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15.2.1 APPLICABILITY The requirements of this section shall apply to all wireless communications facilities, except where Federal or State Law or Regulations exempt certain users or uses from all or portions of the provisions of this Section. No wireless communication facility shall be considered exempt from this Section by sharing a tower or other structure with such exempt uses. 15.2.2 TERMINOLOGY In addition to the terms defined in Section 2, Definitions, of this By -Law, the following words, which are technical terms applying to wireless communication facilities, shall have the meaning indicated below. Although set forth here for convenience, the terms shall have the same effect as if set forth in Section 2, Definitions. ACT: The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. ADEQUATE COVERAGE: The geographic area in which the carrier provides a level of service expected by the Federal Communications Commission under its license or authority. ANTENNA: A device by which electromagnetic waves are sent or received (whether a dish, rod, mast, pole, set of wires, plate, panel, line, cable or other arrangement serving such purpose). AVAILABLE SPACE: The space on a tower or other structure to which antennas of a wireless communication service provider are able to fit structurally and be able to provide adequate coverage. CAMOUFLAGED: A wireless service facility that is placed within an existing or proposed structure disguised, painted, colored, or hidden by a compatible part of an existing or proposed structure, or made to resemble an architectural feature of the building or structure on which it is placed. CARRIER: A company, authorized by the FCC, that provides wireless communications services. CHANNEL: One of the assigned bands of radio frequencies as defined in the ACT, licensed to the Service Provider for wireless service use. CO- LOCATION: The use of a single mount by more than one carrier and /or several mounts on a building or structure by more than one carrier. Each service on a co- location is a separate wireless service facility. COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SHELTER: A structure designed principally to enclose equipment used in connection with wireless communication transmission, and /or reception. CONCEALED: A wireless service facility within a building or other structure, which is not visible from outside the structure. DBM: A unit of measure of the power level of an electromagnetic signal expressed in decibels referenced to one (1) milliwatt. FACILITY SITE: A lot or parcel, or any part thereof, which is owned or leased by one or more personal communication wireless service providers and upon which one or more wireless communication facility(s) and required landscaping are located. MODIFICATION OF AN EXISTING FACILITY: Any material change or proposed change to a facility including but not limited to power input or output, number of antennas, change in antenna type or model, repositioning of antenna(s), or change in number of channels per antenna above the maximum number approved under an existing permit or special permit. MONITORING: The measurement, by the use of instruments away from the antenna, of the electromagnetic radiation from a site as a whole, or from individual wireless communication facilities, towers, antennas, repeaters or associated power supplies and generators. Adjourned Session —1998 Annual Town Meeting, coot....... April 1, 1998