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14.03 - 1 CHAPTER 14.01 DEFINITIONS AND PENALTIES SECTION: 14.01.010: Definitions 14.01.030: Applicant 14.01.040: Area Charge 14.01.050: Commercial Water Service 14.01.060: Connection Charge 14.01.070: Customer Line 14.01.080: Connect Order 14.01.090: Cross Connection 14.01.100: Director 14.01.110: Frontage Charge 14.01.120: Industry 14.01.130: Multi-Family 14.01.132: Multi-Unit Commercial 14.01.140: Occupant 14.01.150: Owner 14.01.160: Private Water System 14.01.170: Public Water System 14.01.180: Residential Water Service 14.01.190: Service Line 14.01.195: Special Water Meter Reading 14.01.200: User Rate 14.01.210: Water Customer 14.01.220: Water Department 14.01.230: Water Main 14.01.240: Penalties 14.01.010: Definitions: Words and phrases have their usual meaning when used in Chapters 14.01 through 14.13 and as set out in this chapter unless the context or expressed provision clearly indicates another meaning. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.030: Applicant: A person, company or corporation which desires to obtain domestic water from the City of Kennewick water system. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) APPLICATION: See Connect Order. 14.01.040: Area Charge: The cost per square foot charged against newly developed land which intends to use City water for domestic, fire or irrigation use. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.050: Commercial Water Service: Water provided from the City water system to an apartment, business, industry, school, public agency or any water user that is not a single-family residential water user. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) ---PAGE BREAK--- 14.03 - 2 14.01.060: Connection Charge: The fee assessed against a property for the construction of water service pipe, a corporation stop and valve box and water meter from a designated City water main to the property line of the assessed property. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.070: Customer Line: The pipe, valve, and fittings leading from the meter into the premises served. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.080: Connect Order: The application filed with the City Finance Department for a water service connection. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.090: Cross Connection: Any physical arrangement whereby a public water system is connected, directly or indirectly, with any auxiliary supply, sewer, drain, conduit, pool, storage, reservoir, plumbing fixture, or other device which contains, or may contain, contaminated water, sewage, or other waste or liquid of unknown or unsafe quantity which may be capable of imparting contamination to the public water system as a result of backflow. Bypass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or changeover devices, or other temporary or permanent devices through which, or because of which, backflow could occur, are considered to be cross-connections. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.100: Director: The Director of Public Works or his authorized deputy, agent or representative. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.110: Frontage Charge: A lineal foot fee assessed, at the time of water service application, for the property frontage parallel with the water main or mains which will serve the property. Frontage charges will be levied to repay the City for cost of installation. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.120: Industry: Those commercial and industrial establishments, public and private, profit and nonprofit, which produce, process, sell, store or manufacture items for use outside as well as within the community. (Ord. 2609 Sec. 1, 1981: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.130: Multi-Family: Multi-family includes apartments, duplexes, mobile home parks and any other residential structure, except hotels, motels and similar temporary transit accommodations, wherein more than one residential unit is connected to a single water meter. (Ord. 3200 Sec. 1, 1989: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.132: Multi-Unit Commercial: Multi-Unit Commercial includes all businesses, industries, schools, public agencies, churches or other water users that are not residential or multi-family, wherein more than one unit is connected to a single water meter. (Ord. 3200 Sec. 2, 1989) 14.01.140: Occupant: The owner, purchaser, tenant, developer, or lessee who resides on property served by the City water system. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.150: Owner: A person, business, or corporation with an ownership interest in property as shown on the records of the Benton County Auditor. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) ---PAGE BREAK--- 14.03 - 3 14.01.160: Private Water System: A separately owned and operated water supply, storage or distribution system for the purpose of supplying domestic or irrigation water. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.170: Public Water System: The water supply, storage, pumping, transmission and distribution mains and structures from the municipal wells or Columbia River intake to the discharge side of each customer's water meter. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.180: Residential Water Service: Water provided from the City water system to an individual single-family home. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.190: Service Line: The pipe, valve and fittings laid from the main to and including the meter and meter box. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.195: Special Water Meter Reading: A “special water meter reading” means a meter reading occurring on any day other than the day the City has established as the property’s regular scheduled meter reading. (Ord. 5208 Sec. 1, 2007) 14.01.200: User Rate: The schedule established to charge for the use of City water. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.210: Water Customer: Any person or business that is supplied City water. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.220: Water Department: That portion of the City directly charged with the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the City's public water system. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.230: Water Main: A pipeline owned and maintained by the City of Kennewick and used for the transmission and distribution of water to water services. (Ord. 2609 Sec. 2, 1981: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.01.240: Penalties: A violation of this Title is a misdemeanor as provided in Section 1.12.010 unless otherwise provided, and a violation of any provision hereof is a continuing violation; provided, any violation of Title 10, such as a theft of water or sewer services, destruction of property, or creation of a nuisance, shall be punished in accord with the provisions of Title 10. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980)