Chapter 13.10
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
13.10.010 Definitions.
“Administrator” shall mean the director of public works or his/her authorized designee.
“Applicant” shall mean a person or entity, including his successors and assigns, representing the property owner and formally asking for utility services or approval from the administrator of this title.
“Approved air gap” means a physical separation between the free-flowing end of a potable water supply pipeline and the overflow rim of an open or nonpressurized receiving vessel.
To be an air gap approved by DOH, the separation must be at least:
(a) Twice the diameter of the supply piping measured vertically from the overflow rim of the receiving vessel, and in no case be less than one inch, when unaffected by vertical surfaces (sidewalls); and
(b) Three times the diameter of the supply piping, if the horizontal distance between the supply pipe and a vertical surface (sidewall) is less than or equal to three times the diameter of the supply pipe, or if the horizontal distance between the supply pipe and intersecting vertical surfaces (sidewalls) is less than or equal to four times the diameter of the supply pipe and in no case less than one and one-half inches.
“Approved atmospheric vacuum breaker (AVB)” means an AVB of make, model and size that is approved by DOH according to WAC 246-290-010.
“Approved backflow prevention assembly” shall mean a reduced pressure backflow assembly (RPBA), reduced pressure detector assembly (RPDA), double check valve assembly (DCVA), double check detector assembly (DCDA), pressure vacuum breaker assembly (PVBA), or spill resistant vacuum breaker assembly (SVBA) of make, model and size that is approved by the State Department of Health (DOH). Assemblies that appear on the current approved backflow prevention assemblies list developed by the University of Southern California Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research or other entity acceptable to DOH are considered approved by DOH.
“Backflow assembly tester (BAT)” means a person holding a valid BAT certificate issued under Chapter 246-292 WAC.
“Board” shall mean the Lewis County board of county commissioners.
“Building sewer” shall mean the portion of the sewer line beginning two feet outside the outer foundation wall of the structure and extending to the edge of the right-of-way with no common sewers discharging into it. The building sewer is owned and maintained by the property owner.
“Building sewer permit” shall mean a permit issued by the county to monitor and to control work on sanitary side sewers to assure it is performed to specific and general standards.
“Commercial” shall mean any nonresidential customer who engages in business activities or combination of business and residential activities if combined through a single service meter.
“Connection” shall mean any physical connection to the utility water system by any water service or any private water system, or any pipeline extension.
“Contractor” shall mean a person, partnership, firm, corporation or joint venture contracting with the applicant to prescribed work for the applicant.
“Cost” shall mean the cost of labor, material, transportation, supervision, engineering, administration and all other necessary overhead expenses.
“County” shall mean Lewis County, Washington.
“Cross-connection” shall mean any actual or potential physical connection between a public water system or the consumer’s water system and any source of nonpotable liquid, solid or gas that could contaminate the potable water system by backflow.
“Cross-connection control program (CCCP)” shall mean the administrative and technical procedures the utility division implements to protect the public water system from contamination via cross-connections as required in WAC 246-290-490.
“Cross-connection control specialist (CCS)” shall mean a person holding a valid CCS certificate issued under Chapter 246-292 WAC.
“Customer” shall mean any person, entity, including but not limited to an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability entity, tribe, political subdivision, municipal corporation, state entity, federal entity or other entity, obtaining or using water service from the water system of the utility.
“Department” shall mean the department of public works of Lewis County.
“Department of Health (DOH)” shall mean the State Department of Health.
“Department of Transportation (WSDOT)” shall mean the State Department of Transportation.
“Design or construction standards” shall mean design guidance adopted by the county or approved by the Lewis County engineer.
“Director” shall mean the director of public works or his/her authorized designee.
“Easement” shall mean the right granted by a property owner to another to make lawful and beneficial use of a defined area of the owner’s property for a specific purpose created through an approved agreement.
“Ecology” shall mean the State Department of Ecology.
“Engineer” shall mean a professional engineer licensed by the state of Washington in civil engineering.
“Equivalent residential unit (ERU)” shall mean the unit used to calculate water or sewer consumption by a typical full-time single-family residence.
“Income” shall mean any gross income as defined in Section 61(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as now in effect or hereafter amended. Gross income being described as all income from whatever source derived including but not limited to the amount of money earned before deducting for taxes, insurance, and other deductions, including income from Social Security retirement and disability, federal civil service, pensions, wages, salaries, self-employment, rental property, disability, alimony, child support, interest income and dividends, public assistance payments, unemployment compensation, trust or estate income, and retirement benefits.
“Industrial” shall be as defined in Chapter 17.10 LCC.
“Interceptor” shall mean a sewer pipe receiving flow from a number of main or trunk sewers, and force mains.
