California City Municipal Code Art. 1 General

This chapter applies to potable water service from the City, fees and deposits to cover the cost, the rates for water delivered, the time and manner of payment for services rendered, regulations regarding water usage, protection of the system from mechanical and health hazards, and rules and charges for extending mains and permitting connections to existing mains.

The following terms are defined for the purposes of this Chapter:

(a) "Active Service" refers to service to property through a meter turned on by the City for which fees, charges and deposits have been paid.

(b) "Applicant" means a person applying for water service.

(c) "Customer" means a person receiving water service.

(d) "Domestic Service" means the delivery of water for human habitation, commercial and irrigation purposes, other than temporary service or fire protection service.

(e) "Inactive Service" refers to a meter turned-off by the City and for which fees and deposits have been paid.

(f) "Sealed Service" means a service connection without a meter for which the fees, charges and deposits are outstanding.

(g) "Service" or "water service" means the furnishing of water to a customer.

(h) "Service Connection" means the piping necessary to conduct water from the City's water main to the property including the meter, meter box, valves and appurtenant equipment within the meter box.

(i) "Unit" means one hundred cubic feet or 748 gallons.

(j) "Connection Fees" means the various fees levied to cover the cost of constructing potable water system improvements, installing meters to serve new customers and setting up the new accounts.

(k) "Service Fees" means fees levied to cover operation and maintenance of facilities to provide water service such as meter service charges, commodity charges and pumping charges.