§ 154.02 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   EMERGENCY. The repair of a utility which may be made to restore service to avoid property damage, or to eliminate danger to the public. Notice of an emergency pavement cut shall be given to the City Director of Streets or, if contact cannot be made with the Director of Streets, then contact must be made with the City Building Commissioner by telephone during normal business hours. If the cut is made after normal business hours, then notification shall be given at the beginning of the next business day. An application will be made for a permit for all emergency cuts within 72 hours after the cut has been made. All other provisions of this subchapter shall apply to emergency cuts.
   RIGHT-OF-WAY or EASEMENT. All of the area presently used, owned or dedicated to or by the city’s Department of Transportation (INDOT) and/or the federal government for a street, including sidewalks, curbs, gutters, driveway aprons and all other areas of the right-of-way or easement whether or not physically incorporated in the street.
(Ord. 2020-OR-11, passed 7-6-2020)