“Applicant” means a person requesting the Town to supply water service.

“Application” means a request to the Town for water service or service area inclusion, as distinguished from an inquiry as to the availability or charge for such service or inclusion.

“Commercial” means a water use classfication that is nonresidential. A commercial classification is used to identify retail, research and service oriented businesses, restaurants, churches, industrial facilities, and public institutions including schools and government agencies.

“Commodity charge” means the unit cost of billed usage, as set forth in the water rates and charges as adopted by Council resolution.

“Contributions in aid of construction” means funds provided to the Town water utility by the applicant under the terms of a main extension agreement and/or service connection agreement the value of which are not refundable.

“Curtailment” means the reduction of all or part of water services due to action by the Town Council or the Water Utility Director in response to a particular situation.

“Customer” means the person or entity in whose name service is rendered, as evidenced by the name on the application or contractor for that service, or by the receipt and/or payment of bills regularly issued in his name regardless of the identity of the actual user of the water service.

“Director of Water Utility” or “Water Utility Director,” for the purposes of this article, refers to the current or acting Water Utility Director, or his/her authorized representative.

“Distribution main” means a water main of the Town water utility from which service connections may be extended to customers.

“Main extension” means the mains and ancillary equipment necessary to extend the existing water distribution system to provide service to additional customers.

“Master meter” means a meter for measuring or recording the flow of water at a single location where said water is transported through piping system to tenants or occupants for their individual consumption.

“Meter” means the instrument for measuring and indicating or recording the volume of water that has passed through it from a point of delivery.

“Meter tampering” means a situation where a meter has been illegally altered. Common examples are meter bypassing, use of magnets to slow the meter recording, broken meter seals, and destruction of equipment by unauthorized removal or attempted removal of a locking device.

“Minimum charge” means the amount the customer must pay on a monthly basis for the availability of water service.

“Multifamily residential” means a water use classification for master metered residential units including apartments, condominiums, and group living facilities, including assisted living facilities.

“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, governmental agency, or other organization operating as a single entity.

“Point of delivery” means the point where facilities owned, leased, or under license by a customer connect to the Town water utility’s pipes or at the outlet side of the meter.

“Recurring” means an event that is happening or occuring frequently, with repetition.

“Service line” means a water line that transports water from a common source (normally a distribution main) of supply to the customer’s point of delivery.

“Premises” means all of the real property and apparatus employed by a single enterprise on an integral parcel of land undivided by public streets, alleys, or other rights-of-way or easements.

“Reclaimed water” means that water which originates from a reclaimed water facility and is distributed through the Town of Oro Valley’s reclaimed water distribution system for the express purpose of nonpotable uses such as irrigation of turf and landscaping. For other definitions relative to reclaimed water, see Section 15-15-9.

“Residential” means a water use classification for single-family homes that are individually metered. This classification also includes patio homes, townhouses and condominiums that are individually metered.

“Service line” means a water line that transports water from a common source (normally a distribution main) of supply to the customer’s point of delivery.

“System” means the Town of Oro Valley Water Utility, including all personal and real property.

“Wasting water” means intentionally or knowingly allowing water to escape, flow or leak off of private property onto another person’s property or onto public property; applying landscape water through compromised irrigation systems that are broken or leaking; failing to repair a controllable leak within a specified time. See Section 15-18-3. ((O)21-09, 09/08/2021; (O)07-41, 11/07/2007; (O)03-31, 10/01/2003; (O)96-13, 03/25/1996)