A. “Applicant” is any person making written application to the administrative authority for an excavation permit hereunder;

B. “Administrative authority” is the city official designated by the city council to issue permits and supervise excavation work as provided for in this chapter;

C. “Permittee” is any person who has been granted and has in full force and effect an excavation permit issued hereunder;

D. “Excavation” means any opening in the surface of a street made in any manner whatsoever, except an opening into a lawful structure below the surface of a street, the top of which is flush with the adjoining surface and so constructed as to permit frequent opening without injury or damage to the street;

E. “Substructure” means any pipe, conduit, duct, tunnel, manhole, vault, buried cable or wire, or any other similar structure located below the surface of any street;

F. “Facility” means pipe, pipeline, tube, main, service, trap, vent, vault, manhole, meter, gauge, regulator, valve, conduit, wire, tower, pole, pole line, anchor, cable, junction box, transformer, or any other material, structure or object of any kind or character, whether enumerated herein or not, which is or may be lawfully constructed, left, placed or maintained in, upon, along, across, under or over any street. (Ord. 119 § 1(1002), 1969).