For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
The Americans with Disabilities Act.
Any installation or maintenance on utilities above ground within the ROW.
Best management practice.
A day when the municipal building of the City of Lubbock is open to the public for business.
The City of Lubbock, Texas and its officers and employees.
Any type of easement that has been dedicated to the city for city infrastructure only.
The City of Lubbock City Engineer or his or her designee.
Operations and repairs necessary to respond to a situation that endangers life, health and safety, or property, or a situation in which the public’s need for uninterrupted service and reestablishment of service, if the service is interrupted and compels immediate action. Upgrading of facilities, new service installation, and neighborhood improvement projects are not emergency operations.
Activity that removes or otherwise disturbs soil in the ROW at a depth of sixteen inches (16") or more, or disturbs any street or alley pavement of any depth.
A mix of sand and Portland cement, utilizing a ratio of 1.5 sacks of cement (94 pound sacks) per cubic yard of material.
Utility projects requiring installation or repair of facilities in the ROW deemed high profile by the city engineer that would typically garner substantial public and/or political interest.
Such time as the street is reconstructed or the PCI (pavement condition index) of the street has a value of less than 50.
The City of Lubbock, Engineering Minimum Design Standards and Specifications. The minimum design standards and specifications that are incorporated by reference into this article and the terms and conditions of the minimum design standards and specifications are binding upon any entity acting under any portion of this article. In the event of any discrepancy or ambiguity between this article, this code, or the minimum design standards and specifications, the minimum design standards and specifications will control.
Any street or block that has been constructed, reconstructed, or repaved by the City of Lubbock or any other owner or persons in the preceding five (5) years.
The paved portion of the ROW that has been constructed, reconstructed, or resurfaced with an asphalt overlay, full-depth reclamation, reconstructed or other structural street maintenance treatment with in the last five (5) years or a PCI of 85 or higher.
Bituminized fiber pipe made from layers of wood pulp and pitch pressed together.
A measure of the condition of the street, on a scale of 1 to 100. The PCI is available from the pavement management office of the city’s street maintenance department.
Portland cement concrete.
A permit issued by the city engineer to a person, partnership, corporation, utility, ROW user or any other legal entity authorizing construction work in the city’s ROW or other public property.
Any person, partnership, corporation, utility, ROW user or any other legal entity that has been granted a permit for construction work in the city’s ROW or other public property.
Utility projects requiring installation or replacement of utility facilities in the ROW for a distance greater than one thousand (1,000) feet in length or any size excavation with in the ROW of a principal and minor arterial.
Utility projects requiring installation or repair of facilities in the ROW for a distance of greater than twenty five (25) feet in length and less than one thousand (1,000) feet in length and not in a principal and minor arterial.
Utility projects requiring installation or repair of facilities in the ROW for a distance of less than twenty five (25) feet in length and not in a principal and minor arterial.
The area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, public sidewalk, alley, or waterway. The term does not include a private easement, private property, publicly owned property, or the airwaves above the city’s right-of-way with regard to wireless telecommunications.
The type of license and permit bond that guarantees the performance of work in a publicly owned ROW.
A franchise utility, a certified telecommunications company, or any other privately, publicly owned utility authorized to conduct business in order to install, construct, maintain, or repair their facilities in the city right-of-way. The term “ROW user” shall also include any contractor or other agent or person engaged by a ROW user to work on facilities located in city’s right-of-way. The granting of a permit to a contractor or agent of a ROW user shall be deemed to be the granting of a permit to the ROW user for purposes of this article.
A service line that is a privately owned (typically) four (4) inch diameter underground gravity pipe that extends from the city’s municipal sewer main to the residential/commercial/industrial structure receiving service. The service line conveys the wastewater generated by customers to the municipal wastewater collection system.
A municipally owned and maintained six (6) inch or greater underground gravity pipeline located within public ROW or easement that collects wastewater from sewer service lines via sewer taps and conveys wastewater toward sewer trunk lines and interceptors.
The paved portion of the street ROW that has a PCI of eighty-six (86) or above.
Use of the ROW for less than one (1) hour.
The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices, latest edition.
The planning and installation of all signs, signals, markings, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, pedestrian facility, bikeway, or private road open to public travel. The purpose of which is to promote roadway safety and efficiency by providing for the orderly movement of all road users on streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public travel.
The type of subsurface construction work, utilizing various methods, materials, and equipment for the installation of underground infrastructure with minimal disruption to surface traffic, business, and other activities.
Any privately or publicly owned entity which uses public ROW to furnish the public any general public service, including, without limitation, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, gas, electricity, water, telephone, telecommunications, petroleum products, telegraph, heat, steam or chilled water, together with the equipment, structures, and appurtenances belonging to such entity and located within the ROW.
Marking an excavation site with washable marking paint or flags prior to requesting a utility locate in order to further identify the site.
(Ordinance 2021-O0171 adopted 12/14/2021)