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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 23-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="23-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Department.">“Department” means the City Department of Transportation.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Director.">“Director” means the Director of the Department of Transportation or the Director’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Facility.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Facility” means any type of electrical, communication, or service cable, wire, or similar facility that may be strung over or buried directly under a street, alley, or other right-of-way.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exceptions.">“Facility” does not include any catenary cable used to  power a street railway.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Quaified inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in this subtitle “person”also  includes, except as used for the imposition of a civil or criminal penalty,  a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-263</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
