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§ 3-5-11 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   The following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. Chief Administrative Officer of the city or his designated representative.
   DEPARTMENT. Water Resources Department of the city.
   EASEMENT. Includes legally dedicated streets, rights-of-way, city-owned property and easements.
   LOOP LINES. A water line installed between lines for the purpose of equalizing water pressure and increasing water flow.
   MAIN LINE. Water Master Plan Line or a Sanitary Sewer Master Plan Line.
   MAJOR FACILITIES. Includes but is not limited to reservoirs, wells, pump stations, master plan lines, lift stations, water and liquid waste treatment facilities.
   MAYOR. The Mayor of the city of Albuquerque, or his designated representative.
   PRIVATE SYSTEM. A privately owned and operated water and/or sewer system.
   PETITIONER. Person or his authorized representative requesting design and/or construction of water and/or sewer system additions.
   SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. The overall plan of the liquid waste system within the city and surrounding areas, as adopted by the City Council and modified administratively, including but not limited to existing and proposed interceptors, lift stations, waste water treatment facilities, odor control facilities and on-site systems.
   SANITARY SEWER MASTER PLAN LINE. Major interceptor or collector lines as indicated on Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan or those lines determined to be needed by system analysis or calculation.
   SEWER COLLECTOR LINE. The sanitary sewer line from which direct liquid waste service is available.
   SEWER SERVICE LINE. The sanitary sewer line that runs from the property line to the sewer collector line.
   WATER DISTRIBUTION LINE. The water line from which direct consumer service is available.
   WATER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. The overall plan of the water system within the city and surrounding areas, as adopted by the City Council and modified administratively, including but not limited to existing and proposed transmission and major water distribution lines, storage facilities, booster pump stations and wells.
   WATER MASTER PLAN LINE. Major transmission or distribution lines as indicated on Water System Master Plan, or those lines determined to be needed by system analysis or calculation.
   WATER SERVICE LINE. The water line that runs from the water meter to the water distribution line.
   WELL COLLECTOR LINE. The water line that conveys water from a well to a reservoir.
   (B)   Words not defined herein but which are defined in the Zoning Code of the city are to be construed as defined therein.
(Res. 20-1984, approved 2-28-84)