12.16.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings given in this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
A. "Administrative authority" means the superintendent of streets of the city of Wasco.
B. "Excavation" means any opening in the surface of a public place made in any manner whatsoever, except an opening into a lawful structure below the surface of a public place, the top of which is flush with the adjoining surface and so constructed as to permit frequent openings without injury or damage to the public place.
C. "Facility" means pipe, pipeline, tube, main, service, trap, vent, vault, manhole, meter, gauge, regulator, valve, conduit, wire, tower, pole, pole line, anchor, cable, junction box, transformer or any other material, structure, or object of any kind or character, whether enumerated in this subsection or not, which is or may be lawfully constructed, left, placed or maintained in, upon, along, across, under or over any public place.
D. "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
E. "Public place" means any public street, way, place alley, sidewalk, park, square, plaza, or any other public property owned or controlled by any governmental agency in a governmental capacity.
F. "Substructure" means any pipe, conduit, duct, tunnel, manhole, vault, buried cable, or wire, or any other structure located below the surface of any public place. (Ord. 106 §2, 1961).