City Council Regular Meeting Agenda packet 1-9-25

Ordinance No. 2289 CHAPTER 14.04 REGULATION OF WATER SYSTEM AND WATER SERVICE FEES § 14.04.010. Definitions. Whenever in this chapter the words or phrases defined in this section are used, they shall have the respective 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): "Applicant" means any prospective consumer applying for water service. "Consumer" means any person, firm, company, 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 thereof, billed for water furnished by the water system. The singular in each case shall include the plural. "Department" means the department of public works of the city. "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 system for the purpose of extracting water from the city water system. "Director" means the operations services director of the city or other person designated by the city manager to perform the services or make the determinations permitted or required under this chapter to be made by the director. "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. "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. "Finance department" means the finance department of the city. "In-tract main" means a water main within the physical boundaries of a lot or subdivision. "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. “Master meter” means one meter that is subsequently connected to multiple submeters. "Meter" means a city-installed water meter. "Mixed-use residential and commercial structure" means a structure containing two or more dwelling units (but excepting low-income housing, housing at a place of education, long-term care facilities, time-share property and residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined in California Water Code Section 537(a), as amended). "Multiunit residential structure" means a structure containing two or more dwelling units (but excepting low-income housing, housing at a place of education, long-term care facilities, time- share property and residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined in California Water Code Section 537(a), as amended). "Perimeter main" means a water main in a street or right-of-way on or about the border of a lot or Page 41 of 638