As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An individual or agency applying for water service.
The Bureau of Water of the City.
Customers who are engaged in selling, warehousing or distributing
a commodity; the rendering of a service to the public, including nursing
homes, personal care homes and the like; providing professional services;
wholesale and retail stores; office buildings or offices; hotels;
clubs; lodges; associations; restaurants; warehouses; railroad and
bus stations; banks; laundries; dry cleaners; undertaking establishments;
garages; gasoline stations; theaters; bowling alleys; bars; grills;
taverns; retail bakeries; hospitals; schools; churches; religious
and charitable institutions; governmental agencies; not-for-profit
businesses or the like where the business activity is not primarily
involving the manufacturing or processing of a product. Included in
this classification are establishments where water service is provided
through one meter set to one or more dwelling units in a multifamily
residence or building, or through one meter set to a combination of
one or more dwelling units and one or more business premises. This
classification shall also include businesses operated from the home.
The provision of water to premises where the customer is
engaged in trade.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
The individual or agency contracting for a supply of water
to a property as hereinafter classified:
A building under one roof and occupied as one residence or business;
or
A combination of buildings in one enclosure and occupied by
one family or business; or
One side of a double house having a solid vertical partition
wall and occupied by one family or business; or
One side or part of a house occupied by more than one family
or business, even though the closet and other fixtures are used in
common; or
Each apartment, office or suite of offices located in a building
having several such apartments, offices or suites of offices and using
in common one hall and one or more means of entrance.
The date upon which a bill or notice is mailed, as evidenced
by postmark, or delivered personally to the customer.
The provision of water for household residential purposes,
including water for sprinkling lawns, gardens and shrubbery, watering
livestock, washing vehicles and other similar and customary purposes.
The provision of water for public and private fire protection.
A fixed periodic charge for an unmetered service.
The provision of water in unmeasured quantities.
Customers who are engaged in manufacturing or processing
which creates or changes raw materials or unfinished materials into
another form or product.
The provision of water to a customer for use in manufacturing
or processing activities.
The provision of water for commercial agricultural, floricultural
or horticultural use.
The extension of distribution pipelines, exclusive of service
connections, beyond existing facilities.
The distribution pipelines located in streets, highways,
public ways, alleys or private rights-of-way which are used to carry
water to serve the general public.
The provision of water in measured quantities.
The provision of water to a municipality or other public
body for other than fire protection purposes.
The integral property or area, including improvements thereon,
to which water service is or will be provided.
Water service provided exclusively for the purpose of fire
protection that is available to a specific customer only and not to
all customers nor to the general public, and that is provided through
automated sprinklers, fire hydrants or similar mechanisms.
Customers receiving the City's water service exclusively
to a single-family dwelling or building, or through one meter set
to three or fewer dwelling units in a multifamily residence or building.
Water service provided through one meter set to a combination of one
or more dwelling units and one or more business premises shall not
be considered service to a residential customer.
CUSTOMER'S SERVICE LINEThe connecting facilities from the utility's curb stop and curb box to a point of consumption.
UTILITY SERVICE LINEThe connecting facilities between the utility's distribution main and the customer's service line, in general consisting of a valve or corporation stop at the main, piping therefrom to the street curbline, terminating with a curb stop and curb box.
The entire body of effective rates, charges, rules and regulations,
as set forth in this chapter.
The provision of service for circuses, bazaars, fairs, construction
work, irrigation of vacant property and similar uses, that because
of their nature will not be used steadily or permanently.
