For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. City of Zephyrhills’s Utilities Director or his or her designee.
APPLICANT. A potential customer or authorized agent of a potential customer.
APPLICATION. The written instrument by which a developer or a customer applies for potable water service of any sort.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The City Council or its designated representative.
AQUIFER. A groundwater bearing geologic formation, or formations, that contain enough saturated permeable material to yield significant quantities of water.
AT COST TO CITY. The city will furnish the installations and pay for same at current market price, and that the user will be charged for the item or items at the actual cost to the city plus an administrative cost together with connection fees and any additional costs incurred by the city.
AUTHORIZED PERSON. The City Manager or any person properly designated by the City Manager. All other persons shall be deemed to be unauthorized persons.
BACKFLOW. Flow of water or other liquid into the potable water distribution system from an unintended source.
BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY. A mechanical device designed to allow water to flow in only one direction.
BACKPRESSURE. Backflow caused when upstream water pressure beyond the service connection exceeds present water pressure within the distribution system.
BACKSIPHONAGE. Backflow caused by negative pressure in the water distribution system.
BOARD OF REVIEW. The City Council or its designated committee.
CITY. City of Zephyrhills’s Utilities Department and/or the governing body of the city.
CITY MANAGER. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee.
COMBINED WATER SYSTEM. System which provides both drinking water and water for fire protection.
COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY. As defined in 17-550 of the Florida Administrative Code, a public water supply which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
CONNECTION CHARGE. The charge established by the city for making the actual physical connection to the potable water systems.
CONSTRUCTION CONNECTION CHARGE. A charge payable to the city for a developer’s utilization of oversized facilities paid for by other parties, including the city.
CONSTRUCTION COST. The cost to a developer less the city’s oversizing cost, if any, described in this chapter for the design and construction of all facilities as required to serve the developer’s property and to connect to the city’s potable water system.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS. The engineer or engineering firm or corporation responsible for professional engineering services provided for an assignment.
COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or SS each in excess of ten parts per million by weight; toxic substances as limited in this code; or other polluting substances which may be limited in this chapter.
CROSS-CONNECTION. A physical connection or arrangement which could allow the movement of fluids between a potable water system and any other piping system, such as the reclaimed water system or a system of unknown quality. Cross-connections are classified as either high hazard or low hazard.
CURBSTOP. The valve installed at the point where the customer’s system or plumbing connects to the potable water service.
CUSTOMER or CONSUMER. Any person furnished potable water service by the city. A retail customer shall refer to the owner of the property served.
DEVELOPER. Any person developing a property for resale, rental, or lease at or to which potable water service is to be rendered by the city and who shall have the legal right to negotiate for such service; where applicable, any person applying for the extension of potable water mains in order to serve a certain property.
DEVELOPMENT. Any proposed change in land use which alters the demands for potable water service.
DISCONTINUATION OF SERVICE. Cessation of potable water service or an appropriate method to ensure that no service can be received.
DISTRIBUTION. Those mains installed within individual streets, developments, or subdivisions which deliver potable water from the transmission mains to the customer’s service connection.
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Piping system owned and operated by the water purveyor for the purpose of providing potable water to the community.
DOMESTIC USER. Any user of potable water not classified an industrial user.
DUAL CHECK DEVICE. A device composed of two single independently active check valves.
EFFLUENT. Sewage, water, or other liquid after some degree of treatment flowing out of any treatment device or facility.
FIRE SYSTEM. Water distribution system designed for the sole purpose of providing water for fire protection.
FOOD SERVICE FACILITY. Facilities that prepare and/or package food or beverages for sale or consumption, on- or off-site, with the exception of private residences. Food service facilities shall include, but not be limited to, food manufacturers, food packagers, restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, lounges, hospitals, nursing homes, churches, and nonpublic schools.
GROUNDWATER. All water beneath the surface of the ground.
GUARANTEE DEPOSIT. The amount placed with the city by each customer as security for payment of the potable water billing records.
HAIR SALONS. Facilities that deal with cosmetic treatments for men and women.
HAZARD, HEALTH. A cross-connection or potential cross-connection involving any substance that could, if introduced in the potable water supply, cause death, illness, spread disease, or have a high probability of causing such effects.
HAZARD, NONHEALTH. A cross-connection or potential cross-connection involving any substance that generally would not be a health hazard but would constitute a nuisance or be aesthetically objectionable, if introduced into the potable water supply.
INDUSTRIAL USER.
(1) Any user of reclaimed water identified in the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual of the United States Office of Management and Budget as amended and supplemented including, but not limited to, the following divisions:
(a) SIC Codes 0100 - 0999: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing.
(b) SIC Codes 1000 - 1499: Mining.
(c) SIC Codes 2000-3999: Manufacturing.
(d) SIC Codes 4000 - 4999: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary service.
