§ 13.04.005. Definitions.

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:

"Administrator" means the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

"Approving authority" means the city council of the city of Georgetown.

"Basic user charge" means the basic assessment levied on all users of the public water system.

"Capital improvement charge" means a charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct the water works.

"City" means the city of Georgetown.

Clarification of word usage: "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.

"Curb cock" means a shutoff valve attached to a water service pipe from a water main to a building installed near the curb, which may be operated by a valve key to start or stop flow in the water-supply lines of a building. Also called curb stop.

"Debt service charge" shall be the amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal and coverage of (loan, bond, etc.) outstanding.

"Director" means the director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

"Easement" means an acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.

"Federal act" means the Federal 1996 Safe Drinking Water Acts Amendments.

"Local capital cost charge" means charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance and replacement costs, i.e. debt service and capital improvement costs.

"Milligrams per liter" means a unit of the concentration of water constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water analysis.

"Ordinance" means this ordinance.

"Person" means any and all persons, natural or artificial including any individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.

"pH" means the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogenion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.

"ppm" means parts per million by weight.

"Replacement" means expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.

"Service box" means a valve box used with corporation or curb cock.

"State act" means the Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970.

"State loan" means the state of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of water works as provided for by the Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act and for making such loans as filed with the Secretary of State of the state of Illinois.

"Useful life" means the estimated period during which the water works will be operated.

"User charge" means a charge levied on users of water works for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement.

"Water fund" is the principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the water system.

"Water service charge" shall be the charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the water facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined in Article II and shall consist of the total of the basic user charge and the local capital cost if applicable.

(Ord. 790 (part), 2002)