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“Applicant” means any person who makes application for a permit.

“Appurtenances” means miscellaneous concrete surfaces within the public way, such as parking bays and carriage walks.

“Business” means any place in the city in which there is conducted or carried on principally or exclusively any pursuit or occupation for the purpose of gaining a livelihood.

“City” means Midvale City, a municipal corporation of the state of Utah.

“City engineer” means the city engineer, or his/her authorized representative.

“Emergency” means any unforeseen circumstances or occurrence, the existence of which constitutes a clear and immediate danger to persons or property, or which causes interruption of utility services.

“Engineering regulations,” “specifications” and “design standards” means the latest version of the engineering regulations, or standard specifications and details for municipal construction published by the city engineer.

“Failure” means a work site restoration which fails to meet city engineer specifications, or which results in a deteriorated or substandard condition within the duration of the warranty period. Failure may be settlement of surfaces, deterioration of materials, or other surface irregularities. Measurement of failure shall be as defined in the engineering regulations.

“Permittee” means any person who has been issued a permit by the city and thereby has agreed to abide by the requirements of this chapter.

“Person” means and includes any natural person, partnership, firm, association, public utility company, corporation, company, organization, or entity of any kind.

“Pipe driveway” means a driveway approach which uses a pipe or other means to bridge a gutter.

“Private drain line” means a pipe installed solely for the transmission of water collected or generated on private property such as drainage, spring, or storm water, or condensate into a public drainage system.

“Property owner” means a person or persons or legal entity who have legal title to property and/or equitable interest in the property.

“Public utility company” means any company subject to the jurisdiction of the Utah State Public Service Commission, or any mutual corporation providing gas, electricity, water, telephone, or other utility product or services for use by the general public.

“Public way” means and includes all public rights-of-way and easements, public footpaths, walkways and sidewalks, public streets, public roads, public highways, public alleys, and public drainage ways. It does not, however, include utility easements not within public ways of the city.

“Resident” means the person or persons currently residing in a dwelling in Midvale City.

“Storm drain” means a dedicated pipe, conduit, waterway, or ditch installed in a right-of-way or easement for the transmission of storm and drainage water. This term does not include private drain lines.

“Traffic barricade manual” means the manual on proper barricading and traffic control practices, published by the city engineer.

“Work site restoration” means and includes the restoring of the original ground or paved hard surface area to comply with engineering regulations, and includes but is not limited to repair, cleanup, backfilling, compaction, and stabilization, paving and other work necessary to place the site in acceptable condition following the conclusion of the work, or the expiration or revocation of the permit. (Ord. 2020-03 § 1 (Exh. A (part)); Ord. 8-11-98 (part))