For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY CLERK. The City Clerk for the City of Lakeland or public works (or equivalent position at the city) or designated representative.
COMPANY. A natural or corporate person, business association, political subdivision, public or private agency of any kind, its successors and assigns, who or which seeks or is required to construct, install, operate, repair, maintain, remove, or relocate facilities in the city.
FACILITIES. Telecommunications equipment of any kind, including but not limited to audio, video, paging, facsimile or similar service, not governed by M.S. Chapter 238, as it may be amended from time to time, including all trunks, lines, circuits, physical connections, switching equipment, wireless communication equipment of all kinds, and any necessary appurtenances owned, leased, or operated by a company on, over, in, under, across or along public ground.
PUBLIC GROUND. Highways, roads, streets, alleys, public ways, utility easements, and public grounds in the city.
(Prior Code, § 1706.010) (Ord. 7469, passed 1-16-1996)