"Account holder"means the person or entity responsible for payment for water service at a particular property, as shown in the City's water billing records.
"Connection"means a connection of premises with the City water system.
"Consumer"means a person or entity who uses water.
"Customer"means a person purchasing or receiving water from the City water supply system.
"City storm drain system"means all gutters, catch basins, drop inlets, culverts, pipes, and improved or unimproved drainage channels or ditches, and other drainage facilities located within public streets, rights-of-way, or easements, or otherwise owned and maintained by the City for the purposes of carrying storm waters, including watercourses that have been incorporated into the City storm drain system.
"Director"means the Director of the Department of Public Works or designated representative.
"Master meter"means a meter furnished and approved for use by the City to measure the amount of water delivered to a lot where the amount of water furnished to individual dwelling units or uses on the lot is measured by submeters connected to the master meter.
"Meter"means a meter furnished and approved for use by the City to measure the amount of City water delivered to a customer. Meter does not include submeter as defined in this section.
"Pollutant"means any sediment, nutrient, bacteria, virus, metal, oil, grease, hydrocarbon, pesticide, herbicide, fertilizer, soap, detergent, disinfectant, solvent, paint, and any waste material including trash, feces, solid waste, liquid waste, construction material, construction waste, green waste, or other compounds or physical characteristics (temperature, turbidity, conductivity, pH, odor, color) that have the potential to degrade water quality.
"Service" and "Water Service"mean the service and materials furnished by the City in supplying water to a customer including meter, lateral, connectors and labor. It shall also mean the diameter of a connection.
"Storm water runoff"means water from natural precipitation, such as rain and snowmelt events, that flows over land or impervious surfaces and does not soak into the ground.
"Submeter"means a private meter furnished and used by a property owner to measure the amount of water furnished to an individual dwelling unit or use located on a lot served by a master meter and having multiple dwelling units or uses.
"Waste"when referring to use of water or method of use of water, means any excessive, unnecessary or unwarranted use of water, including, but not limited to: any use or method of use that causes significant runoff beyond the boundaries of property served by a meter; failure to repair any leak or rupture in any water pipes, faucets, valves, plumbing fixtures, or other water service appliances within 72 hours after notice by the City; landscape or agricultural irrigation during and for a period of 48 hours after a measurable rainfall event. For purposes of this definition, a measurable rainfall event means rainfall of one-quarter inch or more during a 24 hour period.
"Water"means water supplied by the City water supply system.
"Watercourse"means a stream, creek, arroyo, gulch, wash, or swale that is tributary to any waters of the state or that conveys surface water during or after storms to the City storm drain system and the beds thereof, whether dry or containing water. Erosional features (rills), and swales and ditches that are not tributaries or wetlands and do not convey surface water off the owner's property are generally excluded from the definition of a watercourse.
"Waters of the state"means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of California.
(Prior code §44.1; Ord. 2931 §2, 1963; Ord. 4558, 1989; Ord. 5778, 2016; Ord. 5847, 2018; Ord. 5910, 2019)