Whenever the following terms are used in this chapter, they shall have the meanings established by this section:
APPLICANT: Any owner or duly authorized agent of such owner, who has submitted an application for a permit to excavate.
CITY: The city of Redlands.
DEPARTMENT: The municipal utilities and engineering department.
DEPOSIT: Any bond, cash deposit, or other security provided by the applicant.
DIRECTOR: The director of the municipal utilities and engineering department or his/her designee, including the construction inspector.
EXCAVATION: Any opening in the surface or subsurface of the public right of way.
FACILITY OR FACILITIES: Any and all cables, cabinets, ducts, conduits, converters, equipment, drains, handholds, manholes, pipes, pipelines, splice boxes, surface location markers, tunnels, utilities, vaults, and other appurtenances or tangible things owned, leased, operated, or licensed by an owner or person, that are located or are proposed to be located in the public right of way.
OWNER: Any person, including any agency, department, or subdivision of the city, who owns any facility or facilities that are or are proposed to be installed or maintained in the public right of way.
PERMIT OR PERMIT TO EXCAVATE: A permit to perform an excavation as it has been approved or may be amended or renewed by the department.
PERMITTEE: The applicant to whom a permit to excavate has been granted by the department in accordance with this chapter.
PERSON: Any natural person, corporation, partnership, or any governmental agency, including agency, department, or subdivision of the city, the state of California, or United States Of America.
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY: The area across, along, beneath, in, on, over, under, upon and within the dedicated public alleys, boulevards, courts, lanes, places, roads, sidewalks, streets, and ways within the city, as they now exist or hereafter will exist and which are or will be under the permitting jurisdiction of the department.
PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISE: Granted by the city of Redlands or the state of California is a contract granting special privileges to use the public right of way. It is not intended that this chapter impose additional rules or regulations which are inconsistent with the rights or obligations under the franchise or confer authority to the city that conflicts with the state's Public Utilities Code or the jurisdiction of the California public utilities commission.
UTILITY: Any franchise owner whose facility or facilities in the public right of way are used to provide gas, electricity, steam, water, sewer service, telecommunications, video, or other services to customers regardless of whether such owner is deemed a public utility by the California public utilities commission. (Ord. 2782, 2012)