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Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Policy (City of Pleasanton) page 3 / 37 equivalent personal wireless services; (4) deny any request for authorization to place, construct or modify personal wireless service facilities on the basis of environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such wireless facilities comply with the FCC’s regulations concerning such emissions; (5) prohibit any collocation or modification that the City may not deny under federal or California state law; (6) impose any unreasonable, discriminatory or anticompetitive fees that exceed the reasonable cost to provide the services for which the fee is charged; or (7) otherwise authorize the City to violate any applicable federal or California state law. Section 3. DEFINITIONS The abbreviation, phrases, terms and words used in this policy will have the following meanings assigned to them unless context indicates otherwise. Undefined phrases, terms or words in this section will have the meanings assigned to them in 1 U.S.C. § 1, as may be amended or superseded, and, if not defined therein, will have their ordinary meanings. The definitions in this policy shall control over conflicting definitions for the same or similar abbreviations, phrases, terms or words as may be defined in the Municipal Code. However, if any definition assigned to any phrase, term or word in this chapter conflicts with any federal or state-mandated definition, the federal or state-mandated definition will control. All references to codified statutes, regulations or other rules shall be deemed to refer to such statutes, regulations or other rules as they may be amended or superseded. (a) “amateur station” means the same as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R. § 97.3, which defines the term as “a station in an amateur radio service consisting of the apparatus necessary for carrying on radiocommunications.” This term includes amateur radio antennas and related facilities used for amateur radio services. (b) “appellate authority” means the City official or appointed/elected body responsible for review of approval authority decisions and vested with authority to hear and decide appeals. For appeals from either the Zoning Administrator or the Planning Commission, the appellate authority shall be the City Council. (c) “approval authority” means the City official or appointed/elected body responsible for application review and vested with authority to approve or deny such applications. For Wireless Facility Permits, the approval authority shall be the Zoning Administrator, unless referred by the Zoning Administrator to the Planning Commission. (d) “architecturally integrated” means stealth concealment that mimics the existing architecture, design, materials and finishes of the underlying structure such that the wireless facility appears to be something other than a wireless facility and part of the original structure’s design. (e) “City” means the City of Pleasanton, California. Docusign Envelope ID: 51CE5BDE-55F1-4B3D-8865-17E5814CF0C5