§ 37-1. Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply only in this chapter, and not to other chapters of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas:
Applicant means a person requesting a right or privilege governed by this chapter. More than one person may combine as one petitioner, but then each is jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the petitioner.
Application means a written request by a person for rights or privileges under this chapter.
Chief information/technology officer means an assistant director of the information technology services department (ITSD) designated as the city's chief technology officer.
City means the City of San Antonio.
City manager means the city manager of the City of San Antonio or the city manager's designee.
Collocator means any person that installs wireless communications facilities on an existing tower located on city property.
Communications facility means antennas, antenna arrays, antenna facilities, radios, control boxes, cabinets, fiber optic and coaxial cables, conduit, ducts, power sources, ducts, spaces, manholes, vaults, poles, pole lines, fence, repeaters, converters, underground and overhead passageways, and other equipment, structures, plant, other appurtenances or tangible things, or any structure or object of any kind or character not particularly mentioned herein, owned, leased, operated, or licensed by a person located on city property used to provide communications services.
Developable property, as referenced in subsection 37-2(g), means property that is suitable to be developed under the adopted Code of the City of San Antonio and is free of hazards or physical impediments and without disruption of, or significant impact on, natural resource areas or designated open space areas.
Director means the director of the city department responsible for the applicable duty as designated by city ordinance or the city manager.
Encroachment means any physical obstruction or any structure or object of any kind or character placed either in, under, or over any city street, alley or drainage easement in which the city has an interest.
Information technology services department or ITSD means the current city department that oversees the city's technology services, wireless antennas, or wireless towers and any future city department that may oversee the city's technology service, wireless antennas, or wireless towers.
Joint use agreement means a written agreement between government entities, including utility agencies, setting forth the terms and conditions for shared use of public property or facilities.
License means an instrument granted to allow the use or occupation of the city's interest in a property for a specific interval of time. Licenses require city council approval.
Micro network node means a network node that is not larger in dimension than twenty-four (24) inches in length, fifteen (15) inches in width, and twelve (12) inches in height, and that has an exterior antenna, if any, not longer than eleven (11) inches.
Network node means equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network. The term includes: equipment associated with wireless communications; a radio transceiver, an antenna, a battery-only backup power supply, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration; and coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is immediately adjacent to and directly associated with a particular collocation. Network node does not include: an electric generator, a pole, or a macro tower.
Network provider means a wireless service provider; or a person that does not provide wireless services and that is not an electric utility but builds or installs on behalf of a wireless service provider: network nodes, node support poles, or any other structure that supports or is capable of supporting a network node.
Permit, as defined in this chapter, means an instrument granting approval for encroachments into city right-of-way or drainage easements. A permit grants no property interest in the real property area subject to the permit.
Person means an individual, corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity.
Petition means a written request by a petitioner for rights or privileges under this chapter.
Petitioner means a person requesting a right or privilege governed by this chapter. More than one person may combine as one petitioner, but then each is jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the petitioner.
Point of demarcation means the point where the network node terminates and interconnects with transport facilities, whether provided by landline or wireless communications infrastructure.
Pole means a service pole, a municipally owned utility pole, node support pole, or utility pole.
Public right-of-way means any easement or fee over which the public has a right to pass, such as public streets, roads, lanes, paths, alleys, and sidewalks, whether improved or unimproved.
Service pole means a pole, other than a municipally owned utility pole, owned or operated by a municipality and located in a public right-of-way, including: a pole that supports traffic control functions; a structure for signage; a pole that supports lighting, other than a decorative pole; and a pole or similar structure owned or operated by a municipality and supporting only network nodes.
Transport facility means each transmission path physically within a public right-of-way, extending with a physical line from a network node directly to the network, for the purpose of providing backhaul for network nodes.
Utility agency means either or both of the San Antonio Water System and CPS Energy or their successors, for so long as the utility is a municipally owned utility of the City of San Antonio.
(Ord. No. 2016-04-07-0240 , § 2, 4-7-16; Ord. No. 2017-08-31-0609 , § 1, 8-31-17)