Santa Ana Municipal Code Div. 2 Definitions

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

"City" shall mean the City of Santa Ana, Orange County, California.

"City manager" means the chief administrative officer of the City of Santa Ana appointed by the city council.

"Cost" means the actual cost to the utility, including all labor, material, supplies, equipment and miscellaneous items, together with any applicable indirect and general charges, plus the general administrative overhead, in accordance with the accounting practices of the utility.

"Customer" means water customer or water user.

"Executive director of public works" means the chief administrative officer of the public works agency of the City of Santa Ana, or his or her designee.

"Flow restricting device" or "flow restrictor" means a fitting inserted into the service connection to reduce flow capacity.

"Grower" refers to those engaged in the growing plant material or raising animals.

"Landscape irrigation system" means an irrigation system with pipes, hoses, spray heads, or sprinkling devices that are operated by hand or through an automated system.

"New construction" means, for the purposes of this article, a new building with a landscape or other new landscape such as a park, playground, or greenbelt without an associated building.

"Permit" means an authorizing document issued by local agencies for new construction or rehabilitated landscape.

"Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, partnership, government entity or subdivision, trust, estate, cooperative association, joint venture, business entity, or other similar entity, or the agent, employee or representative of any of the above.

"Potable water" means water that is suitable for drinking.

"Recycled water" or "reclaimed water" means treated or recycled waste water of a quality suitable for non-potable uses such as landscape irrigation and water features. This water is not intended for human consumption.

"Service connection" means the pipe or tubing, fittings, and valves necessary to conduct water from the distribution main to and through the meter.

"Single pass cooling systems" means equipment where water is circulated only once to cool equipment before being disposed.

"Valve" means a device used to control the flow of water.

"Water allocation" shall mean the amount of water a customer may use in a billing cycle pursuant to this article.

"Water customer" means the person in whose name service is rendered as evidenced by the signature on the application, contract or agreement for that service, or in the absence of a signed instrument, by the receipt and payment of bills regularly issued in his/her name, regardless of the identity of the actual user of the service.

"Water feature" or "feature" means a design element where open water performs an aesthetic or recreational function. Water features include ponds, lakes, waterfalls, fountains, artificial streams, spas, and swimming pools (where water is artificially supplied). The surface area of water features is included in the high water use hydrozone of the landscaped area. Constructed wetlands used for on-site wastewater treatment, habitat protection or storm water best management practices that are not irrigated and used solely for water treatment or storm water retention are not water features and, therefore, are not subject to the water budget calculation.

"Water shortage emergency" shall mean a condition existing within the City of Santa Ana in which the ordinary water demands and requirements of persons within the city cannot be satisfied without depleting the water supply of the city to the extent that there would be insufficient water for human consumption, sanitation, and fire protection. A water shortage emergency includes both an immediate emergency, in which the city is unable to meet current water needs of persons within its jurisdiction, as well as a threatened water shortage, in which the city determines that its supply cannot meet an increased future demand.

"Water user" means any user of water including a water customer.

(Ord. No. NS-3016, § 2, 4-5-22)