Title 8 PUBLIC WORKS
Chapter 8.01 UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES
8.01.010 Definitions.
Whenever in this Chapter the words or phrases hereinafter in this Section
defined are used, they shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in
the following definitions:
A. "Commission" shall mean the Public
Utilities Commission of the State of California.
B. "Person" shall
mean and include individuals, firms, corporations, partnerships and their agents
and employees.
C. "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.
D. "Underground Utility
District" or "District" shall mean that area in the City 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
8.01.030.
E. "Utility" shall include all persons or entities
supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service by means of
electrical materials or devices.