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REGULATION OF WATER SYSTEM AND WATER SERVICE FEES Sections: 14.04.010 14.04.020 14.04.030 14.04.040 14.04.050 14.04.060 14.04.070 14.04.075 14.04.080 14.04.090 14.04.100 14.04.110 14.04.120 14.04.130 14.04.140 14.04.150 14.04.160 14.04.170 Chapter 14.04 Definitions. General provisions. Operation of water system. Service area. Connections to water system. Use of water service. Water rates and charges. Security deposits. Rates outside city limits. Collection of water charges. Temporary service. Refusal to serve. Discontinuance of service. Enforcement measures. Meter tests and adjustment of bills. Notices. Appeals. Disposition of revenues. 14.04.010 Definitions. Whenever in this chapter the words or phrases defined in this section are used, they shall have the re- spective meanings assigned to them in the following definitions (unless in the given instance, the context wherein they are used shall clearly impart a different meaning): 1. "Applicant" means any prospective con- sumer applying for water service. 2. "Consumer" means any person, firm, com- pany, corporation, partnership, association, the city, any public corporation, political subdivision, city, county, district, the state of California or the United States of America, or any department or agency of any (hereof, billed for water furnished by the water system. The sin- gular in each case shall include the plural. 3. "Department" means the department of pub- lic works of the city. 4. "Developer" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association or governmental agency other than the city that installs any parts of or connects any services to any point in the city water sys- tem for the purpose of extracting water from the city water system. 5. "Director" means the operations services director of the city or other person designated by the city manager to perform the services or make the determina- 373 14.04.010 tions permitted or required under this chapter to be made by the director. 6. "Distribution main" means an intermediate main serving more than one developer or neighborhood, normally larger than eight inches and smaller than 16 inches and to which service lines may be attached. 7. "Dwelling unit" means any single- family dwelling of one or more rooms suitable for residential occupancy by any number of persons living together as a single family, including single- family dwelling units, and each group of rooms constituting a dwelling unit for a single family in any multiple - dwelling structure. 8. "Finance department" means the finance department of the city. 9. "In -tract main" means a water main within the physical boundaries of a lot or subdivision. 10. "Local main" means a water line serving a single developer or neighborhood, normally eight inches or smaller, but may include larger sizes, to which all service lines are attached. 11. "Perimeter main" means a water main in a street or right -of -way on or about the border of a lot or subdivision which is or may be shared by two or more developers. 12. "Premises" means any lot, piece or parcel of land or any building or other structure or any part of any building or structure having a connection with the water system. I.3. "Service, commercial" means the furnishing of water to premises where the consumer is engaged in a trade or business. 14. "Service connection" means any connection on private property to a service line for the purpose of extracting water from the city water system. 15. "Service, domestic" means the furnishing of water for household residential purposes, including wa- ter used for sprinkling lawns, gardens and shrubbery, for watering livestock, for washing vehicles and for other similar and customary purposes. 16. "Service, industrial" means the furnishing of water to premises for use by a consumer in manufactur- ing or processing activities. 17. "Service line" means the supply line extend- ing from the local or distributing main to the property line and includes the meter. 18. "Service, metered" means the furnishing of water by measured quantities. 19. "Service, municipal" means furnishing wa- ter for municipal or other public use. 20. "Transmission main" means any of the lar- ger mains shown on the city master plan, or otherwise (Pleasanton Sapp. No. 3, 1 -111)