The following definitions apply only to this subchapter.
COMMERCIAL DRIVE. Any driveway serving a property zoned commercial, serving a business or place otherwise open to the public, or providing access to an occupied utility facility. COMMERCIAL DRIVES are categorized as follows:
(1) MINOR COMMERCIAL DRIVE. Any commercial drive having or requiring acceleration and deceleration tapers, but not having or requiring associated auxiliary lanes except a mailbox approach.
(2) MAJOR COMMERCIAL DRIVE. Any commercial drive having or requiring associated full-width auxiliary lanes with acceleration and deceleration tapers.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. Backhoes, loaders, bulldozers, graders, excavators, trenchers, dump trucks, compactors, cranes, forklifts, pavers, milling machines, boring machines, heavy equipment transport trucks, and related heavy construction equipment. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT does not include agricultural equipment or construction-type equipment typically used in agricultural activities.
COUNTY ENGINEER. The Hendricks County Engineer or their designee.
EMERGENCY. A situation where there is an immediate need to perform repair work on an existing utility infrastructure that has been interrupted or damaged and where the failure to perform such work would result in an immediate danger to life or property or cause environmental damage.
FIELD ENTRANCE. A drive (paved, gravel or dirt) which is installed only for access to an agricultural field or solely for farm use. Any drive installed to serve an agricultural or farm business which is open to the public shall be considered and permitted as a commercial drive.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Any employee or designated subcontractor of the county Highway Department or county Engineering Department.
OVERHEAD LINEAR PROJECT. Overhead infrastructure and its related construction that is installed substantially parallel to the right-of-way.
PRIVATE LINEAR UTILITY. Privately owned infrastructure providing a product or service to one or a small number of properties that is installed substantially parallel to the right-of-way.
PUBLIC UTILITY. A business organization providing a product or service regarded as a utility (often termed a public utility regardless of ownership) and managed as a private enterprise or utility cooperative.
RESIDENTIAL DRIVE. A driveway serving a private property zoned residential and serving one or two single-family dwellings or one two-family dwelling unit on a single property.
UNDERGROUND LINEAR PROJECT. Underground infrastructure and its related construction that is installed substantially parallel to the right-of-way, including open ditching, grading, trenching, excavation, directional drilling or boring.
UTILITY PULL OFF DRIVE. A drive serving only as access to a normally unmanned utility facility where occasional maintenance or facility observation is required.
(Ord. 2023-11, passed 3-14-2023)