§ 13-201. DEFINITIONS.

(a) "Asphalt concrete" shall mean a bituminous binder blended with mineral aggregate and produced at a central mixing plant;

(b) "Bituminous surface" shall mean that type of pavement consisting of a mixture of oil and native earth.

(c) "City Engineer" shall mean the City Engineer of the city acting either directly or through authorized agents.

(d) "Concrete" shall mean Portland Cement Concrete as more specifically defined in the State of California standard specifications;

(e) "Director" shall mean the Director of the Public Works Department of the city, acting either directly or through authorized agents;

(f) "Driveway approach" shall mean an area, construction or improvement between the roadway of a public street and private property intended to provide access for vehicles from the roadway of a public street to the private property line including sidewalk, apron section, and slopes and curb return;

(g) "Plant-mixed surfacing" shall mean asphalt concrete used as a pavement;

(h) "Roadway" shall mean that portion of a street right-of-way which lies between curbs or planned curb lines;

(i) "Sidewalk area" shall mean that portion of a street right-of-way which lies between the property line and the outside edge of a gutter or gutter lip, including a driveway approach;

(j) "Standard Specifications" shall mean the standard specifications of the City of Fresno, Department of Public Works, established by the Director of Public Works and adopted by the City Council;

(k) "Street Frontage" shall mean that portion of a street upon which a property abuts;

(l) "Work" shall mean all activity and things in, on, and under public property which affect the public property;

(m) "Travel Lane" shall mean that portion of the roadway consisting generally of twelve feet of permanent pavement for the passage of one lane of traffic in a single direction;

(n) "Shoulder" shall mean a portion of permanently paved roadway consisting of four (4) feet of permanent pavement installed adjacent to a travel lane;

(o) "UGM Street Fund" shall mean a fund established from charges collected pursuant to Section 13-229 of this Code through development in the Urban Growth Management Area;

(p) "Major Street Zone" shall mean a particular zone in the Urban Growth Management Area in which charges and reimbursements are established by the Council for major streets and major street bridges.

(q) "Bridge" shall mean any structure required to be constructed as part of the major street system to traverse a watercourse which would require a pipe conduit with a diameter of greater than thirty-six inches.

(r) "Local Street" shall mean any street which is not a major street.

(s) "Major Street" shall mean an arterial or collector street, an expressway or state highway, designated as such in the circulation element of the General Plan, or as shown on any other plan of streets adopted by the Council, the County or the State. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6667, 1965; Am. Ord. 78-107, § 1, eff. 7-28-78; Am. Ord. 81-55, § 1, eff. 6-12-81; Am. Ord. 82-102, §§ 1, 2, eff. 10-22-82).