For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEVELOPER. The person, business, corporation, or association responsible for the development of the subdivision or lot, and includes the property owner or subdivider.
DEVELOPMENT. Any human-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to construction of buildings or other structures, which results in demand for water or wastewater facilities and which requires connection to the city’s water or wastewater system.
LOT. A tract, plot, or portion of a subdivision, addition, or other parcel of land intended as a unit for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or possession, or for development.
OVERSIZE MAIN. A water or wastewater main required to interconnect property being developed with the existing water or wastewater system which exceeds the size of a standard water or wastewater main.
PRO RATA. A charge made against an existing lot abutting a water or wastewater main that is 6 inches or larger, that is the average per-foot cost of the line multiplied by the front footage of the land and that is imposed to reimburse the city or the original developer his or her cost of installing or paying for the main.
PROPERTY OWNER. The record title holder of the premises served with water or wastewater from a connection to the city’s water or wastewater system.
SUBDIVIDER. Has the meaning given that term in Chapter 155 of this code, the city’s subdivision regulations.
SUBDIVISION. Has the meaning given that term in Chapter 155 of this code.
(Ord. 458, passed 4-27-1999)