For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
"Administrative authority" means the city manager of the city or his or her duly delegated representative.
"Construction standards" means the most current edition of the Standard Drawings of the City of Murrieta.
"City engineer" means the city engineer of the city of Murrieta or his or her designated representative.
"Emergency" is defined as unplanned events posing immediate threat to public safety or property damage such as leakage from natural gas mains, open flows from the sewer or water mains, and disruptions to telephone or electricity service, etc.
"Encroachment" means going upon, over, or under public property, or placing any facility upon, along,
across, over, or under public property, or using any public property in such a manner as to prevent, obstruct or interfere with the use of that public property. Encroachments include, but are not limited to buildings, fences, sports equipment not in use, signs, trees, plants, underground facilities and construction and landscape material or any excavations on public property.
"Excavation" means any opening under, in, or across the surface of public property made in any manner whatsoever, except an opening into a lawful structure below the surface of public property, the top of which is flush with the adjoining surface and so constructed as to permit frequent openings without injury or damage to the public property.
"Facility" means any pipe, pipeline, tube, hose, main, service, trap, vent, vault, manhole, meter, gauge, regulator, valve, conduit, wire, tower, pole, pole line, anchor, cable, junction box, transformer, or any other material, structure, public improvement, or object of any kind or character, including a building, portion of a building, or any other structure, whether enumerated herein or not, which is or may be lawfully constructed, used, operated, left, placed, or maintained in, upon, along, across, under, or over any public property.
"Plans" means the document developed and approved by the city engineer describing the nature and extent of works proposed to be constructed or carried out on a public place.
"Permit" means encroachment/excavation permit as referred to in this chapter.
"Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
Public place" means any public street, highway, way, place, alley, sidewalk, easement, right-of-way, park, square, plaza or other similar public property owned or controlled by the city and dedicated to public use.
"Sketch" means a drawing that shows a concept or location of facilities.
Specification" means the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (current edition including all supplements) written and promulgated by Southern California Chapter American Public Works Association and Southern California District Associated General Contractors or California Joint Cooperative Committee and published by Building News Incorporated, or such other specifications noted on approved plans.
"Substructure" means any pipe, conduit, duct, tunnel, buried cable or wire, or any other similar structure located below the surface of any public property.
"Utility" means a private company and/or corporation operating under regulation of the Public Utilities Commission, or municipal/county department or other governmental agency engaged in providing a particular service to the general public. (Ord. 264 § 1 (part), 2002)