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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .02 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="A.">In &lt;cite data-path="14.03.01"&gt;this chapter&lt;/cite&gt;, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="B.">Terms Defined.<para num="(1)">"ADA" means the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Bicycle Facility.<para num="(a)">"Bicycle facility" means infrastructure to accommodate or encourage bicycling.</para>
        <para num="(b)">"Bicycle facility" includes a:<para num="(i)">Bike lane;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">Bike parking facility;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">Storage facility; or</para>
          <para num="(iv)">Shared roadway specifically designated for bicycle use.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">"Blanket permit" means an authorization that allows a person to undertake an action related to a street cut in the right-of-way without first applying for a street-cut permit for that location.</para>
      <para num="(4)">"Book of Standards" means the Baltimore City Department of Transportation Book of Standards, which is incorporated by reference into &lt;cite data-path="14"&gt;this title&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(5)">"Crosswalk" means a pedestrian crossing delineated by:<para num="(a)">A pavement marking; or</para>
        <para num="(b)">Signage.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(6)">"Decorative surface" means a non-functional, ADA-compliant element installed to aesthetically enhance or otherwise embellish a right-of-way.</para>
      <para num="(7)">"Demarcation materials" means a warning surface treatment applied to an affected roadway, including a:<para num="(a)">Flex post;</para>
        <para num="(b)">Monolithic curb; or</para>
        <para num="(c)">Vertical barrier.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(8)">"Department" means the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.</para>
      <para num="(9)">"Directional boring" means a trenchless method of installing underground conduit and facilities with minimal impact along a prescribed underground path.</para>
      <para num="(10)">"Director" means the Director of Transportation or the Director's designee.</para>
      <para num="(11)">"Duration" means the time during which an activity required by a street cut occurs.</para>
      <para num="(12)">"Emergency" means a situation that arises as the result of an unforeseen event in which excavation is needed to abate imminent potential danger to life, health, or property.</para>
      <para num="(13)">"Excavation" has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Code" data-path="|26|§15-1|(d)"&gt;City Code Article 26, §15-1(d)&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(14)">Facility.<para num="(a)">"Facility" means utility infrastructure used for the provision of services.</para>
        <para num="(b)">"Facility" includes infrastructure for the transportation of:<para num="(i)">Water;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">Energy; and</para>
          <para num="(iii)">Telecommunications.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(15)">"Landscaped area" means an outdoor space improved with living vegetation or synthetic material designed to be visually appealing.</para>
      <para num="(16)">"Pavement marking" means a device or material that is used on a road to demarcate lanes and conduct traffic.</para>
      <para num="(17)">"Pavement type" means a reference to the material from which a road is constructed, including:<para num="(a)">Flexible material;</para>
        <para num="(b)">Rigid material; or</para>
        <para num="(c)">Composite material.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(18)">"Performance security" means a:<para num="(a)">A performance bond;</para>
        <para num="(b)">An irrevocable letter of credit;</para>
        <para num="(c)">A cash deposit; or</para>
        <para num="(d)">A combination of the items noted in &lt;cite data-path="14.03.01.02|B.|(18)|(a)"&gt;§B(18)(a)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;cite data-path="14.03.01.02|B.|(18)|(c)"&gt;-(c)&lt;/cite&gt; of &lt;cite data-path="14.03.01.02"&gt;this Regulation&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(19)">Person.<para num="(a)">"Person" has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Code" data-path="|general|§1-107"&gt;City Code General Provisions Article, §1-107&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
        <para num="(b)">"Person" includes a government entity that performs work on the right-of-way.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(20)">"Primary street" means an arterial road as defined by the Department.</para>
      <para num="(21)">"PROWAG" means the Federal Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines.</para>
      <para num="(22)">Right-of-Way (ROW).<para num="(a)">"Right-of-way" means an area intended to facilitate the movement of pedestrians that falls within the boundary lines of a public:<para num="(i)">Street, including a curb;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">Alley;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">Sidewalk;</para>
          <para num="(iv)">Footway; or</para>
          <para num="(v)">Property otherwise owned or controlled by the City of Baltimore.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(b)">"Right-of-way" includes a public way as it is referred to in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Code" data-path="|31"&gt;Article 31 of the Baltimore City Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(23)">"Right-of-Way (ROW) permit" means a permit, including a street-cut permit, issued by the Department that allows temporary use of the public right-of-way to perform work related to facilities.</para>
      <para num="(24)">"Separate offense" means each day that a violation continues.</para>
      <para num="(25)">"Stop work order" means the issuance of an administrative order by the Department to cease work at an excavation site due to a violation of:<para num="(a)">The Baltimore City Code;</para>
        <para num="(b)">A regulation adopted under the Code of Baltimore Regulations Annotated; or</para>
        <para num="(c)">A condition of the permit until the violation is abated.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(26)">"Street cut" means work which involves excavating a road.</para>
      <para num="(27)">"Street-cuts permit" means a permit required by or issued under &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Code" data-path="|26|15"&gt;subtitle 15, of Article 26 of the Baltimore City Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(28)">"Traffic Control Plan (TCP)" means an arrangement intended to preserve safe pedestrian and vehicular traffic to the greatest extent possible for the duration of work in a road.</para>
      <para num="(29)">"TMC" means the Department's Transportation Management Center.</para>
      <para num="(30)">"Traffic control channelization device" means a device used to:<para num="(a)">Warn roadway users of conditions created by work activities in or near the road; and</para>
        <para num="(b)">Guide roadway users for the duration of the work.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(31)">"Unsafe condition" means an unsatisfactory physical condition existing at a street cut location that has the potential to result in injury, death, or property damage if not corrected.</para>
      <para num="(32)">"Utility" means a person that owns or operates facilities used to provide a transmittable service to customers, including:<para num="(a)">Electrical service;</para>
        <para num="(b)">Gas service;</para>
        <para num="(c)">Water service;</para>
        <para num="(d)">Sewer service, including stormwater drainage; or</para>
        <para num="(e)">Telecommunication networks.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
  </section>
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