YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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Facility, Existing: means a wireless communication facility in active use and for which a
building permit has been properly issued and has not expired before the effective date of this
Section.
Facility, New: means a wireless communications facility proposed to be located where a facility
does not currently exist.
FCC: means the Federal Communications Commission.
Height: The distance from the finished grade at the antenna tower base to the highest point of
the tower. Overall tower height includes the base pad, mounting structures, and panel antennae,
but excludes lightning rods and whip antennae.
Tower, Lattice: means a self-support structure, erected on the ground, which consists of cross-
bracing of structural steel to support antennae and related equipment.
Tower, Monopole: means a self-support structure, with a single shaft of wood, steel, or concrete,
and a platform for antenna arrayed at the top known as an array.
Wireless Communication: means any technology for transmitting communication through the
air.
Wireless Communication Facility: means any combination of one (1) or more antennae, towers
and/or structures or equipment used for the transmission of wireless communication.
Wireless Communication Provider: means any FCC licensed service provider for Yavapai
County, and any supplier of wireless communication facilities for those providers.
Use, Permanent: means the active daily use of antennae for the commercial transmission and
receipt of wireless communication intended at the time of its installation and approved to be
actively used for a permanent basis.
Use, Temporary: means the active daily use of antennae for the commercial transmission and
receipt of wireless communication intended at the time of its installation and approved to be
actively used for a specific period.
User, Single: means a single dwelling or a single business.
C. APPLICABILITY: All wireless communications facilities shall be subject to this Section except
those used solely for transmission and receipt by a single user and not otherwise restricted within
that Zoning District, including but not limited to, amateur radio and devices necessary for the use
of a subscription to a commercial wireless provider service such as wireless internet and satellite
TV.
D. GENERAL PROVISIONS: The following are applicable to all wireless communication requests:
1. Principal or Accessory Use: Antennas and towers may be considered either principal or
accessory uses to the principal use of the property.