§ 21-173. 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. The definitions listed in the applicable supporting regulations also apply.

Drainage easement shall mean land in which the public or the county has an easement devoted to, planned, proposed or required for use as a public drainage system.

Emergency repairs shall mean work necessary to protect and preserve life and property of inhabitants of the county.

Facility, for purposes of these regulations, shall mean a structure which has been and/or is being placed and maintained along, across, on or under any road right-of-way within the jurisdiction of the county, including but not limited to any electric transmission, telephone, cablevision, or telegraph lines; pole lines; poles; railways; ditches; sewers; water, heat, or gas lines; heat or gas mains; pipelines; wells; fences; gasoline tanks and pumps; irrigation; landscaping; signage (except off-site directional signs as permitted under Chapter 31.5); or specialty paving.

Right-of-way shall mean land in which the county owns the fee or has an easement devoted to, or required for, the use as a public road.

Road shall be construed to include streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways and other ways open or unopened to travel by the public, including the roadbed, right-of-way, and all culverts, drains, sluices, ditches, water storage areas, waterways, embankments, slopes, retaining walls, bridges, tunnels and viaducts necessary for the maintenance of travel.

Sidewalk/bike path. See "Road."

The traveled way shall mean the paved portion of the roadway or that surface between both edges of pavement or back of curb, including, but not limited to, turn lanes, parking lanes, deceleration and acceleration lanes or twelve (12) feet from centerlines of the rights-of-way of unpaved roads.

(Right-of-Way Utilization Regs., § I(C); Ord. No. 91-13, § 4, 5-21-91; Ord. No. 2004-16 , § 2, 10-19-04)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.