The following words and phrases, when used in this article shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) “Applicant” means any person who makes application for a permit.
(b) “Calendar year” means January 1 through December 31, inclusive.
(c) “City” means the City of York.
(d) “City corporate authority” means any governmental corporation initiated by Council under the Municipal Authorities Act of 1945.
(e) “City highway fund” means a fund established and regulated by the City, the moneys therein are explicitly designated for the resurfacing and reconstruction of City streets.
(f) “Concrete” means soil cement, plain cement concrete or reinforced cement concrete and material contained in the base course of some City streets.
(g) “Cost” means actual expenditures incurred by the City for labor, equipment and materials, which include all fringe benefits and overhead.
(h) “Degradation fee” means a fee paid by the permittee to the City to defray a percentage of the costs for resurfacing and reconstruction of City streets resulting from the depreciation of streets associated with street openings.
(i) “Department” means the Department of Public Works.
(j) “Emergency” means any condition constituting a clear and present danger to life or property by reason of escaping gas, exposed wires or other breaks or defects in the user’s line.
(k) “Inspection fee” means a fee paid by the permittee to the City to defray street opening inspection costs.
(l) “PennDOT” means the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
(m) “PennDOT road” means any Pennsylvania State road located within the municipal boundaries of the City of York, Pennsylvania.
(n) “Permit fee” means a fee paid by the permittee to the City to cover the cost of issuing, processing, inspecting and filing the street opening permit.
(o) “Permittee” means any person who has been issued a permit and has agreed to fulfill all the provisions of this article.
(p) “Person” means any natural person, partnership, firm, association, utility or corporation.
(q) “Public utility” means any utility company, excluding corporate authorities of the City, franchised by the Public Utility Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(r) “Resurface” means a process which provides a new wearing surface in a certain paved street area between curbs with the same material that was existing prior to excavation.
(s) “Resurfacing penalty” means the fee to be paid if any person shall open a street within five years from the date of its reconstruction or being paved.
(t) “Sidewalk area” means that portion of the street right-of-way reserved for sidewalks or that area defined on the City Plan.
(u) “Street” means the entire right-of-way of a public street, public highway, public alley, public avenue, public road or public easement within the City limits, excluding the designated curb and sidewalk area.
(v) “User” means the public utility, municipal corporation, municipal authority, rural electric cooperative or other person who, or which, uses a line to provide service to one or more consumers.
(w) “Work day” means normal business day for the City government including Monday through Friday, except designated holidays.
(Ord. 37-2005. Passed 9-20-05.)