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Ordinance No. Page 8 of 11 "Service, metered" means the furnishing of water by measured quantities. "Service, municipal" means furnishing water for municipal or other public use. "Submeter" or "submetering" means a property-owner installed device to measure water supplied for the exclusive use of the particular dwelling unit installed after a city-installed meter; which is in compliance with California Civil Code Sections 1954.201 through 1954.219, as amended. "Transmission main" means any of the larger mains shown on the city master plan, or otherwise designated by the city, and which shall not normally have any service line directly attached. "Valley floor zone" means that area within or without the city roughly between the elevations of 315 to 430 feet and served or capable of being served by gravity from the main storage facilities of the city water system located at elevations approximately 485 to 535 feet. "Water" means water furnished by the water system. "Water facilities" means all of the necessary component parts of a water system including pipe, fittings, valves and hydrants. "Water main extension" means a water main connecting a developer's lot or subdivision with a nonadjacent water main and which benefits or will benefit lands on one or both sides of the main that are not part of the developer's lot or subdivision. "Water main extensions" are also sometimes referred to as "off-tract mains." "Water service" means the services, facilities and water furnished or available to premises by the water system. "Water system" means the existing municipal water system of the city, together with the improvements thereto, including works and facilities for the storage, transmission and distribution of water, including pumping plants, lift stations, reservoirs and water storage facilities, water mains, pipelines, pipes, meters, pumps, equipment, and other works, properties or structures necessary or convenient for improvements to the existing municipal water system, together with such additions, extensions, betterments or improvements thereto as may be made from time to time. (Prior code § 2-16.01; Ord. 2000 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2171 § 2, 2017; Ord. 2289, 1/9/2025) § 14.04.060. Use of water service. G. It is a violation of this chapter for any person or consumer to waste water obtained from the water system. As used in this subsection, the term "waste" means: 1. Use of potable water between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to irrigate grass, lawns, groundcover, shrubbery, crops, vegetation, and trees, with the exception of hand watering and drip irrigation; 2. The application of potable water to outdoor landscaping in a manner that causes runoff such that water flows onto adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, private and public walkways, roadways, parking lots or structures; Page 17 of 864