59-16 Enact Ch 904 Use of Public Right of Way by Service Providers

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er Public Right -of -Way in which the City has an interest in law or equi- ty and which has been acquired, established, dedicated or devoted to street purposes. (25) Public Way Fee means a fee levied to recover the costs incurred by the City and associated with the occupancy or use of a Public Right -of- Way. (26) PUCO or Public Utilities Commission of Ohio means the State Admin- istrative agency, or lawful successor, authorized to regulate and oversee certain Public or Private Service Providers and Services in the State of Ohio. (27) Reconstruct, Reconstruction, etc, means substantial physical change to or Capital Improvement of all or a portion of an existing System or Fa- cilities including a change in location, or additional locations, of Facili- ties along the same Right -of -Way involving Construction in Public Streets, Utility Easements, or Public Right -of -Way. (28)Routine Maintenance means repair, upkeep, replacement or restoration of existing Facilities located in the Public Right -of -Way that requires no more than three (3) working days to complete, is not an Emergency and does not include Excavation of the Public Right -of -Way. (29) Service means the offering of water, sewer, electric, gas, telephone, tel- ecommunications, cable television, information or other utility-like ser- vice directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effective- ly available to the public, regardless of the Facilities used. (30) Service Provider means any Public Service Provider or Private Service Provider. (3 1) State means the State of Ohio. (32) Sumlus Space means that portion of the Usable Space on a utility pole which has the necessary clearance from other Public or Private Service Providers using the pole, as required by the orders and regulations of PUCO and other applicable State and local orders and regulations, to allow its use by an additional Public or Private Service Provider for a pole attachment. (3 3) System means a network of Facilities for the transmission or distribu- tion of a Service. (34)Trenchless Technology means the use of directional boring, horizontal drilling and micro - tunneling and other techniques in the Construction of underground portions of Facilities that result in the least amount of disruption and damage to the Public Right -of -Way as possible. (35)Underground Facilities means that portion of a System located under the surface of the ground, excluding the underground foundations or supports for Overhead Facilities. (36)Usable Space means the total distance between the top of a utility pole and the lowest possible attachment point that provides the minimum al- (02299394 - 1)