11A - 2ND READ ORD - WATER AND SEWER with revised ordinance

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(d) The city shall require the installation of a water meter in accordance with section 39-23(b) on every service connection to each dwelling unit, irrigation system, common area amenity, and individual commercial unit tapped from the private water line. The city will be responsible for the maintenance of the water meters, including meter reading, meter testing, meter repair, and replacement. To maintain, inspect, test, and read the public water meters, both an access easement to the development and a maintenance easement, confined to the water service meter box, shall be granted to the city by the private property served. (e) The allowance or permitting by the city of private water lines shall not in any way authorize the owner or private entity to resell water for profit within the city. Secs. 39-6-39-14. - Reserved. SECTION 4. Article II of Chapter 39 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety. SECTION 5. Article II of Chapter 39 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby reenacted in its entirety as follows (corrected language underlined, deleted language in strikeout for tracking purposes only): ARTICLE II. -WATER Sec. 39-15. - Definitions. As used in this article: Afterhours means that period of time allotted by the finance director for the performance of unscheduled water service turn on or turn off, occurring after the regularly established hours for the performance of scheduled water service turn on or turn off, as set by the director of finance, Agency means Public Works Agency, City of Santa Ana. Applicant means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, receivership, trust, trusteeship, or agency of government, or other legal entity recognized by the laws of the state or of the United States applying for water service. Backflow preventer means an approved device or means to prevent backflow into the city's potable water system. Common area amenities means areas within residential, commercial, or industrial developments for the common use of residents or workers managed by the owner or his agent, including but not limited to, rental offices, club houses, picnic areas, drinking fountains or filling stations, exercise rooms, and swimming pools. Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 4 of 56 11 A-6