[Adopted 3-17-2009 by Ord. No. 065-09]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
EXCAVATOR
Any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an individual,
a partnership, a joint venture, a trust, a corporation, an association,
a public utility, a company or public agency which performs excavation
operations, including the excavation of trenches.
PERMITTING AUTHORITY
The departments or divisions of the City of Fitchburg designated under this chapter, §
73-2, to issue trench permits.
PUBLIC AGENCY
A department, agency, board, commission, authority, or other
instrumentality of the commonwealth or political subdivision of the
commonwealth or two or more subdivisions thereof, including the City
of Fitchburg.
PUBLIC LAND
Real property owned by any public agency or in which the
public agency has a real property interest, including an easement,
or real estate over which a public agency has control.
TRENCH
An excavation which is narrow in relation to its length,
made below the surface ground in excess of three feet below grade
and the depth of which is, in general, greater than the width, but
the width of the trench, as measured at the bottom, is no greater
than 15 feet.
UNATTENDED TRENCH
A trench where neither the permit holder, excavator, nor
any of the people who work in or at the trench are present.