§ 5-2-160. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the following meaning:

(a)

"Access lines" includes residence and business telephone lines and other switched common lines connecting a customer's, or end user's, premises located in the city to the end office switch, but does not include local, state and federal government lines, access lines used to provide service to users as part of the Virginia Universal Service Plan, interstate and intrastate dedicated WATS lines, special access lines, off-premises extensions, official lines used by certified providers of telecommunications service for administrative, testing, intercept and verification purposes, or commercial mobile radio service lines.

(b)

"Certificated provider of telecommunications service" or "certificated provider" means a public service corporation holding a certificate issued by the state corporation commission of Virginia to provide local exchange or interexchange telephone service. (Ord. No. 4011, 6/13/98, Sec. 1)