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(W-1) Wireless Communications means any personal wireless service, which <br />includes but is not limited to, cellular, personal communication services <br />(PCS) specialized mobile radio (SMR), enhanced specialized mobile radio <br />(ESMR) andpaging <br />rvzretess communication <br />Facility <br />(WCF) <br />means any staffed <br />or unstaffed <br />commercial <br />facility for the <br />transmission and/or <br />reception of radio <br />frequency signals or other <br />wireless <br />communications, <br />and <br />usually <br />consisting of an antenna or group of antennas, transmission cables, <br />and <br />equipment enclosures, and <br />may include <br />an antenna -supporting structure <br />The <br />following developments shall <br />be considered <br />as a Wireless <br />Communication Facility: developments containing new or existing <br />antenna -supporting structures, public antenna -supporting strictures, <br />replacement antenna -supporting structures, collocations on existing <br />antenna -supporting structures, attached wireless communications <br />facilities, stealth wireless communication facilities, and satellite earth <br />stations. <br />Sec. 3 Applicability. <br />(a) Except as provided for in subsection (b) below, this section shall apply to <br />development activities including installation, construction, or modification to <br />the following wireless communications facilities: <br />(1) Existing antenna -supporting structures; and <br />(2) Proposed antenna -supporting structures; and <br />(3) Public antenna -supporting structures; and <br />(4) Replacement of existing antenna -supporting structures; and <br />(5) Colocation on existing antenna -supporting structures; and <br />(6) Attached wireless communications facilities; and <br />(7) Stealth wireless communications facilities; and <br />(b) The following items are exempt from the provisions of this section <br />[971.44(5)], notwithstanding any other provisions contained in land use <br />regulations of Indian River County: <br />(1) Amateur radio antenna supporting strictures and antennas as provided <br />in Florida Statutes 125.561 <br />(2) Satellite earth stations that are two (2) meters or less in diameter and <br />which are not greater than thirty-five (35) feet above grade; and <br />(3) Regular maintenance of any existing wireless communications facility <br />that does not include the placement of a new wireless communications <br />facility; and <br />(4) The substitution or change of existing antennas or antenna panels or <br />other equipment on an existing antenna -supporting structure provided <br />the substituted antennas or equipment meet building code requirements <br />APRIL 2, 2002 <br />