Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 2 Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this Part 2 of Chapter 20.04 shall govern the construction of the provisions of Division 1 of this title.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 50, 1960.)

"Article" means an article of the ordinance codified in this Division 1, unless some other ordinance or statute is mentioned.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 51, 1960.)

"Board" means the board of supervisors of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 52, 1960.)

"Building permit" means the permit issued pursuant to the Building Code set out at Title 26 of this code, as now and hereafter amended.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 53, 1960.)

"County" means the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 54, 1960.)

"Customer" means any person, firm, association or governmental agency supplied or entitled to be supplied with water service by a water utility.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 55, 1960.)

"Director of planning" means the director of planning of the regional planning commission of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 56, 1960.)

"Distribution system" means the network of conduits used for the delivery of water by the utility to the customer's connection.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 57, 1960.)

"Easement" means the right-of-way in which the water utility has the right to install and maintain water mains or waterworks, or both.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 58, 1960.)

"Electrical permit" means the permit issued pursuant to the Electrical Code set out at Title 27 of this code, as now and hereafter amended.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 59, 1960.)

"Encroachment permit" means the utility encroachment permit issued by the state of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for permission to excavate, construct and/or otherwise encroach on state highway.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 60, 1960.)

"Engineer" means the county engineer of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 61, 1960.)

"Excavation permit" means the permit issued pursuant to the Highway Permit Ordinance, set out at Division 1 of Title 16 of this code, as now and hereafter amended. This permit to excavate, construct and/or otherwise encroach in the public highway will be issued by the road commissioner.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 62, 1960.)

"Fire chief" means the chief of the county of Los Angeles fire department, or the forester and fire warden of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 96-0002 § 1, 1996; Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 63, 1960.)

"Fire marshal" means the fire marshal of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 96-0062 § 2, 1996.)

"Grantee" means the person to whom a certificate of registration or water utility authorization is granted, and any person to whom it lawfully is assigned.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 64, 1960.)

"Group I occupancy" means "Group I occupancy" as now or hereafter used in the Building Code set out at Title 26 of this code, and refers to single- and two-family dwellings.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 65, 1960.)

"Health officer" means the director of public health of the county of Los Angeles, or his duly authorized representative.

(Ord. 2006-0040 § 107, 2006; Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 66, 1960.)

"Highway" means any public highway, freeway (except a state freeway), street, road, alley, lane, court or walk, or other public easement, and above and below the same, which now exists or which may hereafter exist in any unincorporated territory of the county.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 67, 1960.)

"Main extensions" means the extension of water mains beyond existing facilities, exclusive of service connections.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art 2 § 68, 1960.)

"Main line valve" means any valve used to control the flow of water in a distribution water main or to a fire hydrant, but does not include the valve to a service connection.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 69, 1960.)

"Metered service connection" means the service connection, including meter and meter box.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 70, 1960.)

"Person" means any individual, person, firm, partnership or public or private corporation.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 71, 1960.)

"Plumbing permit" means the permit issued pursuant to the Plumbing Code, set out at Title 28 of this code, as now and hereafter amended.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 72, 1960.)

"Required area" means "required area" as now or hereafter defined by Ordinance 1494, entitled "An ordinance providing for the creation in the unincorporated area of the county of Los Angeles of zones, and prescribing area requirements and classes of uses of buildings, structures, improvements and premises in said several zones," adopted September 12, 1927 and set out at Title 22 of this code.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 73, 1960.)

"Road commissioner" means the road commissioner of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 74, 1960.)

"Secretary" means the secretary of the water appeals board.

(Ord. 8282 § 1 (part), 1962; Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 74.5, 1960.)

"Section" means a section of the ordinance codified in this Division 1, unless some other ordinance or statute is mentioned.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 75, 1960.)

"Service connection" means the pipeline or conduit, including valves and other equipment installed in place, necessary for conducting water from the grantee's water main to the meter or meter location installed on or near the property line, but does not include the meter or meter box.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 76, 1960.)

The word "shall" is mandatory, the word "may" is permissive.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 77, 1960.)

"Source" means all components of the facilities utilized in the production, treatment, storage and delivery of water to the distribution system.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 78, 1960.)

"Subdivider" means "subdivider" as now or hereafter defined in the Subdivision Ordinance, set out at Title 21 of this code.

(Ord. 11040 § 1, 1974; Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 78.1, 1960.)

"Transmission water mains" means those lines from source facilities to distribution facility, and may be either pressure or gravity mains.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 79, 1960.)

"Very high fire hazard severity zone" means an area designated pursuant to Government Code Section 51178 or 51179.

(Ord. 96-0002 § 3, 1996.)

"Water mains" means any pipe or conduit laid along in any highway, easement, or within the water utility's property, to be used for the transmission or distribution of water, but does not include service connections or service laterals.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 80, 1960.)

"Water system" means the source facilities' transmission pipelines and the distribution system, and shall include all those facilities of the water system under the complete control of the utility, up to the customer's connection.

(Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 81, 1960.)

"Water utility" means any person, firm, private, quasi-public or public agency supplying or purporting to supply, other than at wholesale, water for any purpose other than irrigation or water replenishment to more than one retail customer or stockholder. The term "water utility" includes a corporation delivering water only to its stockholders, whether such corporation or such stockholders own the water delivered. This Division 1 does not apply to the supplying of water:

A.

At wholesale; or

B.

To water utilities; or

C.

For underground water replenishment; or

D.

For underground water conservation; or

E.

For irrigation.

(Ord. 7993 § 1 (part), 1961; Ord. 7834 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 82, 1960.)