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ORDINANCE NO. 1501- 11 Page 4 . ORfGII~AL Sec. 106-890. Definitions. Antenna Support Structure means any building or structure other than a Tower which can be used for location of Telecommunications Facilities. Applicant means any Person that applies for a Tower development permit. Application means the process by which the Owner of a parcel of land within the City submits a request to develop, construct, build, modify, or erect a Tower upon such parcel of land. Application includes all written documentation, verbal statements, and representations, in whatever form or forum, made by an Applicant to the City concerning such a request. Engineer means any engineer licensed by the State of Texas. Owner means any Person with fee title or a long-term (exceeding ten (10) years) leasehold to any parcel of land within the City who desires to develop, or construct, build, modify, or erect a Tower upon such parcel of land. Person is any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or other legal entity, private or public, whether for profit or not for profit. Site Plan Review Committee means a committee composed of staff members of the City, responsible for reviewing and recommending plans submitted pursuant to this Article, including individuals designated by the Director of Planning (usually being the Chief Building Official and the City Engineer), the Fire Marshal, and the Director of Public Works. The Building Official is responsible for chairing meetings of the Site Plan Review Committee, and making reports of the results of said meetings. Duly designated representatives of the members of the Site Plan Review Committee may serve in the stead of the aforementioned members of the Committee. Stealth means any Tower or Telecommunications Facility which is designed to enhance compatibility with adjacent land uses, including, but not limited to, architecturally screened roof-mounted antennas, antennas integrated into architectural elements, and Towers designed to look other than like a Tower such as light poles, power poles, and trees. The term Stealth does not necessarily exclude the use of uncamouflaged lattice, guyed, or monopole Tower designs. Telecommunications Facilities means any cables, wires, lines, wave guides, antennas, and any other equipment or facilities associated with the transmission or reception of communications which a Person seeks to locate or has installed upon or near a Tower or Antenna Support Structure. However, Telecommunications Facilities shall not include: (1) Any satellite earth station antenna two (2) meters in diameter or less which is located in an area zoned industrial or commercial; or