For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases are defined as follows:
“Director” shall mean the Director of the Bureau of Street Maintenance
“Private Street” shall mean a parcel of land not dedicated as a public street over which a private easement for road purposes has been granted to the owners of property contiguous or adjacent thereto which intersects or connects with a public street or another private street, and the instrument creating same has been duly recorded or filed in the office of the recorder of Los Angeles County.