A. “Director” means the public works director or his/her designee.

B. “FCC” or “Federal Communications Commission” means the federal administrative agency, or lawful successor, authorized to regulate and oversee telecommunications carriers, services and providers on a national level.

C. “Grantor” means the city of Gig Harbor acting through its city council.

D. “Light pole” means a pole owned by the city and used primarily for lighting streets, parking areas, parks or pedestrian paths.

E. “Master use permit” and/or “franchise” is a contract by which a grantee is allowed to use city rights-of-way for the purpose of carrying on the business in which it is generally engaged, including furnishing service to members of the public issued pursuant to this title and approved by the Gig Harbor city council.

F. “Overhead facilities” means utility facilities and telecommunications facilities located above the surface of the ground, including the underground supports and foundations for such facilities.

G. “Person” includes corporations, companies, associations, joint stock companies, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, other entities, and individuals.

H. “Public right-of-way” or “right-of-way” means land acquired or dedicated for public roads and streets but does not include:

I. “Service provider” is defined consistently with RCW 35.99.010(6). “Service provider” shall include those infrastructure companies that provide telecommunications services or equipment to enable the deployment of personal wireless services.

J. “Small wireless” and “small wireless facility” shall have the same meaning as a “small wireless facility” as set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.6002.

K. “Structure” means a pole, tower, base station, or other building, whether or not it has an existing antenna facility, that is used or to be used for the provision of personal wireless service (whether on its own or commingled with other types of services).

L. “Telecommunications facilities” means the plant, equipment and property including, but not limited to, cables, wires, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics, and other appurtenances used or to be used to transmit, receive, distribute, provide or offer wireline or wireless telecommunications service.

M. “Telecommunications service” means the transmission of information by wire, radio, optical cable, electromagnetic, or other similar means for hire, sale, or resale to the general public. For the purpose of this subsection, “information” means knowledge or intelligence represented by any form of writing, signs, signals, pictures, sounds, or any other symbols. For the purpose of this chapter, telecommunications service excludes the over-the-air transmission of broadcast television or broadcast radio signals.

N. “Traffic signal poles” means a pole that supports equipment used for controlling traffic, including but not limited to traffic lights, rapid flashing beacons, speed radar, and school zone flashers.

O. “Utility pole” means a wooden pole designated and used primarily for the support of electrical wires, telephone wires or television cable.

P. “Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission” or “WUTC” means the state administrative agency, or lawful successor, authorized to regulate and oversee telecommunications carriers, services, and providers in the state of Washington to the extent prescribed by law.

Q. “Wireline” means services provided using a physically tangible means of transmission, including without limitation wire or cable, and the apparatus used for such transmission. (Ord. 1407 § 1, 2019).