within which the Facility or Structure is visible from off site. "Wireless Telecommunications Facilities"means any cables,wires,lines,wave guides,antenna,microwave dishes and any other equipment or facilities associated with a the transmission or reception of communications as authorized by the FCC which a Person seeks to locate or has installed upon a tower or Antenna Support Structure. However,the term Wireless Telecommunications Facilities shall not include. 1. Any satellite earth station antenna two meters in diameter or less and six feet in height or less which are located in an area zoned industrial or commercial; 2. Any satellite earth station antenna one meter in diameter or less and six feet in height or less,regardless of zoning • category; 3. Antennas used by amateur radio operators less than six feet in height.