Whenever in this chapter the words or phrases hereinafter defined are used, they shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in this section:
CITY: The city of Ely, a municipal corporation of the state of Nevada.
CIVIL DEFENSE SIREN POLE: A pole used exclusively to provide notification to the general public for civil defense purposes, by siren, owned, installed and maintained by the city of Ely, White Pine County or the state of Nevada for their exclusive use.
COMMISSION: The city of Ely planning commission.
COUNCIL: The Ely city council.
EXCESS POLE: Any pole or set of poles that exceeds the city of Ely's pole limitations of two (2) poles per one hundred (100) linear feet, absent approval by the city engineer based on the topography of particular pole locations and applications, or service connections and existing street layouts.
LEAD UTILITY: The utility company initiating a project subject to the requirements of this chapter.
LIGHT POLE: A pole used exclusively for the provision of street lighting owned, installed and maintained by the city of Ely, White Pine County, or the state of Nevada.
MIGRATION PLAN: A plan submitted by a utility company to remove its appliances from a pole as part of a submitted project, to include time frames in which the utility company will remove their appliances and the plan to remove the pole that is being replaced as part of the submitted plan.
PERSON: Includes individuals, businesses, firms, corporations, partnerships and their agents and employees.
POLES, OVERHEAD WIRES AND ASSOCIATED OVERHEAD STRUCTURES: Poles, towers, supports, wires, conductors, guywires, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances located above ground upon, along, across or over the public streets, alleys and ways of the city and used or useful in supplying electric, communication, cable or similar and/or associated services.
REPLACEMENT POLE: Includes, but is not limited to, a pole being installed to transfer facilities from an existing pole to a new pole to replace an unsafe pole, pole realignment, poles that cannot support the load required by the lead utility, and the physical location of a pole (for example: moving a pole from in front of a driveway, inside a sidewalk or gutter).
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION POLE: A pole used for on site construction, such as a business or residence, to provide temporary lighting and/or power to the construction site on either private or city property.
TRAFFIC CONTROL POLE: A pole used exclusively for the control of traffic on streets owned, installed and maintained by the city of Ely, White Pine County or the state of Nevada.
TRANSMISSION POLE: A pole used for transmission of more than sixty thousand (60,000) volts.
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES REQUIRED, NEW DEVELOPMENTS: All electric distribution and communication lines, including television service facilities, wires, cables, conduits or pipes installed within the limits of the city for the purpose of serving any new developments, including residential, commercial, industrial, recreational or civic use, shall be placed underground, subject to exceptions provided in section 8-5-4 of this chapter.
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES REQUIRED, REBUILDING: Utilities may construct, own, operate and maintain underground lines along public streets, roads and highways which the utility has a legal right to occupy, and on public lands and private property across which rights of way and easements have been obtained whenever there is a requirement to rebuild, replace or move an existing distribution line, or to build a new distribution line consistent with the existing conditions, except for new subdivision requirements in title 11 of this code.
UTILITY: Includes all persons or entities supplying electric, communication, cable or similar or associated services.
UTILITY CUSTOMER: The owner, developer, subdivider, resubdivider, builder or other person, partnership, association, firm or governmental agency requesting utility services. (Ord. 703, 11-17-2016)