A. "Asphalt Street" means any street the surface of which is paved with a mixture of rock, sand and asphalt cement, including any of those which are commonly known as asphalt pavement.
B. "Concrete gutter" means any gutter composed of Portland Cement Concrete.
C. "Concrete driveway" means any driveway paved with Portland Cement Concrete.
D. "Concrete street" means any street paved with Portland Cement Concrete.
E. "Curb" means any curb constructed of Portland Cement Concrete.
F. "Encroachment" means to encroach upon, obstruct or close any public street, alley, court, sidewalk or any portion thereof within the City, for any purpose, including construction, parking, sales, advertising or any private usage of public right-of-way.
G. "Warning signs" shall conform to the requirements of the "Manual of Traffic Controls", current edition, published by the State of California, and the "Work Area Traffic Control Handbook (WATCH), current edition as adopted by the City of San Bernardino.
H. "Lights" shall conform to the requirements outlined in the current edition of the "Manual of Traffic Controls", published by the State of California.
I. "Manhole" means any surface structure which is part of any underground system such as sewer, storm drain, water, gas, ground pipes, or wire system, and shall have a surface cover with an exposed area of one and one-half square feet or more and shall also include such structures of record that may have been overlaid with surfacing materials.
J. "New facility" means a new distribution line or new service connection. Every attempt shall be made to use existing service connections for proposed developments or redevelopments. In the event the distribution line or service connection is inadequate to serve a development, new facility shall include the necessary increase in size of distribution lines and service lines for the facility only and/or the extension of service to reach the development.
K. "Oiled street" means any street, the surface of which is composed of a mixture of one or more spray coats of road oil with sand, compressed rock, or decomposed granite, or chemical dust palliative, having a thickness of one inch or less.
L. "Property" means and includes any property, rail, ties, wire, pipes, conduit, or any device, fixture, appliance, or structure appurtenant thereto, installed, affixed or located in or under any public street or public place in the City whether so affixed, installed, or located under franchise, or otherwise.
M. "Prospect hole" means any hole made in a pavement, driveway, or sidewalk by driving a metal bar, or drill into same for the purpose of locating existing utility pipes, or conduits, or leaks therefrom or for explorations as to soil type, depth to groundwater, monitoring of groundwater or pollution or other monitoring activities.
N. "Public place" means and includes a public place, public square, public park, public playground, public court, public building and grounds, public airport, and all public grounds and places owned and maintained by the City.
O. "Public Street" means and includes a public street, public easements, public right- of-way, public highway, public alley, public way, or public road within the City.
P. "Rock and oil" means any street, the surface of which is composed of macadam pavement, or a mixture of rock, sand and either road oil or liquid asphalt, having a total thickness of more than one inch.
Q. "Unimproved street" means any street, the surface of, which is composed of dirt, soil, sand, gravel, decomposed granite, or similar materials in their natural state or a surface of inbound or water-bound gravel, or decomposed granite.
R. "Valve/valve box/pull box" means any access via surface structure which is part of any underground system such as sewer, storm drain, water, gas, ground pipes, wire, or cable systems, and has a surface cover with a surface area of less than 1-1/2 square feet.
S. "Facility" means physical structure of facility, not what is contained in the facility. Where protected by PUC regulations, it is not required to disclose type of conductors or contents of the physical structure of the facility.
T. "Trench Influence Area" means an area three and a one-half feet adjacent to the edge of any trench where excavation occurs in the public right-of-way.
U. "Person" shall mean any person as defined in San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 1.04.010, and including any governmental agency or subdivision of any city or county or the State of California.
(Ord. MC-1281, 8-19-08)