§ 46-22. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article the following words shall have the following meanings:

Access vault means any structure containing one or more ducts, conduits, manholes, handhole or other such facilities in permittee's facilities.

Appurtenances means transformers, switching boxes, gas regulator stations, terminal boxes, meter cabinets, pedestals, junction boxes, handholes, substations, system amplifiers, power supplies, pump stations, manholes, valves and valve housings and other devices that are necessary to the function of electric, communications, cable television, water, sewer, storm water, natural gas and other utilities and services.

City manager means the city manager of the City of Federal Heights, or the manager's authorized designee.

Contractor means a person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity who undertakes to construct, install, alter, move, remove, trim, demolish, repair, replace, excavate, or add to any improvements covered by this chapter, that requires work, workers, and/or equipment to be in the public right-of-way in the process of performing the above named operations.

Day means calendar day unless otherwise specifically stated here in this article.

Degradation means a decrease in the useful life of the right-of-way or damage to any landscaping within the rights-of-way caused by excavation in or disturbance of the right-of-way, resulting in the need to reconstruct the surface and/or subsurface structure of such right-of-way earlier than would be required if the excavation or disturbance did not occur.

Developer means the person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity who is improving a parcel of land within the city and who is legally responsible to the city for the construction of improvements within a subdivision or as a condition of a building permit.

Director means the city's director of public works or the director's authorized representative.

Duct or conduit means a single enclosed raceway for cables, fiber options or other wires, or a pipe or canal used to convey fluids or gases.

Emergency means any event which may threaten public health or safety, or that results in an interruption in the provision of services, including, but not limited to, damaged or leaking water or gas conduit systems, damaged, plugged, or leaking sewer or storm drain conduit systems, damaged electrical and communications facilities, and advanced notice of needed repairs is impracticable under the circumstances.

Excavate means to dig into or in any way remove or penetrate any part of a right-of-way.

Facilities means, including, without limitation, any pipes, conduits, wires, cables, amplifiers, transformers, fiber optic lines, antennae, poles, street lights, ducts, fixtures and appurtenances and other like equipment used in connection with transmitting, receiving, distributing, offering, and providing utility and other services.

Fence means any artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone, wire, metal, or any other manufactured material or combination of materials erected to enclose partition, beautify, mark, or screen areas of land.

Infrastructure means any public facility, system, or improvement including, without limitation, water and sewer mains and appurtenances, storm drains, structures, curbs, gutters and drain pans, streets, alleys, traffic signal poles and appurtenances, conduits, signs, landscape improvements, sidewalks, and public safety equipment.

Landscaping means materials, including without limitation, grass, ground cover, shrubs, vines, hedges, or trees and non-living natural materials commonly used in landscape development, as well as attendant irrigation systems.

Permit means any authorization for use of the public rights-of-way granted in accordance with the terms of this article, and the city's ordinances and policies.

Permittee means the holder of a valid permit issued pursuant to this article.

Public right-of-way or right-of-way or public way, includes, but is not limited to, public street, way, place, alley, sidewalk, easement, park, square, plaza, and city-owned right-of-way dedicated for public use.

Specifications means engineering regulations, construction specifications, and design standards adopted by the city.

Structure means anything constructed or erected with a fixed location below, on, or above grade, including, without limitation, foundations, fences, retaining walls, awnings, balconies, and canopies.

Surplus ducts or conduits are conduits or ducts other than those occupied by permittee or any prior permittee, or unoccupied ducts held by permittee as emergency use spares, or other unoccupied ducts that permittee reasonably expects to use within three years from the date of a request for use.

Work means any labor performed on, or any use or storage of equipment or materials, including but not limited to, construction of streets and all related appurtenances, fixtures, improvements, sidewalks, driveway openings, bus shelters, bus loading pads, street lights, and traffic signal devices, storm drains, structures, curbs, gutters and drain pans. It shall also mean construction, maintenance, and repair of all underground structures such as pipes, conduit, ducts, tunnels, manholes, vaults, buried cable, wire, or any other similar structure located below surface, and installation of overhead poles used for any purpose.

(Ord. No. 18-06, § 1, 4-17-2018)