For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED AGENCY. Any entity owning underground facilities and having entered into a reciprocal agreement with the city to waive payment for damages to underground city utility facilities under proper notification.
CITY. The City of Durant.
DAMAGE. Any impact upon or removal of support from any underground facility as a result of explosion, excavation, or demolition which according to the operating practices of the city or the Utilities Authority would necessitate the repair thereof.
DEMOLISH. To wreck, raze, render, move, or remove a structure by means of any equipment or explosive.
EXCAVATE. To dig, compress, or remove earth, rock, or other materials in or on the ground, including, but not necessarily limited to, auguring, boring, backfilling, drilling, grading, pile driving, plowing in, pulling in, trenching, tunneling, and plowing.
EXCAVATOR. A person that excavates or intends to excavate or demolish within the state.
NOTIFICATION CENTER. A center authorized by the state and operated by an organization which has as one of its purposes to receive notification of planned excavation or demolition in a specified area from excavators and to disseminate such notification of planned excavation or demolition to operators who are members and participants.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, trust, or other entity, including a person engaged as a contractor by a public agency, but not including a public agency.
POWER EQUIPMENT. Any mechanized equipment powered by a motor, engine, or anything other than the power supplied by one person.
PUBLIC AGENCY. The state or any board, commission, or agency of the state and any city, town, county, subdivision thereof, or other governmental entity.
UNDERGROUND FACILITY. Any underground line, facility, system, and appurtenances thereto for producing, storing, conveying, transmitting, or distributing communication, electricity, power, light, heat, gas, oil, petroleum products, water (including storm water), stream, sewage, and commodities.
(Prior Code, § 97.55) (Ord. 1310, passed 8-8-2000)