The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this title, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a) “Billing date” means the date of billing for utility services by the City.
(b) “Consumer” means collectively the consumer, customer, occupant of the premises, user of the service and owner of the real estate to which the utility service is provided for each of the utility systems of the City.
(c) “Delinquent” means that a utility account has not been paid by the due date.
(d) “Due date” means the fifteenth day after the billing date.
(e) “Duty” or “duties” shall embrace everything required to be done as an incident, character or quality of the office, employment, service or occupation to which it refers in this title.
(f) “July billing” means billing covering the utility service usage up to the meter reading in July which is billed and due in August.
(g) “Public utility system” means and includes the gas system, waterworks system, and sewer system owned, operated and maintained by the City and everything incident and appurtenant thereto.
(h) “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Gas or his or her designee when referenced to with respect to the gas system, the Superintendent of Water or his or her designee when referenced to with respect to the waterworks system, and the Superintendent of Sewer or his or her designee when referenced to with respect to the sewer system.
(i) “Title” means Title Four of this Part Ten of these Codified Ordinances of Martinsville, Illinois.
(Ord. 2016-01-1. Passed 1-13-16.)
Cross reference:
Definitions generally, see Section 202.03