§ 24.34.010. Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the following meanings:

(a)

"Customer" refers to any person who is an owner, occupant, or user of real property to which water is supplied by a public water system. "Customer" shall also refer to any person who uses water supplied by a public water system, or to any person who is billed for the supply of water from a public water system, or to any person who is responsible for or otherwise has the right or permission to utilize the supply of water provided by a public water system.

(b)

"Hand watering" refers to the use or application of water by a customer or any person through a hose connected to a piping system while such hose is hand held by an individual and such water is sporadically used for any exterior purpose or is otherwise expended outside any dwelling, building or structure.

(c)

"Irrigate" means to apply or to expend water onto land whether by channels, by flooding, by sprinkling, or any other means whatsoever.

(d)

"Person" means any natural person, any group of persons, any firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or any other organization or entity.

(e)

"Public water system" refers to any network of pipes, conduits, wells, machinery, reservoirs, holding tanks, and any other components, including any combination thereof, which supplies water to customers who are charged a fee of any kind or nature for such service or which is designed to supply water or is capable of supplying water to customers for a fee at two or more dwellings, buildings, structures or lots. Public water system does not include water supplied by an irrigation district for agricultural purposes.

(f)

"Wastewater" means treated effluent from any sewer treatment plant operated by a governmental or private entity.

(g)

"Water" refers to all water, including wastewater, supplied to any customer who uses water.

(h)

"Irrigation system testing" refers to sprinkler testing done after lawn mowing to identify broken heads, and after repairs to flush lines, properly align sprinkler heads or to locate a reported leak.

(i)

"Syringing" refers to a method used to cool down hot spots under visible signs of stress. This method utilizes hand-held remote irrigation controllers or computerized central controls.

(j)

"Landscape irrigation audit" refers to a process used to test the application rate and efficiency of an irrigation system. Sprinkler heads are aligned and cups are placed across the turf area. The sprinklers are run and the amount of water caught in the cups is measured.

(k)

"Subsurface watering system" means an irrigation watering delivery system that emits water underground directly to the plant at the root zone level.

(Ord. 1702 § 1, 1995: Ord. 1403 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 1271 § 1 (part), 1991)