Definitions
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “asset category” means a category of municipal infrastructure assets that is, (a)  an aggregate of assets described in each of clauses (a) to (e) of the definition of core municipal infrastructure asset, or (b)  composed of any other aggregate of municipal infrastructure assets that provide the same type of service; (“catégorie de biens”) “core municipal infrastructure asset” means any municipal infrastructure asset that is a, (a)  water asset that relates to the collection, production, treatment, storage, supply or distribution of water, (b)  wastewater asset that relates to the collection, transmission, treatment or disposal of wastewater, including any wastewater asset that from time to time manages stormwater, (c)  stormwater management asset that relates to the collection, transmission, treatment, retention, infiltration, control or disposal of stormwater, (d)  road, or (e)  bridge or culvert;  (“bien d’infrastructure municipale essentiel”) “ecological functions” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 140/02 (Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan) made under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001; (“fonctions écologiques”) “green infrastructure asset” means an infrastructure asset consisting of natural or human-made elements that provide ecological and hydrological functions and processes and includes natural heritage features and systems, parklands, stormwater management systems, street trees, urban forests, natural channels, permeable surfaces and green roofs; (“bien d’infrastructure verte”) “hydrological functions” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 140/02; (“fonctions hydrologiques”) “joint municipal water board” means a joint board established in accordance with a transfer order made under the Municipal Water and Sewage Transfer Act, 1997; (“conseil mixte de gestion municipale des eaux”) “lifecycle activities” means activities undertaken with respect to a municipal infrastructure asset over its service life, including constructing, maintaining, renewing, operating and decommissioning, and all engineering and design work associated with those activities; (“activités relatives au cycle de vie”) “municipal infrastructure asset” means an infrastructure asset, including a green infrastructure asset, directly owned by a municipality or included on the consolidated financial statements of a municipality, but does not include an infrastructure asset that is managed by a joint municipal water board; (“bien d’infrastructure municipale”) “municipality” has the same meaning as in the Municipal Act, 2001; (“municipalité”) “operating costs” means the aggregate of costs, including energy costs, of operating a municipal infrastructure asset over its service life; (“frais d’exploitation”) “service life” means the total period during which a municipal infrastructure asset is in use or is available to be used; (“durée de vie”) “significant operating costs” means, where the operating costs with respect to all municipal infrastructure assets within an asset category are in excess of a threshold amount set by the municipality, the total amount of those operating costs. (“frais d’exploitation importants”) (2) In Tables 1 and 2, “connection-days” means the number of properties connected to a municipal system that are affected by a service issue, multiplied by the number of days on which those properties are affected by the service issue. (“jours-branchements”) (3) In Table 4, “arterial roads” means Class 1 and Class 2 highways as determined under the Table to section 1 of Ontario Regulation 239/02 (Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways) made under the Municipal Act, 2001; (“artères”) “collector roads” means Class 3 and Class 4 highways as determined under the Table to section 1 of Ontario Regulation 239/02; (“routes collectrices”) “lane-kilometre” means a kilometre-long segment of roadway that is a single lane in width; (“kilomètre de voie”) “local roads” means Class 5 and Class 6 highways as determined under the Table to section 1 of Ontario Regulation 239/02. (“routes locales”) (4) In Table 5, “Ontario Structure Inspection Manual” means the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual (OSIM), published by the Ministry of Transportation and dated October 2000 (revised November 2003 and April 2008) and available on a Government of Ontario website; (“manuel d’inspection des structures de l’Ontario”) “structural culvert” has the meaning set out for “culvert (structural)” in the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual. (“ponceau structurel”)