(e) SIC Codes 7000 - 8999: Services.
(2) A user in the division listed may be excluded if it is determined that the user will introduce primarily segregated domestic waste or wastes from sanitary convenience.
LAUNDRY OR DRY CLEANING FACILITY. Facilities that provide laundry or dry cleaning service. A laundry or dry cleaning service is the activity of laundering, cleaning, dying, and pressing articles such as clothing, linens, bedding, towels, curtains, drapes, and rugs. It also includes incidental mending or repairing. The term applies to services operating their own cleaning establishments as well as those contracting with other laundry or dry cleaning services. It also includes pickup and delivery laundry services performed by persons operating in their independent capacity and not as an agent for another laundry or dry cleaning service.
LOT. Each individual lot in a mobile home park; each individual lot in a RV park; and each individual unit of a motel, hotel or apartment.
METER MEASUREMENT. The act of or result of determining the quantity of potable water supplied or being discharged by a user and determined by an instrument or device used for such measurements and approved by the Administrator or designee.
MULTIPLE. Three or more residential units. In the event multi-units are on a master meter, the account shall be the responsibility of, and in the name of, the real property owner.
MULTIPLE UNIT AREA. An area utilized for a high density of residential living; for example, an apartment complex, mobile home park, and travel park.
MUNICIPALITY. Any city, town, or village wholly or partly within the county.
NONPOTABLE WATER. Water which is not certified as fit for human consumption.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. The process and act of keeping all facilities for supplying potable water in normal operation and in good state of repair including the replacement of such facilities when necessary.
PET GROOMING FACILITY. Facilities where a pet may be bathed, brushed, clipped, or styled.
PLANNED EXTENSION. Future potable water extensions scheduled by the city with special provisions for payment thereof.
PLUMBING. All pipes, fittings, and appurtenances on the property owner’s side of the property line or outside easement areas. This includes the property owner’s extension from all service laterals up to and including the house plumbing.
PLUMBING OFFICIAL. The Building Official or other city employee designated by the City Manager and who administers and enforces the provisions of the Standard Plumbing Code. The Building Official shall enforce the provisions of the Standard Plumbing Code within the boundaries of the city.
POINT OF CONNECTION. A point of entry given by the city to a customer/developer for the customer’s/developer’s point of utility connection into the city’s collection, distribution, or transmission system; the point at which the customer/developer receives service.
POTABLE WATER. Water which has been treated, tested, and certified as fit for human consumption.
POTABLE WATER SYSTEM. Water distribution system designed for the sole purpose of providing drinking water.
PVC PIPE. Polyvinyl chloride pipe.
RESALE OF CITY WATER. Those persons, organizations or agencies engaged in the purchase or resale for profit of any potable water product obtained from the city potable water supply.
SERVICE AREA. That incorporated area of the city and those unincorporated areas of Pasco County as designated by the City Council which are serviced by a regional or sub-regional potable drinking water well or wastewater treatment facility owned or operated, in whole or in part, by the city where development is required to connect to the regional or sub-regional facility unless otherwise provided in this chapter or within the designating resolution and/or ordinance.
SERVICE COMMITMENT. The city’s intent to provide service to a particular development or facility as expressed by the city’s approval on a permit request to the State Department of Environmental Protection.
SERVICE COMMITMENT FEE. That fee established by the city for providing service commitments to developers in accordance with this chapter.
SERVICE LATERAL. The connection extending from the point of connection to the potable water main in the street or easement to a customer’s plumbing.
SURCHARGE. That part of the potable water service charge which shall be applied to cover added, extraordinary operation and maintenance costs.
SYSTEM. The entire potable water system of the city and all treatment and disposal facilities and pipelines owned or operated by the city and all systems connected thereto.
TESTING. The analysis of samples of potable water.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE. Any substance whether gaseous, liquid, or solid which constitutes a hazard to human beings or animals or inhibits aquatic life or creates a hazard to recreation.
TRANSMISSION MAINS. Those mains used to supply potable water from the potable drinking water wells or pumping station to the potable water distribution mains, respectfully.
TURF FACILITY. Any facility which has ten or more acres of landscaped area such as golf courses, parks, school grounds, and cemeteries.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water discharged in its original state or water discharged which, after use for any purpose, is at least equal chemically, physically, thermally, and biologically to the water from its original source; i.e. potable water, groundwater, river water, and stream water.
USER. Any person or premises receiving potable water services.
USER CHARGE. Charges assigned to each user which defray a proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance of the potable water system; often referred to as potable water service charge.
UTILITIES DIRECTOR. Administrator for the Utilities Services branch of the city.
WASTEWATER. A term interchangeable with SEWAGE/SEWER.
WATER PURVEYOR. Authority providing potable water to the community.
(Ord. 1386-19, passed 10-28-19)