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Exhibit B: Chapter 1115 Definitions (Proposed) WALL, COMMON OR PARTY means a wall shared by two (2) buildings or used to separate units within a building. WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT means an establishment primarily engaged in selling and distributing merchandise to retailers, industrial, commercial, institutional or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; and, acting as agents or brokers by buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies. WINDBLOWN DEVICES means objects and signs designed to inform or attract attention, all or part of which is set in motion by or remains inflated by wind, mechanical, electrical or any other means and may include, but are not limited to pennants, ribbons, streamers, balloons and hot or cold air inflatable devices, spinners or similar objects. WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM (WECS) means equipment that converts and then stores or transfers energy from the wind into usable forms of energy and includes any base, blade, foundation, generator, nacelle, rotor, tower, transformer, turbine, vane, wire or other component used in the system. WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM, BUILDING INTEGRATED means a wind energy facility designed to be permanently mounted on an occupied building or accessory structure, designed to be operated in direct contact with a building. WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM, MEDIUM means a wind energy system that has a total height of 170 feet or less, is primarily used to generate energy for use by its owner, reduces the need to purchase utility power from the grid, and has the ability to sell power back to the grid. WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM, SMALL means a wind energy system that has a total height of 75 feet or less, is primarily used to generate energy for use by its owner, reduces the need to purchase utility power from the grid, and has the ability to sell power back to the grid. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNA or "Antenna" or "Antenna Array" means the physical device or an array of elements constituting a physical device through which an electromagnetic, wireless telecommunication signal authorized by the FCC is transmitted or received. Antennas used by amateur radio operators are excluded from this definition. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SHELTER or "Equipment Shelter" means the structure or cabinet in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a Wireless Telecommunication Facility is housed. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY or "Facility" means a facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines for the provision of Personal Wireless Services. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER or "Tower" means any structure, other than a building, that elevates the Wireless Telecommunication Antenna and may include accessory transmission and receiving equipment. Page 1115-26 City of North Olmsted Zoning Code