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Recycled water means treated wastewater supplied by Orange County Water District from the Green Acres
<br />Project, or treated wastewater of comparable quality from such other water recycling system as the city shall
<br />designate.
<br />Service area means all area within the city limits and the area served outside the city limits.
<br />Service charge or service related charge shall mean any commodity consumption cost, whether measured by
<br />consumption or volume or whether applied as a pass -through adjustment rate, or any fixed amount or variable
<br />schedule of amounts authorized herein or authorized elsewhere in this chapter or Code relating to refuse,
<br />sanitation, sewerage, and water (including fire line service), as established by resolution of the city council.
<br />Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual unit within a multiunit
<br />residential structure or mixed -use residential and commercial structure, and that is owned and operated by the
<br />owner of the structure or the owner's agent.
<br />Temporary service means a water service through a city -owned fire hydrant for special outdoor events, fairs,
<br />construction work, irrigation of vacant property, and similar uses which, because of their nature, will not be
<br />permanent.
<br />Tenant improvement means changes made to the interior and exterior of a commercial or industrial property
<br />to accommodate the needs of tenants, including but not limited to, partitions, air conditioning, electrical,
<br />plumbing, fire protection, and security.
<br />Theft of water means the taking of water from any city water main, hydrant, service, or facility without a
<br />meter or the written permission of the city in the form of a permit or application as provided for in the provisions
<br />of this article.
<br />Unit of water means one hundred (100) cubic feet.
<br />Water facilities means water distribution and treatment components, individually or as a whole, operating to
<br />provide storage, flow, and pressurized domestic water. The following components make up water facilities: wells,
<br />reservoirs, pipelines, system valves, control valves, fire hydrants, interties, disinfection treatment, instrumentation
<br />and controls, power distribution, and supervisory control and data acquisition system.
<br />Water service means the tapping connection, pipe, valves, and other facilities by means of which water is
<br />conducted from the main water line, whether public or privately owned, to the meter.
<br />(Ord. No. NS-2921, 5, 8-1-17)
<br />Sec. 39-16. Application for turning on water and transfer of responsibility.
<br />(a) Procedures; registration fee. An application to have water turned on or to transfer responsibility for water
<br />charges shall be made to the finance department of the city in conformance with the procedures established
<br />by the director of finance. A "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 previously registered
<br />property owner or other customer possessing the legal right to act as a lessor, at the time of the termination
<br />of such tenant's tenancy, shall not constitute a new application for turning on water or transfer of
<br />responsibility for water charges and shall not be subject to the "registration fee."
<br />(b) Transfer of responsibility. Within the meaning of this chapter, a transfer of responsibility for water charges
<br />occurs when any of the following conditions are met:
<br />(1) The owner or other customer possessing the legal right to act as a lessor, or his authorized agent,
<br />informs the department of finance that a tenant has assumed lawful control of the property or
<br />premises or that there has been a change of lawful tenants; alternatively, the initial tenant or a new
<br />Created: 2025-01-29 11:22:13 [EST]
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