Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms in this chapter shall be as follows:
CLARIFICATION OF WORD USAGE: Shall is mandatory; may is permissible.
GENERAL:
Buffalo Box: A valve box used with curb stop or curb cock.
Curb Cock: A shutoff valve attached to a water service pipe from a water main to a building installed near the curb, which may be operated by a valve key to start or stop flow in the water supply lines of a building. Also called curb stop.
Easement: An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
Replacement: Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes "replacement".
Useful Life: The estimated period during which the waterworks will be operated.
Water Fund: The principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the water system.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
Approving Authority: The village council of the village of Leland.
Village: The village of Leland.
PERSON: Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
STATE GOVERNMENT:
Director: The director of the Illinois environmental protection agency.
State Loan: The state of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of waterworks as provided for by the Illinois anti-pollution bond act and for making such loans as filed with the secretary of state of the state of Illinois. (Ord. 11-99, 8-7-1999)
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| 1 | 1. 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq. |