Santa Clarita Municipal Code Part 2 Definitions

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

(Ord. 90-18, 7/24/1990)

"Building permit"

means the permit issued pursuant to the Building Code as now and hereafter amended.

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"Customer"

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

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"Director of Planning"

means the Community Development Director of the City.

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"Distribution system"

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

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"Easement"

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

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"Electrical permit"

means the permit issued pursuant to the Electrical Code as now and hereafter amended.

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"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 any state highway.

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"Engineer"

means the City Engineer.

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"Excavation permit"

means the permit issued pursuant to the Highway Permit Ordinance, as now and hereafter amended. This permit to excavate, construct and/or otherwise encroach in the public highway will be issued by the City Engineer.

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"Fire Department"

means the Fire Department of the City of Santa Clarita or that entity with which provides fire suppression and related services.

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"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.

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"Health officer"

means the designated official who provides health services to the City.

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"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 the City.

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"Main extensions"

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

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"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.

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"Metered service connection"

means the service connection, including meter and meterbox.

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"Required area"

means that term as defined in the Zoning Code for the City.

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"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.

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"Source"

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

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"Subdivider"

means "subdivider" as defined in the Subdivision Ordinance.

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"Transmission water mains"

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

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"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.

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"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.

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"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 over which the City has the power to regulate. 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. 90-18, 7/24/1990)