“Latecomer” shall mean any person who was not an original participant in the construction of a water or sewer system improvement or extension, and who later requests service using or benefiting from such water or sewer system improvement or extension.
“LCC” shall mean Lewis County Code.
”Local improvement district (LID)” shall mean a public improvement provided to a specific area that is specially benefited and paid by a special assessment of a defined set of property owners benefiting from the improvement as governed by the applicable state statutes and regulations and local ordinances.
“Low-income senior citizen residential customer” shall mean a person who is a residential customer 62 years of age or older and whose total income, including that of the spouse or co-tenant of the utility account holder, does not exceed the low-income figure for community development block grant (CDBG) projects in accordance with the utility division’s policy.
“Low-income totally disabled residential customer” shall mean a person who is a residential customer classified as totally disabled by the Social Security Administration and whose total income, including that of the spouse or co-tenant of the utility account holder, does not exceed the low-income figure for community development block grant (CDBG) projects in accordance with the utility division’s policy.
“Multiple dwelling” shall mean a dwelling which is either rented, leased, let or hired out, to be occupied, or is occupied as the residence or home of two or more families living independently of each other, including but not limited to residential duplexes, apartment buildings, condominiums, mobile home parks, trailer courts or similar types of multiple dwelling arrangements.
“Parcel” shall be as defined in Chapter 17.10 LCC.
“Private sewer” shall mean any portion of the sewer conveyance system or lines connected thereto, located on private property where no easements are granted to the county. Maintenance of a private sewer will be the responsibility of the property owner(s).
“Private utility system” shall mean any water or sewer system which is not part of the utility system described in this title.
“Private water” shall mean any portion of the water system not owned or managed by the utility division or not defined as public water.
“Property owner” shall mean the fee owner, as determined by the records of the county auditor, except that with respect to property being sold under a real estate contract it means the contract purchaser, with respect to property subject to a deed of trust it means the grantor, and with respect to mortgaged property it means the mortgagor.
“Public sewer” shall mean the portion of the sanitary sewer located within the public right-of-way or easements that are owned, operated and maintained by the county.
“Public water” shall mean any system providing water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, excluding a system serving only one single-family residence and a system with four or fewer connections all of which service residences on the same farm; as further defined in WAC 246-290-020 and RCW 70.119.020.
“Residential service” shall mean water or sewer service to a single-family or multiple dwelling using water for domestic use.
“Service area” shall mean the specific area or areas a water or sewer system currently serves and where it plans to provide water or sewer service as delineated in Lewis County’s water and sewer general plan adopted under Chapter 36.94 RCW. This may be comprised of the existing service area, retail service area, future service area, and include areas where water is provided to other public water systems.
“Sewage” shall mean water carrying waste discharged from sanitary facilities.
“Sewer lateral” shall mean the section of the sanitary sewer line extending from the utility’s main to the edge of the public right-of-way.
“Sewer main or trunk” shall mean a sewer pipe that received flow from one or more sewer laterals.
“Sewerage” shall mean a system of sewers.
“Sewerage and/or water general plan” shall mean the water system plan that is required and approved by DOH according to WAC 246-290-100, and the sewer system plan that is required and approved by Ecology according to WAC 173-240-050 and 173-240-060. These plans must also be adopted into the Lewis County comprehensive plan.
“Side sewer” shall mean the same as “sewer lateral.”
“Standard plans” shall mean the most recent Lewis County development standard detail plans approved in LCC Titles 13 and 15 as administered by the department of public works.
“Standard specifications” shall mean the most recent edition of the Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, as published by the Washington State Department of Transportation, and the Washington State Chapter of the APWA Standard Plans for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, and any amendments.
“Utility” shall mean the water and sewer systems owned or managed by the utility division.
“Utility division” shall mean the utility division within Lewis County public works.
“Utility local improvement district (ULID)” shall mean a public utility improvement provided to a specific area that is specially benefited and paid by a special assessment of a defined set of property owners benefiting from the improvement. The difference between an LID and a ULID is that utility revenues are pledged to the repayment of the ULID debt along with the assessments on the benefited properties.
“Utility review committee” shall mean a committee created by the board of county commissioners pursuant to LCC 13.20.030.
“Water service installation” shall mean that portion of a public water line from a water main or stub line of a water main to the water meter of the customer to be served. A water service installation consists of a saddle, corporation stop, water services line, meter setter, meter, meter box, and appurtenances required to furnish water service.
“Water system plan” shall mean a water system plan prepared to include the operational, technical, managerial and financial capability to address present and future needs consistent with applicable, relevant land use plans that is approved by DOH per WAC 246-290-100. [Ord. 1265 Att. A, 2016]