Ontario Municipal Code Art. 2 Definitions

(a) “Applicant” shall mean any person, firm, corporation, association, or agency who desires to obtain water services from the City.

(b) “Automated meter reading device” shall mean a specified device installed with metered services with new development and replacement meters that transmits meter read information electronically to a remote receiving device.

(c) “Bacteriological test” shall mean a microbiological examination of water samples routinely taken on the public water system and on all newly constructed water facilities prior to City acceptance, to determine if the water from said potable water facilities meets sanitary quality standards for public consumption set by the California State Water Resources Control Board.

(d) “CADD” shall mean Computer Aided Design and Drafting.

(e) “City” shall mean the City of Ontario, California.

(f) “City Council” shall mean the City Council of the City of Ontario, California.

(g) “City Manager” shall mean the City Manager of the City of Ontario, or his or her authorized representative.

(h) “Contractor” shall mean any person who for himself or herself, in conjunction with, or by or through others, agrees to perform and does perform a construction contract and shall include:

(1) Any person required to be licensed under the California Contractors’ State License Law, and any person contracting with the United States to perform a construction contract, whether such persons are formed or organized under the laws of this state, or another state or country; and

(2) Subcontractors and specialty contractors and those engaged in such building trades as defined in the California Code of Regulations, Title 18, Section 1521.

(i) “Customer” shall mean a person, firm, or corporation who is the recipient of water service from the City.

(j) “DDW” shall mean California State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Drinking Water.

(k) “Design Development Guidelines and Specifications" shall mean the City’s most current published version for potable water system design and criteria.

(l) “Developer” shall mean a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association who desires water service which requires the installation of new, improved or expanded water service facilities for him or herself or for others, except that employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not developers.

(m) "Domestic service” shall mean the delivery of potable water through an authorized service connection designated primarily for potable and sanitation uses, and other associated uses.

(n) “ELAP” shall mean the California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program.

(o) “Engineer” shall mean the City Engineer of the City of Ontario, or his or her authorized representative.

(p) “Fecal coliform” shall mean a subgroup of total coliforms and are associated with human and animal wastes. Escherichia coli is a fecal coliform species.

(q) “Fire service” shall mean the standby and delivery of water through an authorized service connection designated exclusively for fire protection including automatic sprinklers and fire hydrants.

(r) “Greenbook” shall mean the most current published edition of “Greenbook” Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction.

(s) “Heterotrophic plate count” shall mean a procedure for estimating the number of culturable heterotrophic bacteria in water.

(t) “IEUA” shall mean the Inland Empire Utilities Agency.

(u) “Inspector” shall mean the City of Ontario’s Engineering Department’s Public Works Inspector.

(v) “Municipal Utilities Company” shall mean the Municipal Utilities Company.

(w) "NPDES” shall mean National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

(x) “Operation and maintenance” shall mean the functions required to ensure continuous operations and viability of the City’s infrastructure.

(y) “Service connection” shall mean the water pipe, or pipes, and appurtenances installed by the developer to transport potable water from adjoining City facilities located within a public right- of-way or public utility easement to the developer’s parcel of land. Said service connections shall terminate at the customer side of the meter and meter box located at a specified place approved by the City.

(z) “Standard Drawings” shall mean the City’s Standard Drawings.

(aa) "Subdivision” shall mean the division, by a developer, of any part of portion of a parcel of land, within the service area of the City, into two or more separate parcels or units for sale or lease for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes.

(bb) “Total coliform” shall mean a coliform group consisting of several genera of bacteria that belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae that live in the intestines of warm-blooded animals, such as humans and animals.

(cc) "Transmission facilities” shall mean any designated City facilities, and appurtenances, considered to be the backbone infrastructure that transports large quantities of water within the City to and from the storage facilities and the City treatment/processing plants. Such facilities shall not be used as, nor be deemed to be, part of the on-site water facilities which are required for the connection and delivery of water service to a customer or developer.

(dd) “Water facilities” shall mean any water mains, service connections, water service lines, meters, and appurtenances used for providing potable water service to any parcels of land or subdivision of said parcels of land, excluding designated transmission facilities.

(ee) “Water Pipeline Construction Specifications” shall mean the City’s most current published version for constructing potable water facilities.

(ff) “Water Pipeline Material Specification and Approved List” shall mean the City’s most current published version for materials used to construct potable water facilities.