(A) Water may be provided on a temporary basis for agricultural purposes, provided the area to be served was within the CMWD on August 19, 1976. The words “agricultural purposes” shall mean the growing or raising, in conformity with recognized practices in husbandry, for the purposes of commerce, trade, or industry, or agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural products, and produced:
(1) For human consumption or for the market;
(2) For the feeding of fowl or livestock produced for human consumption or for the market;
(3) For the feeding of fowl or livestock for the purpose of obtaining their products for human consumption or for the market, such products to be grown or raised on a parcel of land having an area of not less than one acre utilized exclusively therefor; or
(4) For the feeding of fowl or livestock for the purpose of obtaining their products for human consumption or for the market, such products to be grown or raised on a parcel of land having an area of not less than five acres on which incidental domestic uses of water related to residency may also occur.
(B) Monthly water rates for agricultural purposes shall be set by ordinance of the city council. The agricultural rates shall be calculated to three decimal places by subtracting the agricultural subsidy rate from other metered water rates so that the total subsidy is passed on to agricultural users. The “agricultural subsidy” is defined as the “water for all other purposes” rate less the “agricultural water” rate as promulgated by CMWD.
(`64 Code, Sec. 33-47) (Ord. No. 1771, 2306, 2921)