The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
(a) "Act" means the Safe Drinking water Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.
(b) "Contaminant" means any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter in water.
(c) "City" means the City of Stow, Ohio.
(d) "Director" means the Director of Public Service of the City of Stow.
(e) "Mayor" means the chief executive officer of the municipality as provided by the Charter of the City of Stow.
(f) "Person" means any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, partnership, copartnership, joint stock company, trust, association, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, the State of Ohio, the United States of America, or other legal entity, or their representatives, agents, or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
(g) "Public waterline" means a waterline provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the City of Stow.
(h) "User" means a person who receives water from a City waterline.
(i) "User charge" means the fee structure imposed by the City upon all persons served by the City water system.
(j) "Waterline" means the pipe through which water is distributed to users.
(k) "Water service connection" means the line running from the City waterline to the user's residence or business of which the portion from the waterline to and including the curb box shall be owned and maintained by the City and the portion from the curb box to the user's structure shall be owned and maintained by the user.
(l) "Water system" means all the facilities for the treating, pumping, storing and distribution of potable water. It shall not include plumbing inside buildings or the line running from a building to the curb box.
(Ord. 2001-161. Passed 10-25-01.)