The following terms when used in this chapter have the following respective meanings:
A. “City” means the City of Cupertino.
B. “Customer” means any person, firm, company, corporation, partnership, association, the City, any public corporation, political subdivision, city, county, district, the State of California or the United States of America, or any department or agency of any thereof, who uses water furnished by the water system.
C. “Council” means the City Council of the City.
D. “Lease” means that certain lease entered into on October 1, 1997 between the City and San Jose Water Company, a California corporation whereby the City water system was leased for a period of twenty-five years, or any subsequent lease of the City water system entered into by the City.
E. “Water” means water furnished through the water system.
F. “Water facilities” means existing water system equipment and appurtenances.
G. “Water provider” means the San Jose Water Company or any subsequent lessee of the City water system.
H. “Water service” means the services, facilities and water furnished or available to premises by the water system.
I. “Water system” means the enterprise system for the supply, treatment, storage, transmission and distribution of water, including lines, easements, reservoirs, water rights, water tanks, water mains, wells, pumps, pumping equipment, storage, treatment, transmission and distribution facilities, and other works, properties or structures necessary or convenient as more specifically described in Exhibit B attached to the lease.
J. “Service area” means the territory serviced by the water system as described in the lease.
(Ord. 23-2252, Att. A (§ 4), 2023; Ord. 1776, (part), 1998)