For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be construed as defined in this section:
A. 
"Customer"
shall mean a person using water supplied by the City.
B. 
"Department"
shall mean the Municipal Water Department of the City.
C. 
"Hand-watering"
shall mean water supplied to a customer through a hose connected to the customer's piping system while such hose is handheld and such water is used outside of the customer's home.
D. 
"Irrigate"
shall mean to water land, whether by channels, by flooding, by sprinkling, or any other means whatsoever expect hand-watering.
E. 
"Premises"
shall mean a lot or parcel under one ownership, except that portion thereto having well-defined boundaries (such as fences or hedges, separate living units, businesses separately licensed, etc.), which prevent the common use of the property by all occupants, shall be deemed separate premises.
F. 
"Water"
shall mean water supplied by the City.
A. 
The rules and regulations set forth in this chapter for the management, control and use of the Water Department, penalties for the violation thereof, and rates to be charged for water or services furnished to consumers, are prescribed and established and are applicable to all consumers, whether inside or outside the City limits, in the absence of express limitations set forth in this chapter.
B. 
Every person taking water shall be considered as having expressed that person's consent to be bound by the provisions of this chapter. Whenever any rule and/or regulation is violated, the right is reserved to terminate water service without notice. The person whose water service is thus terminated shall forfeit all payments made. The water service shall not be restored until unpaid rents and charges are paid and other requirements of this chapter are met.
C. 
A monthly water meter service charge per billing unit shall be made for each water meter and shall be set by resolution of the Council. This charge is due regardless of the amount of water metered. Failure to pay the monthly meter service charge for a period of six months shall be willful failure to comply with the provisions of this article and the water service shall be discontinued and the water meter removed from the premises. Reconnection or restoration of service which has been terminated pursuant to this section shall be made only upon conformance with the requirements of the Resource Management System.