Words used in this chapter are defined as follows:
A. "Applicant" means a person requesting the city to supply electric service.
B. "Application" means a written request to the city for electric service as distinguished from an. inquiry as to the availability or charges for such service.
C. "Billing demand" means the load or demand used for computing charges under rate schedules based on the size of the customer's load or demand. It may be the connected load, the measured maximum demand, or a modification of either as provided for by applicable rate schedule.
D. "Billing period" refers to the time interval between meter readings that are taken for billing purposes.
E. "Connected load" means the sum of the rated capacities of all of the customers equipment that can be connected to the city's lines at any one time as more completely described in the rate schedule.
F. "Customer" means the person in whose name service is rendered as evidenced by the signature on the application, for that service, or, in the absence of a signed instrument, by the receipt and payment of bills regularly issued in his name regardless of the identity of the actual user of the service.
G. "Customer's mailing address" refers to the address specified in a customer's application or any other address subsequently given to the city by the customer, to which any notice or other communication is to be mailed.
H. "Date of presentation" refers to the date upon which a bill or notice is mailed, or delivered by the city to the customer.
I. "Mailed," as used in this context, means that any notice or other communication will' be considered "mailed" when it is properly addressed, and deposited in any United States Post Office, or box, postage prepaid.
J. "Maximum demand" is defined as the average kilowatts during the specified time interval when the customer's use is greatest in the billing period as indicated or recorded by the city's meter.
K. "Meter" refers to the instrument used for measuring the electricity delivered to the customer.
L. "Multiple dwellings" is defined as an apartment building, duplex, court group, or any other group of residential units located upon a single premises, providing the residential units therein meet the requirements of single-family accommodations. Hotels, guest or resort ranches, tourist camps, motels, auto courts, and trailer courts, consisting primarily of guest rooms and/or transient accommodations, are not classed as multiple dwellings.
M. "Nominal voltage" refers to the nominal voltage of a circuit as the approximate voltage between conductors in a circuit or system of a given class, assigned for the purpose of convenient designation. For any specific nominal voltage, the operating voltage actually existing at various points and at various times on the system is subject to normal distribution variation.
N. "Permanent service" is service which, in the opinion of the city, is of a permanent and established character and is not classified as temporary. This may be continuous, intermittent, or seasonal in nature.
O. "Premises" refers to all of the real property and apparatus employed in a single enterprise on an integral parcel of land undivided, excepting in the case of industrial, agricultural, resort enterprises, and public or quasi-public institutions, by a dedicated street, highway, or other public thoroughfare, or a railway. Automobile parking lots constituting a part of and adjacent to a single enterprise may be separated by an alley from the remainder of the premises served provided the customer's wiring across the alley is underground, and copies of all permits for the alley crossing, as required by public authorities are filed with the city.
P. "Temporary service" is defined as service for enterprises or activities which are temporary in character or where it is known in advance that the service will be of limited duration. Service which, in the opinion of the city, is for operations of a speculative character or the permanency of which has not been established is also considered temporary service.
(Ord 695, 2000; Ord 588, 1991)