A. “Affiliate” means a person who (directly or indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with another person;

B. “Cable facilities” means equipment and wiring used to transmit audio and video signals to subscribers;

C. “Cable operator” means a telecommunications carrier providing or offering to provide “cable service” within the City as that term is defined in the Cable Act;

D. “Cable service” for the purpose of this chapter shall have the same meaning provided by the Cable Act;

E. “City” means the City of Redmond, Washington;

F. “Operator” means the person, firm or corporation to whom a franchise is granted pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 12.14 and/or 5.60 RMC;

G. “Person” means and includes corporations, companies, associations, joint stock companies or associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and individuals and includes their lessors, trustees and receivers;

H. “Telecommunications carrier” means and includes every person that directly or indirectly owns, controls, operates or manages plant, equipment or property within the City, used or to be used for the purpose of offering telecommunications service;

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

J. “Telecommunications provider” means and includes every person who provides telecommunications services over telecommunications facilities without any ownership or management control of the facilities; and

K. “Telecommunications service” means the providing or offering for rent, sale or lease, or in exchange for other value received, of the transmittal of voice, data, image, graphic and video programming information between or among points by wire, cable, fiber optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite or similar facilities, with or without benefit of any closed transmission medium. (Ord. 2546 § 2 (part), 2010: Ord. 1927 § 1, 1997).