12.02.010 Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless otherwise stated or the context clearly requires otherwise.
“City” means the city of Cle Elum and its legal successors.
“Administering officer” means the mayor or mayor’s designee. (Cross reference Section 12.02.170.)
“Cable television service” means the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming and other programming service and subscriber interaction, if any, that is required for the selection or use of the video programming or other programming service.
“Facilities” of a service provider means all of the plant, equipment, fixtures, appurtenances, antennas, and other facilities necessary to furnish and deliver telecommunications services and cable television services, including but not limited to poles with crossarms, poles without crossarms, wires, lines, conduits, cables, communication and signal lines and equipment, braces, anchors, vaults, and all attachments, appurtenances, and appliances necessary or incidental to the distribution and use of telecommunications services and cable television services.
“Municipal infrastructure” means any municipal physical plant or facilities located in or near the right-of-way or areas reserved for public travel, municipal utilities, or other municipal needs, including, without limitation: public paving, streets, sidewalks and curbing, roadwork and road bed, and any other public construction in the vicinity, whether originally put in by the city or accepted for municipal management after initial construction by another; municipal street lighting facilities, municipal communications facilities, municipal water and sewer facilities, and skywalks; and street trees, plants, shrubs, lawn, and ornamental or beautification installations, where owned by the city.
“Permit” refers to a grant of municipal permission or authority to an applicant for use of the right-of-way to locate facilities and perform related activities therein. This chapter identifies two levels of permits: a master permit and a use permit.
1. A “master permit” confers general permission to enter, use, and occupy the right-of-way to locate facilities. A master permit may be granted in the form of a negotiated franchise and may include additional terms and conditions. A master permit does not include a cable franchise, which is issued pursuant to applicable local, state and federal law.
2. A “use permit” conveys more limited permission to enter and use a specified area or location in the right-of-way for a specific purpose such as installing, maintaining, repairing, or removing identified facilities.
“Personal wireless services” means commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services, and common carrier wireless exchange access services, as defined by federal laws and regulations.
“Right-of-way” means land acquired by or dedicated to the city for public roads and streets, and such areas as may be otherwise permitted by the city or subject to municipal jurisdiction or control in the traditional sense of the public right-of-way or related utility easement areas, but does not include
1. State highways;
2. Structures, including poles and conduits, located within the right-of-way;
3. Federally granted trust lands or forest board trust lands;
4. Federally granted railroad rights of way acquired under 43 U.S.C. Sec. 912 and related provisions of federal law that are not open for motor vehicle use;
5. Municipal assets, property, premises, or buildings the city holds in a proprietary capacity. Use of or access to such assets must be addressed by separate arrangement.
“Service provider” means every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, firm, partnership, person, city, or town owning, operating, or managing any facilities used to provide and providing telecommunications service or cable television service for hire, sale, or resale to the general public. Service provider includes the legal successor to any such corporation, company, association, joint stock association, firm, partnership, person, city, or town.
“Telecommunications service” means the transmission of information by wire, radio, optical cable, electromagnetic, or other similar means for hire, sale, or resale to the general public. For the purpose of this subsection, “information” means knowledge or intelligence represented by any form of writing, signs, signals, pictures, sounds, or any other symbols. For the purpose of this chapter, telecommunications service excludes the over-the-air transmission of broadcast television or broadcast radio signals.