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

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or authorized elsewhere in this chapter or Code relating to refuse, sanitation, sewerage, and water (including fire line service), as established by resolution of the city council, Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual unit within a multiunit residential structure or mixed-use residential and commercial structure, and that is owned and operated by the owner of the structure or the owner's agent. Temporary service means a water service through a city -owned fire hydrant for special outdoor events, fairs, construction work, irrigation of vacant property, and similar uses which, because of their nature, will not be permanent. Tenant improvement means changes made to the interior and exterior of a commercial or industrial property to accommodate the needs of tenants, including but not limited to, partitions, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and security. Theft of water means the taking of water from any city water main, hydrant, service, or facility without a meter or the written permission of the city in the form of a permit or application as provided for in the provisions of this article. Unit of water means one hundred (100) cubic feet. Water facilities means water distribution and treatment components, individually or as a whole, operating to provide storage, flow, and pressurized domestic water. The following components make up water facilities: wells, reservoirs, pipelines, system valves, control valves, fire hydrants, interties, disinfection treatment, instrumentation and controls, power distribution, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system. Water service means the tapping connection, pipe, valves, and other facilities by means of which water is conducted from the main water line, whether public or privately owned, to the meter. Sec. 39-16. - Application for turning on water and transfer of responsibility. (a) Procedures; registration fee. An application to have water turned on or to transfer responsibility for water charges shall be made to the finance department of the city in conformance with the procedures established by the director of finance. A "registration fee" for the administrative cost therefore shall be made; provided, however, that the reversion of responsibility for water charges from a tenant to a previously registered property owner or other customer possessing the legal right to act as a lessor, at the time of the termination of such tenant's tenancy, shall not constitute a new application for turning on water or transfer of responsibility for water charges and shall not be subject to the "registration fee." (b) Transfer of responsibility. Within the meaning of this chapter, a transfer of responsibility for water charges occurs when any of the following conditions are met: Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 7 of 56 11 A-9