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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:

DOMESTIC WATER. Water supplied through the pipes of the City water system.

UNIT OF SERVICE. Each separate occupancy, house, store or building so situated upon any lot within the City that the same might be or is now served by the City water system or, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, should be served separately from any other occupancy, house, residence, store or building upon the same lot, irrespective of the number of residences, houses, stores or buildings upon the lot, and even though two or more of the occupancies, residencies, houses, stores or buildings are held or owned by the same person. The determination of the Director of Public Works as to whether any house, occupancy, residence, store or building comes within the meaning of this chapter so as to require separate service connection, curb or alley stop box and curb- or alley-cock shall be final, except that the owner or occupants of the premises shall have the right to appeal from the decision to the City Council at a regular meeting. In event of any appeal being taken, the determination of Council shall be final. (Ord. 79, passed 12-13-1989. Code 1982 § 11-1-2. Code 2012 § 52.002.)