Sec. 11. (a) As used in this chapter, “substantial modification of a wireless support structure” means the mounting of a wireless facility on a wireless support structure in a manner that:

(1) increases the height of the wireless support structure by the greater of:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-32.3-11

  • antenna: means any communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of wireless communications service. See Indiana Code 8-1-32.3-1
  • equipment compound: means the area that:

    Indiana Code 8-1-32.3-6

  • wireless facility: means the set of equipment and network components that are:

    Indiana Code 8-1-32.3-13

  • wireless support structure: means a freestanding structure that is:

    Indiana Code 8-1-32.3-14

(A) ten percent (10%) of the original height of the wireless support structure; or

(B) twenty (20) feet;

(2) adds an appurtenance to the wireless support structure that protrudes horizontally from the wireless support structure more than the greater of:

(A) twenty (20) feet; or

(B) the width of the wireless support structure at the location of the appurtenance; or

(3) increases the square footage of the equipment compound in which the wireless facility is located by more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

     (b) The term does not include the following:

(1) Increasing the height of a wireless support structure to avoid interfering with an existing antenna.

(2) Increasing the diameter or area of a wireless support structure to:

(A) shelter an antenna from inclement weather; or

(B) connect an antenna to the wireless support structure by cable.

As added by P.L.145-2015, SEC.3.

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