§ 54-33. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Bond means a surety bond written by a company licensed by the state insurance commissioner. The term also includes, at the discretion of an applicant, a cash bond or bank letter of credit.

County road means any and all roads which are part of the county road system, delineated in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 32-4-1, and intended or used for the passage of motor vehicles by the public.

Damage means any and all injury to the road surface, road base or rights-of-way of a road within 100 feet of any designated entrance or exit from the timber harvesting site, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1)

Diversion of or the filing of any drainage ditch, culvert or pipe parallel to or underneath a county road, so as to restrain or redirect the flow of water.

(2)

The operation of any vehicle, machinery or equipment which gouges, rips, breaks, depresses or otherwise defaces a public road beyond normal wear and tear.

(3)

The continued ingress or egress to and from a county road at a particular location which results in a buildup of rock, gravel, mud, dirt or other materials, which present hazards to other persons using the county road for authorized purposes.

(4)

The creation or erection of any dam, berm, ditch or wall which restrains the natural flow of waters and results in the redirecting of waters onto the road surface of any county road.

(5)

The term does not include normal wear and tear to county roads from use of such roads by an operator in the course of transporting timber or pulpwood harvested in the county.

Enforcement officer means the county road superintendent.

Multitract operator includes the meanings included in the definition of operator, but, in addition, means an operator who owes, or has contracts to cut multiple tracts, or owns, or has contracts to cut a very large tract and will cut or subcontract the cutting of the multiple tracts, or large tracts to independent contract cutters.

Operator means any person, entity, individual, partnership, corporation, association or other organization including the officers, agents and employees thereof carrying out the activities contemplated by this article.

Repair means the repair of a county road to its condition prior to the occurrence of damage caused by transporting timber harvested in the county.

Rights-of-way means the shoulder, front slope, ditch, drain and back slope of a county road, whether owned by title or otherwise.

(Ord. of 7-11-2000, § III)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.