Anderson Municipal Code Ch. 13.04 General Provisions

This article may be cited as the "Anderson City Water department Ordinance."

(Prior code § 23A.1)

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

A. "Applicant" means the person applying for water service, water service connection or water main extension.

B. "Commercial office" means the office of the city clerk.

C. "Consumer" means a person who receives or takes water.

D. "Costs" means the actual or estimated values of materials, equipment rentals, personal services and other expenses incurred, including taxes, engineering and overhead.

E. "Customer" means a person receiving water service or other services from the water department.

F. "Demand" means the rate of draft of water for a specified period of time; the total quantity of water delivered or received during the month, season or year.

G. "Fire chief" means the chief officer of the fire department of the city or agency providing fire protection within the city limits.

H. "General facilities" means water supply sources, water storage facilities, water mains and appurtenances larger than six inches in diameter, pumping stations, pressure reducing stations and all permanent water lines and appurtenances not having services directly connected to them.

I. "Local facilities" means all six-inch-diameter water mains and appurtenances, fire hydrants, water meters, water meter boxes and service connections.

J. "Main" means a transmission and distribution pipeline of the water department.

K. "Main extension" means the extension of a main exclusive of service connections beyond existing facilities.

L. "Manager" means the person designated by the city council to manage the water department or his authorized representative.

M. "Premises" means the separate identifiable and transferable lot or parcel of real property, including the improvements, except that portions having well-defined boundaries such as walls, fences or hedges which prevent the common use of the property by all occupants shall be determined separate premises for the purpose of this article.

N. "Water service" means the delivery or receipt or both of water; a water service connection.

O. "Water service connection" means the connection including service pipes, meters and appurtenances through which water delivery is made.

P. "Water department" means the physical plant of the water department, including but not limited to, real property, reservoirs, treatment plants, pumping stations, transmission and distribution pipelines and appurtenances thereto.

(Prior code § 23A.3)