“Apartment House” means a building containing three or more individual dwellings with separate kitchen facilities.

“Bulk water” means water available for purchase from the City water system which is intended for potable or other uses and is transported by truck, trailer, or other vehicles and stored in tanks or containers having a combined fill capacity greater than 50 gallons.

“Consumer” or “Customer” means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, institution or association receiving water services from the City and who is responsible for paying all rates, costs, fees, and charges for such service. Except as specifically set forth herein, a consumer/customer shall not include a tenant or other occupant not controlled by or affiliated with the owner/operator at the premises receiving water service.

“Dwelling” means an independent living unit designed and intended for occupancy by not more than one family and having its own housekeeping and kitchen facilities, not including hotel, motel, and dormitory units.

“Hookup Fee” means a charge that is assessed against property owners seeking to connect to the water system, in order that such property owners shall bear their equitable share of the cost of past and future system improvements. Once it has been paid by a customer for a property, it will not be collected again if the service is repaired or replaced with the same size service in the future.

“Hookup” means a connection or attachment to a main line or lateral of the City water system for a customer or user of City water.

“Multi-unit Facility” means premises containing multiple units of similar character, including but not limited to, hotels, motels, RV parks, apartment houses, trailer courts, strip malls, and office buildings, in which water service to two or more units is supplied through a single water meter.

“Person” means and includes natural persons of either sex, associations, copartnerships and corporations whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent, or employee; the singular number shall, when necessary, be held and construed to include the plural, and the masculine pronoun to include the feminine.

“Premises” means a continuous tract of land or building under a single control with respect to use of water and responsibility for payment therefor, including, but not limited to, all improvements, mobile structures and structures located on, or in, such premises.

“Service Connection” means the point of delivery of water from the City’s distribution main to the customer’s premises beyond which the City loses control of the water, either at the service meter, property line or edge of City’s water line easement.