§ 6-4-2. DEFINITIONS.

Unless a different definition is expressly provided, in this chapter:

(1)

ACTION OF THE UTILITY means an action taken by Austin Water Utility pursuant to this chapter.

(2)

AQUATIC LIFE means a vertebrate organism dependent upon an aquatic environment to sustain its life.

(3)

AUXILIARY WATER means a water supply from a source other than Austin Water Utility's potable water supply.

(4)

AWU AUTHORIZED IRRIGATION INSPECTOR means an Irrigation Inspector licensed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality who has in addition both passed a director-approved class in landscape irrigation and has been awarded Austin Water Utility (AWU) Authorized Irrigation Inspector status in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(5)

COMMERCIAL FACILITY means a site with five or more dwelling units, or a municipal, business, or industrial building and the associated landscaping, but does not include the fairways, greens, or tees of a golf course.

(6)

COMMERCIAL NURSERY means a facility where plant nursery stock, trees, seedlings, turf, shrubs, flowers, herbs, crops or other plant materials are cultivated, grown, stored, or maintained prior to retail consumer, installer, or reseller purchase, use, consumption, or installation of the materials at any location other than the commercial nursery.

(7)

COMMON AREA means an area held, designed, or designated for the common use of the owners or occupants of a townhouse project, planned unit development, apartment, condominium, mobile home park, or subdivision.

(8)

COSMETIC POWER WASHING means treatment or cleaning of a surface with specialized equipment that uses a spray of or directed water for the cosmetic cleaning of buildings, vehicles or other mobile equipment, or outdoor surfaces. It does not include industrial cleaning, cleaning associated with manufacturing activities, hazardous or toxic waste cleaning, or cleaning necessary to remove graffiti.

(9)

DESIGNATED OUTDOOR WATER USE DAY means the day during which a person is permitted to irrigate outdoors as prescribed in Section 6-4-13(E) ( Water Conservation Guidelines ).

(10)

DIRECTOR means the Director of the Austin Water Utility and includes a person the Director has designated to administer or perform any task, duty, function, role, or action related to this Chapter or on behalf of the Director.

(11)

DRIP IRRIGATION means a method of irrigation which is typically installed below ground and consists of porous piping that allows the application of water at a slow and constant rate.

(12)

DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN means a strategy or combination of strategies for temporary supply management and demand management responses to temporary and potentially recurring water supply shortages and other water supply emergencies required by Texas Administrative Code Title 30, Chapter 288, Subchapter B.

(13)

FOUNDATION WATERING means an application of water to the soils directly abutting the foundation of a building, structure, or improvement on land.

(14)

HOSE-END SPRINKLER means an above-ground water distribution device that may be attached to a garden hose.

(15)

MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY means property containing five or more dwelling units.

(16)

GOVERNMENT PROPERTY means property owned or operated by a federal, state, or local governmental unit, entity, agency, or subdivision for a public purpose.

(17)

NEW LANDSCAPE means vegetation:

(a)

installed at the time of the construction of a residential or commercial facility;

(b)

installed as part of a governmental entity's capital improvement project;

(c)

installed to stabilize an area disturbed by construction; or

(d)

that alters more than 500 contiguous square feet of an existing landscape.

(18)

ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAIN means an artificially created structure from which a jet, stream, or flow of water emanates and is not utilized for the preservation of aquatic life.

(19)

PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IRRIGATION SYSTEM means a custom- made, site-specific system of delivering water generally for landscape irrigation via a system of pipes or other conduits installed below ground. These systems may integrate or utilize PVC pipe for water distribution.

(20)

PERSON means any natural person or legal entity such as an individual, business, partnership, association, firm, corporation, governmental, or other natural, business, or legal entity that receives, requests, manages, uses, maintains, or is responsible for water utility service at a service address, whether or not the person or entity is a customer or account holder of the Austin Water Utility.

(21)

PREMISE means the outdoor area of property not enclosed by fencing or walls or containing living areas, or areas for storing vehicles or other motorized equipment.

(22)

RECLAIMED WATER means reclaimed municipal wastewater that is under the direct control of the City treatment plants, satellite facilities, or a treatment plant with which the City contracts, and that has been treated to a quality that meets or exceeds the minimum standards of the 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 210.

(23)

RESIDENTIAL FACILITY means a site with four or fewer dwelling units.

(24)

SOAKER HOSE means a perforated or permeable garden-type hose or pipe that is laid above ground that provides irrigation at a slow and constant rate.

(25)

TEMPORARILY INSTALLED IRRIGATION SYSTEM means a universally-applicable above ground irrigation system that commonly uses a flexible hose or hardened pipe to deliver water to a moveable water distribution device.

(26)

THE UTILITY means the Austin Water Utility.

(27)

VEHICLE WASH FACILITY means a permanently-located business that washes vehicles or other mobile equipment with water or water-based products, including but not limited to self-service car washes, full service car washes, roll-over/in-bay style car washes, and facilities managing vehicle fleets or vehicle inventory.

(28)

XERISCAPE means a landscape which employs certain principles of design and installation which conserve water and energy and where the plant material, at mature growth, will provide, minimally, 50% of the new landscape's areal coverage. The plant material must consist of plants taken from a plant list provided by Austin Water Utility and identified as very low water usage and low water usage plants. The plant list may be amended as needed.

Source: Ord. 20120816-004; Ord. No. 20160505-003, Pt. 2, 5-16-16 .