As used within the entire Title 10, the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:
ACCOUNT HOLDER: | That person who is listed on the account and/or is responsible for payments on the utility account. |
CAPITALIZATION FEE or CHARGE: | A one-time charge paid by new development to finance construction of public facilities needed to serve them. These fees are intended to provide funds to the utility to finance all or a part of the capital improvements needed to serve new customer growth on the utility. |
CITY: | The city of Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, Idaho, or its authorized or designated agent, representative or deputy. |
CITY ENGINEER: | The engineers appointed by and acting for the council, who shall be an Idaho registered civil engineer. |
CONTIGUOUS LANDS: | Those lands adjacent to the city's incorporated boundary. |
CONTRACT SERVICE AREA: | That area in which electric customers are served outside city limits by contract or agreement. |
CUSTOMER or USER: | The owner of a residence, building, structure, or tenant of a single service connection of a residence, building or structure who has made application and who has been accepted under the terms of this chapter and who receives utility from the city. Those structures with multiple connection services the owner shall be considered the customer or user. |
DOOR HANGER: | A city form or notice, wherein the account holder or customer is notice of a delinquent account and a city staff member placed the notice at the physical property where the account is located. |
EXPANSION OF SERVICE: | Expansion of service includes the upsizing of service line(s), extension of water or sewer mains, additional water or sewer taps, connections, or capacity for any parcel of land including the expansion or addition of new buildings. |
FEE FOR SERVICE: | Any fee for service set forth and paid to the City shall be to provide sufficient revenue to pay the operation and maintenance, to repay bonded indebtedness and provide for the reserve fund for said system. |
IMPLIED CONSENT: | Calid consent to annex lands connected to water or wastewater collection system operated by the city if the connection was requested in writing by the owner, or the owner's authorized agent, or the connection was completed before July 1, 2008. |
INACTIVE SERVICE OR ACCOUNT: | An account which has been disconnected and inactive for thirty (30) days or more. Inactive accounts have been placed in inactive status by the customer or the property owner. An inactive service or account is still liable for monthly base rate charges, even if no utility use is consumed. |
LANDOWNER: | That person(s) who is listed as the current owner of the property by deed. |
MAY: | Is permissive. |
OWNER: | Property owner or authorized person who is responsible for maintenance and care of private property. |
SERVICE AREA: | The city of Bonners Ferry incorporated city boundaries or by contract with the property owner. |
SERVICE CONNECTION: | Is the connection owned by the individual property or account owner. It is the lateral connection from the city owned utility line to the property or building. |
SHALL: | Is mandatory. |
SUPERINTENDENT: | The person who has been hired by the city to manage the respective utility department. |
USPS: | United States Postal Service. (Ord. 608, 6-6-2023) |