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<br />Ordinance No. NS-XXXX <br />Page 6 of 15 <br /> <br />structure, and that is owned and operated by the owner of the structure or the <br />owner's agent. <br />Temporary service means a water service through a city-owned fire hydrant for <br />special outdoor events, fairs, construction work, irrigation of vacant property, and <br />similar uses which, because of their nature, will not be permanent. <br />Tenant improvement means changes made to the interior and exterior of a <br />commercial or industrial property to accommodate the needs of tenants, including <br />but not limited to, partitions, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, fire protection , and <br />security. <br />Theft of water means the taking of water from any city water main, hydrant, <br />service, or facility without a meter or the written permission of the city in the form of a <br />permit or application as provided for in the provisions of this article . <br />Unit of water means one hundred (100) cubic feet. <br />Water facilities means water distribution and treatment components, individually <br />or as a whole, operating to provide storage, flow, and pressurized domestic water. <br />The following components make up water facilities: wells, reservoirs, pipelines, <br />system valves, control valves, fire hydrants, interties, disinfection treatment, <br />instrumentation and controls, power distribution, and supervisory control and data <br />acquisition system. <br />Water service means the tapping connection, pipe, valves, and other facilities by <br />means of which water is conducted from the main water line, whether public or <br />privately owned, to the meter. <br /> <br />Section 5. Section 39-16 of Article II (Water) of Chapter 39 (Water and Sewers) of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (additions are <br />underlined and deletions are stricken): <br /> <br />Sec. 39-16. Application for turning on water and transfer of responsibility. <br /> <br />(a) Procedures; registration fee. An application to have water turned on or to transfer <br />responsibility for water charges shall be made to the finance department of the city <br />in conformance with the procedures established by the director of finance. A <br />"registration fee" for the administrative cost therefore shall be made; provided, <br />however, that the reversion of responsibility for water charges from a tenant to a <br />previously registered property owner or other customer possessing the legal right <br />to act as a lessor, at the time of the termination of such tenant's tenancy, shall not <br />constitute a new application for turning on water or transfer of responsibility for <br />water charges and shall not be subject to the "registration fee”. <br />(b) Transfer of responsibility. The customer of record shall remain a customer of <br />record until a transfer of responsibility occurs. If no customer is on file with the <br />City, the customer on record, by default shall be the property owner of the premises <br />where water service is being provided. If there is ever any dispute as to who should <br />be the customer of record, by default, the customer of record shall be the property