§ 15-7-1. DEFINITIONS.

(A)

Except as provided in Subsection (B), in this chapter:

(1)

APPLICANT means a person who applies to use utility infrastructure.

(2)

ATTACHMENT means:

(a)

on a pole, each aerial cable, together with its associated messenger cable, guy wire, anchors and other appurtenant and incidental facilities;

(b)

in a conduit, each linear foot of occupancy of a City-owned conduit or duct by each cable or other attachment; and

(c)

each antenna, transceiver, amplifier, repeater or other device or equipment of a user supported by, affixed to, contained in, or placed on or in a unit of utility infrastructure, including a network node.

(3)

ATTACHMENT RIGHT means the right of a user to place, install, construct, replace, move, remove, keep, maintain, operate, or use an attachment on or in City-owned utility infrastructure under this chapter or a permit or contract issued under this chapter.

(4)

CABLE means a wire rope or a bound or sheathed assembly of conductors, wires, or fibers, including fiber optic cable, coaxial cable, and twisted pair copper cable. Each cable that is lashed to another cable or to a common messenger cable is a separate attachment.

(5)

DESIGN OR HISTORIC DISTRICT has the meaning given by Chapter 284 of the Texas Local Government Code.

(6)

DESIGN STANDARD means a standard or requirement for a network node contained in the Utilities Criteria Manual, Transportation Criteria Manual, or other design manual adopted by the City, or specified in Section 284.003 of the Texas Local Government Code.

(7)

DIRECTOR means the director of the Austin Electric Utility, except with respect to a traffic pole "director" means the director of the Transportation Department.

(8)

NETWORK NODE has the meaning given by Section 284.002(12), Texas Local Government Code.

(9)

STREETLIGHT POLE means a pole, other than a utility pole or traffic pole, located in the public right-of-way and that supports street lighting.

(10)

TRAFFIC POLE means a pole, other than a utility pole or streetlight pole, located in the public right-of-way that supports traffic control functions, including signage.

(11)

USER means a person who has been granted the right to install an attachment under this chapter.

(12)

UTILITY means the Austin Electric Utility.

(13)

UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE includes utility poles, transmission structures, ducts, transmission and distribution conduit, building entry conduit, utility tunnels, manholes, vaults, radio towers, other radio equipment, fiber optic cable capacity and active communications capacity, streetlight poles, other poles managed by the utility that support wireless communications facilities, traffic poles, and appurtenant facilities.

(14)

UTILITY POLE means a pole supporting electric distribution lines with a nominal voltage of not more than 34.5 kilovolts.

(B)

If a federal or state law governing attachments to city-owned utility infrastructure provides a definition of an attachment in conflict with and preemptive of the definition in this section, the state or federal law definition controls.

Source: Ord. No. 20170817-045 , Pt. 4, 8-17-17.