§ 18-20. Definitions.

Certificated telecommunications provider (CTP) means the same as in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 283.002(2) [any entity that has been granted a certificate from the Texas Public Utility Commission under Chapter 54 of Texas Utility Code authorizing that entity to provide local exchange telephone service].

City means the City of The Colony, Texas and the city's officers and employees.

Director means the director of planning and development of the city or the director's designee.

Emergency means those operations and repairs necessary to prevent damage or injury to the health or safety of the public or any person and the work necessary to restore a service interruption or prevent a potential service interruption. Upgrading of facilities, new service installation and neighborhood improvement projects are not emergency operations

Excavation means any activity that removes or otherwise disturbs soil, pavement, driveways, curbs, or sidewalks in the public rights-of-way and does not include landscaping activity unless the activity removes or disturbs the paved portion of the public right-of-way.

Facilities means any and all of the wires, cables, fibers, duct spaces, manholes, poles, conduits, underground and overhead passageways and other equipment, structures, plant and appurtenances and all associated physical equipment placed in, on or under the public rights-of-way.

Person means a natural person (an individual), corporation, company, association, partnership, firm, limited liability company, joint venture, joint stock company or association, and other such entity who places, constructs, reconstructs, maintains, or repairs facilities on, in, over or under the public rights-of-way excepting the city.

Public rights-of-way means the same as the term is defined in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 283.002(6), and as amended, and being the area within the city on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, public sidewalk, alley, waterway, or utility easement in which the city has an interest. The term does not include the airwaves above a public right-of-way with regard to wireless telecommunications.

(Ord. No. 03-1468, § 2, 6-16-2003; Code 1983, § 18-20)