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File #: 2015-2334    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 12/4/2015 In control: Committee on Public Works
On agenda: 12/15/2015 Final action: 12/21/2015
Enactment date: 12/21/2015 Enactment #: 67
Effective date: 12/28/2015    
Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Place and Property, Article I: Public Rights-Of-Way, Chapter 411 - Jurisdiction; by amending language to Section 411.02.
Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 04 - PUBLIC PLACES
Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Place and Property, Article I: Public Rights-Of-Way, Chapter 411 - Jurisdiction; by amending language to Section 411.02.

Body
WHEREAS, the duties of managing and maintaining telecommunications users of the public rights-of-way were originally vested in the Department of City Information Services, and said Department is now the Department of Innovation and Performance; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works will now assume the duties of managing and maintaining telecommunications users of the public rights-of-way; and

WHEREAS, the Bureau of Telecommunications is no longer operational,

The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Place and Property, Article I: Public Rights-Of-Way, Chapter 411 - Jurisdiction; by amending language to Section 411.02 as follows:
? 411.02 - DEFINITIONS.
(a) The following definitions apply in this Article. References hereafter referred to as "sections" are, unless otherwise specified, references to sections of this Article. Defined terms remain defined terms whether or not capitalized. Words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the single number include the plural number, words in the plural number include the singular, reference to a masculine gender shall include the feminine. The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory, and "may" is permissive. Words not defined shall be given their common and ordinary meaning.
(1) BOND. A bond, cash, certified funds, or irrevocable letter of credit posted to ensure proper and complete major construction and/or restoration of the rights-of-way, or, as the context requires, a bond posted to ensure the availability of sufficient funds to remove a registrant's equipment upon abandonment or other termination of a registrant's privilege to have equipment located in rights-of-way.
[(2)BUREAU. The Bureau of ...

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