[Amended 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
The words defined herein shall include the singular or the plural meanings or both. As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
ANCHOR GUY — A wire, cable, chain or rod used as a support for a pole or stub and which is attached to an anchor buried below the surface of the ground.
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN — The Public Works Director or his designee.
EQUIPMENT — All of the subjects regulated in this chapter.
GUY or GUY WIRE — A wire or cable used to support a pole, fixture, or other wire, and includes span wire, but does not include anchor guys.
GUY HOOK or EYEBOLT — A hook or eyebolt attached to a building and to which is attached a guy or any electric or communication wire except such wires supplying service to the occupants of the building.
H-STRUCTURE or H-RACK — A framework of two or more legs which supports one or more "transformers" or "load coils" or "load pots" and for the purpose of this chapter, each leg of such structure or rack shall be deemed a pole.
PERSON — Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association, and any servant, agent, assistant, employee or representative thereof.
POLE — A support for electric, communication or signal wire, planted in the ground or in any foundation planted therein, or fastened to a pole reinforcing stub or the surface of the ground or any paving thereon.
POLE or APPURTENANCE — A pole, guy stub, H-structure, guy hook, or push brace or any or all of them.
POLE INSPECTOR — Any Pole Inspector of the Department of Public Works.
POLE PERMIT — The permit issued for any of the work regulated by this chapter.
PUSH BRACE — A brace attached directly to a pole in lieu of an anchor guy or stub and guy.
SPAN WIRE — A guy used to support trolley wire, and shall include cross span and curve span wire.
STUBS —
A. POLE-REINFORCING STUB — A patented device, iron, or wood support planted at the base of a pole and lashed to it for the purpose of prolonging the life of the pole.
B. GUY STUB — A pole used solely for the purpose of supporting any other pole, or wire, attached to it by a guy.
STREET — The sidewalk and the roadway area of any way open to the use of the public as a matter of right.
WIRE — Communication, signal and electric wires or all of them.