“City” means the city of Lacey, Washington, or as indicated by the context, may mean the public works department, the city clerk, city engineer, or other city employee or agent representing the city in the discharge of his or her duties.

“City Council” means the city council of the city of Lacey.

“City engineer” means the city engineer of the city of Lacey or his/her designee.

“Director” means the director of the public works department for the city of Lacey or his/her designee.

“End User” means a person or entity that puts reclaimed water to one or more end uses. End users may include the city or a person or entity that receives reclaimed water from the city.

“End Uses” means the permissible beneficial uses for which reclaimed water may be used consistent with the standards and state reclaimed water permits including, but not limited to, commercial and industrial uses, irrigation, aquifer recharge, stream flow augmentation, water right mitigation, and environmental enhancement or mitigation. “End Uses” do not include use of reclaimed water for human consumption.

“General Agreement” means the general agreement between the LOTT Alliance, Thurston County, and the cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater for distribution and use of reclaimed water.

“LOTT: means the LOTT Alliance.

“Mains” means reclaimed water lines designed or used to serve more than one premises.

“Permits” means the state reclaimed water permits issued to LOTT under RCW 90.46.030 and 90.46.040, including but not limited to Permit No. ST 6159 issued on February 13, 2004, as the same may be amended, extended or renewed from time to time.

“Person,” “customer,” “owner,” “occupant,” or “agent” shall be held to include natural persons of either sex, associations, co-partnership’s and corporations whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee; the singular number shall be held to include the plural and the masculine pronoun to include the feminine.

“Premises” means a continuous tract of land, building or group of adjacent buildings under a single control with respect to use of water and responsibility for payment therefore. Subdivisions of such use or responsibility shall constitute a division into separate premises as defined in this section.

“Potable Water” means water that is not Reclaimed Water and that is supplied through the City’s municipal water system for human consumption.

“Reclaimed Water” means reclaimed water that meets State Class A criteria established in the Standards, as amended, and the definition set forth in RCW 90.46.010(4).

“Reclaimed Water Service Agreement” means the Reclaimed Water Contract between the City of Lacey and an end use customer, in substantially the form established under the Supply Agreement and approved by the Washington State Departments of Health and Ecology.

“Service connection” means that portion of the city reclaimed water supply system connecting the supply system on a premise to the city reclaimed water distribution main including the tap into the main, the water meter and appurtenances and the service line from the main to the meter and from the meter to the property line.

“Standards” means the water reclamation and reuse standards promulgated by the Washington State department of health and department of ecology, as amended.

“Standard or permanent mains” means mains conforming to the standard specifications of the city with respect to materials and minimum diameter.

“Standard specifications” means those standard specifications for public works construction which have been adopted by the Director.

“Substandard or temporary mains” means mains which do not conform to the standard specifications of the city with respect to materials and/or minimum diameter.

“Supply Agreement” means the agreement entered into between the city of Lacey and LOTT which provides for the terms of use of reclaimed water by the city. (Ord. 1294 §1, 2007).