§ 6.135.010. Definitions.

(a) For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and abbreviations shall have the meanings given herein, unless otherwise expressly stated. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense; words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number; and the masculine gender includes the feminine gender. The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory, and "may" is permissive. Unless otherwise expressly stated, words not defined herein shall be given the meaning set forth in Chapter 711 of the NRS or Title 47 of the United States Code, as amended, and, if not defined therein, their common and ordinary meaning.

(1)

"Board" means the Board of Clark County Commissioners as the legislative body of the county.

(2)

"Cable operator" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.024, as amended.

(3)

"Cable service" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.025, as amended.

(4)

"Cable system" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.026, as amended.

(5)

"Certificate of authority" and "certificate" have the same meanings as those terms are defined in NRS 711.027, as amended.

(6)

"Code" means the official code of all of the county's ordinances of a general and permanent character, as may be adopted and amended by the board of county commissioners.

(7)

"Community antenna television company" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.030, as amended.

(8)

"Community antenna television system" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.040, as amended.

(9)

"County" means the County of Clark, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada, and, unless otherwise indicated, that portion of Clark County outside the incorporated cities and towns, both within and without the unincorporated cities and towns.

(10)

"County manager" means the county manager appointed by the board of county commissioners, or his or her designee.

(11)

"Facility" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.060, as amended.

(12)

"Franchise fee" means a franchise fee imposed by the county on a video service provider for the privilege of providing video service.

(13)

"Gross revenue" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.066, as amended.

(14)

"Holder of a certificate" or "holder" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.071, as amended.

(15)

"Incumbent cable operator" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.072, as amended.

(16)

"Information service" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.0723, as amended.

(17)

"Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.0726, as amended.

(18)

"Public works director" means the director of the county's public works department, or his or her designee.

(19)

"Right-of-way" or "rights-of-way" means public property including air space dedicated, granted, held or prescriptively used, or authorized by patent of the United States of America, for county public street and public utility purposes, except as limited by any underlying grant and except public streets predominantly used for public freeway or expressway purposes including, without limitation, the Clark County 215 Bruce Woodbury Beltway, and except for any property owned, operated, maintained and/or administered by the department of aviation, including, without limitation, airport roadways, sidewalks and streetlights.

(20)

"Service area" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.105, as amended.

(21)

"Street" means the surface, the air space above the surface and the area below the surface of the full width of the right-of-way, including sidewalks and thoroughfares, places or ways of any kind used by the public or open to the public as a matter of right for the purposes of vehicular traffic or vehicular and pedestrian traffic, except for those on property owned, operated, maintained and/or administered by the department of aviation.

(22)

"Subscriber" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.115, as amended.

(23)

"Telecommunication" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.125, as amended.

(24)

"Telecommunication provider" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.131, as amended.

(25)

"Telecommunication service" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.135, as amended.

(26)

"Video service" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.141, as amended.

(27)

"Video service network" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.145, as amended.

(28)

"Video service provider" and "provider" has the same meaning as that term is defined in NRS 711.151, as amended.

(Ord. No. 3812, § 4, 10-6-2009)