§ 110-26. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, these meanings also apply to county rules and regulations and agreements and contracts:

Construction connection charge means a charge, payable to the county, for a developer's utilization of oversized facilities paid for by other parties, including the county.

Construction cost means the cost to a developer, less the county's oversizing costs, if any, described in this article, for the design and construction of all facilities as required to serve the developer's property and to connect to the county's water system.

Consulting engineer means the engineer or engineering firm or corporation responsible for design of facilities.

Customer or consumer means any person receiving water service from the county for consumption or usage within his premises.

Customer's installation means all pipes, shutoffs, valves, fixtures and appliances or apparatus of every kind and nature, including service lines, used in connection with or forming a part of an installation for utilizing potable water for any purpose, ordinarily located on the customer's side of the "point of delivery," whether such installation is owned outright by the customer or is used by the customer under lease or otherwise.

Developer means any person developing a property or properties for resale, rental or lease, at or to which water service is to be rendered by the county; where applicable, any person applying for the extension of a water main in order to serve a certain property.

Director means the director of the county's utilities services department.

Extension means pipeline added to an existing water main of the county for the purpose of serving one or more customers. All extensions shall be within a public right-of-way or an easement.

Fire hydrant assembly includes the pipe, isolating valves, fittings, hydrant proper and the tee on the county's distribution main.

Fire lines means the pipe, isolating valves, detection checkvalves and fittings of the county which extend from the main to the fire line pipes of the customer and which are used for supplying water exclusively for fire protection purposes.

Frontage means the actual width, normally expressed in feet, of a property in respect to a street or avenue but without relation to the front, side or rear of any structure located on the property along which the proposed sewer or force main is installed. For a corner lot, frontage is calculated as the longer of sides involved. For irregular shaped lots or acreage, frontage will be calculated by taking the square root of the number of square feet of property involved.

Guarantee deposit means the amount placed with the county by each customer as security for payment of the water bill.

Impact fee means a charge for the proposed usage of the county's water supply, treatment plant and transmission main facilities based on the average daily water usage in gallons per day paid by a developer or a customer for utilizing portions of the county's water system funded by the county and held in a special fund to be utilized solely to defray the cost of new facilities to the extent that new usage requires new facilities.

Meter means the measuring device purchased, owned and installed by the county for use on a service line or fire line for the purpose of accurately measuring water used by a customer.

Month means the time interval between successive meter reading dates when service is rendered upon a monthly basis, which interval may be 30 days, more or less.

Off-site mains means water mains totally outside a development.

On-site mains means water mains in streets or rights-of-way or easements totally within a development and those mains in peripheral streets constructed for use by that development.

Oversized main means a water main extension in, through or past a development which, because of future extensions or other reasons, is larger than required for the immediate development to be served.

Planned extension means future water main extensions scheduled by the county with special provisions for payments therefor.

Plumbing means all pipes, fittings and appurtenances on the property owner's side of the point of delivery.

Point of delivery or connection means the point where the county pipe or meter is connected with the pipe of the customer is where water service to the customer begins.

Property owner means the record title holder of premises served or to be served with a water connection by the county.

Quarter means the time interval between successive meter reading dates when service is rendered upon a quarterly basis, which interval may be three months, more or less.

Service includes, in addition to all water delivered to the customer, the readiness and ability on the part of the county to furnish water to the customer on demand. Thus, the maintenance of water pressure at the point of delivery by the county shall constitute the rendering of service, irrespective of whether the customer makes any use thereof.

Service area means those unincorporated areas of the county designated by separate resolution of the board of county commissioners which are serviced by a regional or subregional wastewater treatment facility owned or operated, in whole or in part, by the county, where development is required to connect to the regional or subregional facility and the water system of the county unless otherwise provided in this article.

Service charge means the charge established for the water supplied by the county to the customer.

Service commitment means the county's intent to provide water service to particular development or facilities expressed by the county's approval of a request for service.

Service commitment fee means that fee established by the county for providing service commitments to the developers in accordance with this article.

Service connection means the physical connection made between each county-owned water meter and the customer's plumbing.

Service lines means the pipes of the customer which extend from the water main to the meter, including the corporation stop on the water main, the curbstop at the meter and the meter box.

Water main means the water pipe in any specific development owned or to be owned by the county, to which service lines may be connected. The minimum standard size of water mains is eight inches in diameter.

(Code 1970, § 26-72; Ord. No. 87-09, § 2, 3-24-87)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.