§ 37-61. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

AASHTO means the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Abutting property means two properties which share a common lot or boundary line.

Alley means a right-of-way dedicated to public use, which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes and is not intended for general traffic circulation.

Construction route means a designated route on public streets for heavy construction related traffic for specific projects located in the city. Construction routes begin at a designated location on an arterial or collector street.

Easement means a grant, by a property owner to the public or to a private person/entity, of the use of land for specific purposes.

Excavate means to dig into, around, or under, or in any way remove or physically disturb or penetrate any part of the rights-of-way, including but not limited to digging, boring, blasting, pushing, and drilling holes for the installation of poles or conduit.

Facility or facilities means all or any part of a structure, equipment, collective system, landscaping, trees, or other improvements that is partly or entirely located in the right-of-way, and is built, installed or established to serve a particular purpose, regardless of whether the services are provided for a fee, provided to the general public, provided to a limited group of private users, or solely for the benefit of the owner of the system.

Full replacement cost means 125 percent of the average of the last two-years' capital replacement cost as verified by the City of Stillwater.

MUTCD means the current edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as published by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

Obstruct means to place any physical object or material in the public way in a manner that stops, hinders, disrupts, or otherwise interferes with free and open passage over a specific area or part of the right-of-way. The term does not include the legal parking of a vehicle.

Public way means the surface, the airspace above, and the area below any public street, highway, parkway, lane, path, alley, sidewalk, boulevard, drive, bridge, tunnel, other right-of-way, easement, or similar property in which the city now or hereafter holds interest or a maintenance responsibility which, consistent with the purposes for which it was dedicated, may be used for the constructing, installing, erecting, operating, and maintaining facilities, items or structure.

Public way occupant means a person that owns, manages, operates, controls, or has the ability to directly affect a facility or infrastructure located in the public way.

Public way permit means an authorization to work in or obstruct rights-of-way or easements at a specific place and time, for the purposes of installing, constructing, erecting or maintaining facilities, items or structures within a specified portion of a right-of-way or easement

Traveling surface means that portion of the public way that provides designated travel area for all transportation modes, including but not limited to pedestrian, biking, vehicle, freight, and parking.

Work means to construct, install, erect, operate, modify, maintain any facilities, items or structures in the public way; or to cut, alter, mutilate, obstruct or change in any manner for any purpose any paved or traveled portion of any street or alley, or any curb, gutter, catch basin or any other appurtenance of any street or alley or any sidewalk in the city or in any way change any existing right-of-way or public easement.

(Code 1966, § 19-19; Code 1982, § 27-56; Ord. No. 2326, § 2, 7-11-1988; Ord. No. 3408, § 1, 7-23-2018 )