For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICANT. Any person requesting permission to excavate, obstruct or construct any right-of-way.
CONSTRUCT. To excavate, install poles, install signs or install facilities, other than landscaping, on, above or under any part of the right-of-way.
EXCAVATE. To dig into or in any way remove or physically disturb or penetrate any part of the right-of way.
FACILITIES. Any tangible thing located in any right-of-way, but shall not include sidewalks and private driveway approaches, water sprinkler systems, invisible dog fences, mailboxes, boulevard plantings or gardens in the right-of-way.
OBSTRUCT. To place any tangible object in a right-of-way so as to hinder free and open passage over that or any part of the right-of-way.
PERSON. Any natural or corporate person, business association or other business entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership, a sole proprietorship, a political subdivision, a public or private agency of any kind, a utility, a successor or sign of any of the foregoing, or any other legal entity.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The surface and space above and below any real property, in which the district has an interest, whether held in fee, or other estate or interest, or as trustee for the public, including, but not limited to, any section line RIGHT-OF-WAY, public street, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, lane, alley, court, sidewalk, parkway, river, tunnel, viaduct, bridge, park or any other place, area or real property owned by or under control of the district. RIGHT-OF-WAY includes the standard ten feet utility easement platted in the front ten feet of platted lots or any easements required by the district through the platting process or through any other acquisition or transfer.
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES. All lines, cables, conduits, posts, tanks and any other facilities owned or operated by persons other than the district which are located wholly or partially underneath the right-of-way.
UTILITY. Any water, sewer, gas, drainage or culvert pipe in any electric power, telecommunication, signal, communication or cable television conduit, fiber, wire, cable or operator thereof, other than utilities operated by the district.
(Prior Code, § 5-25)