A. "Applicant" means any prospective consumer applying for water service;

B. "Charter" means the Charter of the city as amended and in force and effect on the date of passage of the ordinance codified in this section;

C. "City" means the city of Petaluma, a municipal corporation organized and existing under its Charter and the Constitution of the state of California;

D. "Consumer" means any person, firm, company, corporation, partnership, association, the city, any public corporation, political subdivision, city, county, district, the state of California or the United States of America, or any department or agency of any thereof, billed for water furnished by the water system. The singular in each use shall include the plural;

E. "Council" means the council of the city provided for in the Charter;

F. "Date of presentation" means the date upon which a bill or notice is mailed or delivered personally to a consumer;

G. "Domestic service," "commercial service," "industrial service" and "metered service," mean the furnishing of water for household residential purposes, including water used for sprinkling lawns, gardens and shrubbery, for watering livestock, for washing vehicles and for other similar and customary purposes. "Commercial service" means the furnishing of water to premises where the consumer is engaged in a trade. "Industrial service" means the furnishing of water to premises for use by a consumer in manufacturing or processing activities. "Metered service" means the furnishing of water by measured quantities;

H. "Main extension" means the extension of water distribution pipelines, including service connections, beyond existing facilities;

I. "Manager" means the manager of the water department or other person designated by the council to perform the services or make the determinations permitted or required under this chapter to be made by the manager;

J. "Premises" means any lot, piece or parcel of land, or any building or other structure or any part of any building or structure having a connection with the water system;

K. "Water" means water furnished through the water system;

L. A "water benefit district" is a land area that is served by a major reinforcing water main, the reinforcing main being connected to submains which form a secondary water distribution grid system, thus benefiting such land area. (Such area to exclude existing streets, highways and public ways.);

M. "Water department" means the water department of the city hereinafter provided for;

N. "Water service" means the services, facilities and water furnished or available to premises by the water system;

O. "Water system" means the enterprise described in the following measure, together with such additions or improvements thereto as may be made from time to time:

"MEASURE (A): Shall the City of Petaluma issue revenue bonds in the principal amount of $3,300,000, pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, to provide funds for the acquisition, construction, improvement and financing of the following enterprise, to wit: A water system for the supply, treatment, storage, transmission and distribution of water, including lands, easements, reservoirs, water rights, water tanks, water mains, wells, pumps, pumping equipment, meters, fire hydrants, storage, treatment, transmission and distribution facilities, and other works, properties or structures necessary or convenient for a municipal water system for the City of Petaluma?" which such measure was duly approved by the voters of the city at a special revenue bond election duly called and held in the city on April 28, 1959.