For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS USE and INDUSTRIAL USE. The use of premises, or a portion thereof, for a purpose other than residential.
COMPANY, GRANTEE, and FRANCHISEE. Any public utility system to which a franchise has been granted by the city.
CONSUMER and CUSTOMER. Any user of a utility.
MUNICIPAL UTILITY. Any municipally-owned utility system.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The Public Utilities Commission of the city and certain specific references herein to the “Commission” shall include the city acting through the Public Utilities Commission where the language or context clearly indicates such reference.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE and RESIDENTIAL USE. Furnishing a utility to premises all, or a portion of which, are used exclusively for residential occupancy, including one-family and two-family dwellings, but not including hotels, motels, boarding houses or apartment houses, unless each unit or apartment is metered separately.
SERVICE. Providing a particular utility to a customer or consumer.
UTILITY. All utility services, whether the same be public municipally-owned facilities or furnished by public utility companies.
(1998 Code, § 3.01)