For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
(a) “Clerk” shall mean the Clerk of the Board.
(b) “Commission” shall mean the Public Utilities Commission of the State.
(c) “Director” shall mean the Director of Public Works of the County.
(d) “Person” shall mean and include individuals, firms, corporations, partnerships, and their agents and employees.
(e) “Poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures” shall mean poles, towers, supports, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and appurtenances located aboveground within a District and used or useful in supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service.
(f) “Underground Utility District” or “District” shall mean that area in the unincorporated areas of the County within which poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures are prohibited as such area is described in a resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-9.03 of this chapter.
(g) “Utility” shall mean and include all persons or entities supplying electric, communication, or similar associated service by means of electrical materials or devices. (§ 1, Ord. 596)