§ 13.07.010. Definitions.

"City" refers to the city of Arroyo Grande.

"Customer" shall refer to any account customer of the city of Arroyo Grande water department as well as to any consumer of city water who may not be a city of Arroyo Grande water department account customer.

"Director" refers to the city of Arroyo Grande Public Works Director or his or her designee.

"Historical use" refers to the establishment of a baseline amount of water that is equal to the amount of water used in the same billing period for a specifically identified previous year, and which will subject the customer to mandatory financial penalties if specified percentages of water savings are not met, as further set forth in a resolution adopted by the city council.

"Household allocation" refers to the establishment of a water allocation amount, to be established by resolution of the city council, and which allocation amount, if exceeded, is subject to mandatory financial penalties that escalate based upon the level of water use and as further set forth in the resolution.

"Triggering conditions" refers to specified water supply conditions that may result in declaring a water shortage emergency stage of action.

"Water" refers to water produced and served by the city of Arroyo Grande water department.

"Water department" refers to the city of Arroyo Grande Public Works Department Utilities Division.

(Ord. No. 682, § 1, 2-14-2017)