For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows:
(a) “Council or City Council” means the governing body of the City of Steubenville.
(b) “Driveway” means a private means of vehicular access from a public or private street to a single lot.
(c) “Easement” means a right granted for the use of private land for certain public or semi-public purposes, such as utilities, drainage, access or other purposes, and also the land to which such right pertains.
(d) “Engineer, City” means a professional engineer employed by the City or any consultant designated by City Council to perform the duties of the City Engineer.
(e) “Excavation” means any artificial or mechanical act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and includes the condition resulting therefrom.
(f) “Manager, City” means a professional employed by the City who directs all departments of the City.
(g) “Pavement” means the improved surface of a street right of way which is available for vehicular traffic, including parking lanes but excluding shoulders or drainage swales.
(h) “Public ground” mean any land which is owned by the City.
(i) “Public street” means a street which has been ordained or maintained or dedicated and accepted by the City, the County, the State or the Federal Government, and open to public use.
(j) “Right of way” means the total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street, alley, or for other public or semi-public purposes, including, but not limited to, the area reserved for pavement, shoulder, sidewalks, tree lawn, drainage and easements.
(k) “Shoulder” means the area along the edge of pavement which may be paved or unpaved.
(l) “Sidewalk” means a walk which is constructed along the edge of a pavement, shoulder or tree lawn.
(m) “Street” means a strip of land, including the entire right of way, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
(n) “Tree lawn” means the grassed or landscaped area between the edge of pavement, shoulder or sidewalk and the street right-of-way line.
(Ord. 1996-71. Passed 8-27-96.)