In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Affected utility means a utility subject to a tariff approved by the commission which provides under certain conditions for the undergrounding of overhead distribution facilities at the utility's expense.
(2) Commission means the Arizona Corporation Commission.
(3) Underground utility districts or districts means the area in the city within which overhead distribution facilities shall be replaced with underground distribution facilities and in which new overhead distribution facilities are prohibited in public ways within the underground utility district.
(4) Overhead distribution facilities means distribution lines of standard existing voltages, poles, towers, supports, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances located above ground appertaining to such distribution lines and used or useful in supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service.
(5) Utility means all persons or entities supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service by means of electrical materials or devices.
(Ord. No. 5841, § 1, 8-1-83)