A. “Utilities division” means that operational subdivision within the department of public works of the city. Use of this term may refer to the organization in general or apply to a particular functional unit or division thereof.

B. “Water system” means the entire physical plant and facilities operated or controlled by the utilities division, both within and outside the city limits, which shall include but not be limited to all lands, rights, easements, permits, impoundments, reservoirs, tunnels, treatment facilities, pipelines, trestles, bridges, roads, buildings, structures, machines, equipment, records, pumps, valves, hydrants, meters, services and all related facilities and appurtenances for the collection, treatment and delivery of water. The use of this term may refer to the entire water system or an appropriate functional division or part thereof.

C. “Water service” means the entire process of supply development, impoundment, treatment, transmission, storage and distribution of water, together with the associated administrative, construction, operation and maintenance functions involved in delivering the commodity to various points of use or consumption throughout the water system.

D. “Customer” or “person” means and includes persons of either sex, associations, cooperatives, partnerships, and corporations whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent, or employee; the singular number shall be held and construed to include the plural and the masculine pronoun to include the feminine.

E. “Premises” means a continuous lot or tract of land including the building or group of adjacent buildings under a single control with respect to the use of water thereon and the responsibility for payment thereof.

F. “Water service connection” (also referred to as a service connection) means the physical installation of the tap, fittings, pipe and other necessary appurtenances required to deliver water from the main to the premises up to and including the service cock or meter.

G. “Utilities superintendent” means the chief administrative officer of the utilities division; and any act in this chapter required or authorized to be done by the utilities superintendent may be done on behalf of the utilities superintendent by an authorized employee of the utilities division. (Ord. 1237-86 § 3, 1986.)