Fowler Municipal Code Art. 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

(a) "Applicant" shall mean the person making an application for a service connection and/or water services.

(b) "Building" shall mean any structure used for human habitation or a place of business, recreation, or other purpose, which building contains water facilities.

(c) "City Inspector" shall mean the inspector acting for the City.

(d) "Contractor" shall mean an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or association duly licensed by the State to perform the type of work to be done pursuant to the permit and shall mean the owner or his agent.

(e) "Cost" shall mean the cost of labor, materials, transportation, supervision, engineering, and all other necessary overhead expenses.

(f) "Cross-connection" is an unprotected actual or potential connection between a potable water system used to supply water for drinking purposes and any source or system containing unapproved water or a substance that is not or cannot be approved as safe, wholesome, and potable. By-pass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or changeover devices, or other devices through whichbackflow could occur, shall be considered to be cross-connections.

(g) "Distribution main" shall mean the water lines in streets, highways, alleys, and easements used for public and private fire protection or for the general distribution of water for irrigation, industrial, and municipal purposes.

(h) "Engineer" shall mean the engineer appointed by, and acting for, the City. The engineer shall be a registered civil engineer.

(i) "Owner" shall mean the person owning the fee, or the person in whose name the legal title to the property appears, by deed duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder or the person in possession of the property or building under claim of or exercising acts of, ownership over such property or building for himself or as executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee of the owner.

(j) "Permit" shall mean any written authorization required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or any other rule, regulation, or law of the City for the installation of any water works.

(k) "Premises" shall mean a lot or parcel of real property under one ownership, except that any separate structure under one roof shall be deemed a separate premises. Apartment houses, motels, office buildings, and structures of a like nature may be classified as a single premises.

(l) "Private fire protection service" shall mean the water services and facilities for building sprinkler systems, hydrants, hose reels, and other facilities installed on private property for fire protection and the water available therefor.

(m) "Public fire protection service" shall mean the services and facilities of the entire water supply, storage, and distribution system of the City, including the fire hydrants affixed thereto and the water available for fire protection, excepting house service connections and appurtenances thereto.

(n) "Regular water service" shall mean the water services and facilities rendered for normal domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes on a permanent basis and the water available therefor.

(o) "Service" or "service connection" shall mean the pipeline and appurtenant facilities, such as the curb stop, meter, and meter box, if any, all used to extend water services from the distribution main to the premises. Where pipelines are divided at the curb or property line to serve several customers, each such branch service shall be deemed a separate service.

(p) "Street" shall mean any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, way, easement, or right-of-way.

(q) "Temporary water service" shall mean the water services and facilities rendered for construction work and other uses of limited duration and the water available therefor.

(r) "Water Department" shall mean the Council performing functions related to the municipal water service, together with the City Superintendent and other duly authorized representatives.

(s) "Water user" is any person obtaining water from a public water supply.

(§§ 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8 through 1-13, and 1-15 through 1-22, Ord. 14-6, as amended by § 1, Ord. 89-3, eff. August 17, 1989)