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a pass-through adjustment rate, or any fixed amount or variable schedule of amounts <br />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 <br />of the city council. <br />Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual unit <br />within a multiunit residential structure or mixed-use residential and commercial <br />structure, and that is owned and operated by the owner of the structure or the owner's <br />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 similar <br />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 but <br />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. The <br />following components make up water facilities: wells, reservoirs, pipelines, system <br />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 <br />means of which water is conducted from the main water line, whether public or privately <br />owned, to the meter. <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 <br />transfer responsibility for water charges shall be made to the finance department of the <br />city in conformance with the procedures established by the director of finance. A <br />"registration fee" for the administrative cost therefore shall be made; provided, however, <br />that the reversion of responsibility for water charges from a tenant to a previously <br />registered property owner or other customer possessing the legal right to act as a <br />lessor, at the time of the termination of such tenant's tenancy, shall not constitute a new <br />application for turning on water or transfer of responsibility for water charges and shall <br />not be subject to the "registration fee." <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 7 of 56 <br />75C-9 <br />