Article I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

For the purpose of this Chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the words, terms and phrases set forth in this Section are defined as follows:

"Applicant" means any person who applies for a permit under this Chapter.

"City" means the City of Long Beach, California, acting by and through the City Council.

"Contractor" means a person who, for a fixed sum, price, fee percentage or compensation other than wages, undertakes or offers to undertake or purports to have the capacity to construct, alter, repair, add to, improve or install surface improvements to streets or any part thereof, or makes or commences to make any excavation in or under the surface of any right-of-way for the installation, repair, or removal of any pipe, conduit, duct or tunnel in the right-of-way.

"Facilities" means pipes, pipelines, conduits, ducts, tunnels, poles, pole lines, cables, wires, vaults, traps, manholes, appliances, attachments and appurtenances used in connection therewith, for the purpose of the transmission, transportation or conveyance of any liquid or gaseous substance or substances, steam, air, electrical energy, or for communication purposes, or for the purpose of providing housing or protection for interior lines used, intended to be, or capable of being used for such purpose or purposes.

"Improvements" means the repair, modification, alteration, removal, or addition of facilities including, but not limited to, grading, paving, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, driveways, landscaping, street lighting, traffic signals, stairs, fences, walls, and any other work in the right-of-way.

"Permit" means the document issued to an applicant by the City under this Chapter and includes any amendment or supplement to any such permit.

"Permittee" means any person to whom a permit has been granted and issued under the terms of this Chapter.

"Person" means an individual, a receiver, a trustee, a co-partnership, a joint venture, a firm, an unincorporated association, a syndicate, a club, a society, a trust, a private corporation, a limited liability company, a public corporation, a municipal corporation, a County, a State, a national government, a municipal, County, State or federal agency, board or commission, a water district, a utility district, a political

subdivision, a school district, a drainage, irrigation, levee, replenishment, reclamation or conservation district, and a flood control district, whether acting for himself/herself/itself or in any representative capacity.

"Right-of-way" means any easement or land owned by the City and used or designated for use as a street, parkway, alley, utility corridor, walkway, promenade, or bike path, and the surfaces thereof, and includes any right-of-way to be dedicated in the future.

(ORD-19-0032 § 10, 2019; ORD-15-0003 § 1, 2015; Ord. C-7933 § 1, 2004)