<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 42-2. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Agricultural/horticultural well</span> means a system for providing potable well water or groundwater, for the purposes
               of agriculture and residential, commercial, or industrial lawn care.
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               <span class="ital">Availability charge</span> means a county and/or municipal fee for water infrastructure maintenance.
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               <span class="ital">Board of commissioners</span> or <span class="ital">board</span> means the Catawba County Board of Commissioners.
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               <span class="ital">Capital improvement plan (CIP)</span> is a multi-year schedule, updated each year with the county's budget, for funding
               and constructing new water and sewer projects.
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               <span class="ital">Customer charge</span> means a fee for servicing customer accounts.
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               <span class="ital">Eligible refund</span> means that portion of the project cost qualified for reimbursement to the petitioner
               in accordance with this chapter.
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               <span class="ital">Engineering fee</span> means fees for engineering review and project observation for residential and commercial
               subdivision and development set in accordance with a schedule adopted by the board.
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               <span class="ital">Extension</span> means any water or waste water line segment which is necessary to connect water or
               waste water service to an existing water or waste water line.
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               <span class="ital">Extension permit</span> means the permit issued by the county and, where applicable, a municipality to allow
               and regulate the extension of water and/or waste water infrastructure.
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               <span class="ital">Force main</span> means a pressurized sewer pipe that conveys wastewater.
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               <span class="ital">Geothermal well</span> means a well used to provide water to a system which employs groundwater for the
               sole purpose of cooling and heating a structure.
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               <span class="ital">Gravity sewer</span> means a conduit using the energy resulting from the difference in elevation to remove
               sewage.
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               <span class="ital">Immediate family members</span> means direct lineal family members, including children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
               father, mother, grandmother, grandfather and respective spouses.
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               <span class="ital">Major subdivision</span> is defined in Catawba County's Unified Development Ordinance pertaining to subdivisions.
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               <span class="ital">Minor subdivision</span> is defined in Catawba County's Unified Development Ordinance pertaining to subdivisions.
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               <span class="ital">Nonresidential</span> means commercial, industrial, institutional, or agricultural land use.
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               <span class="ital">Petitioner</span> means the person applying for a water and/or waste water line extension or well and/or
               septic tank permit.
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               <span class="ital">Potable well</span> means groundwater which does not contain foreign materials exceeding the groundwater
               quality standards specified in the state administrative code.
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               <span class="ital">Private well water supply</span> means any water supply furnishing potable water to no more than two residences or
               one in-home business. For immediate family members, three connections may be permitted
               as a private well water supply.
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               <span class="ital">Public well system</span> means a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption
               if the system serves 15 or more service connections or regularly serves 25 or more
               individuals. The term includes the following:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facility under control of the
                  operator of such system and used primarily in connection with such system; and
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                  (2)
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                  Any collection or pretreatment storage facility not under the control of the operator
                  of the system which is used primarily in connection with such system.
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               <span class="ital">Revenue sharing line</span> means a water line or a waste water line owned and constructed by the county in agreement
               with a municipality as specified in Article IV.
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               <span class="ital">Revolving loan line</span> means a water line or waste water line outside constructed through the county program,
               offering low interest loans to fund extensions of utility services within the county
               as specified in Article IV.
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               <span class="ital">Semipublic well system</span> means a water supply that provides water for the purpose of human consumption for
               three to 14 service connections and less than 25 people that does not meet the definition
               for a public water system.
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               <span class="ital">Served by water</span> means the water line is adjacent to the property and no municipal/county water-line
               extensions are required to get to the property.
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               <span class="ital">Sewer</span> means waste water.
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               <span class="ital">Subdivision</span> is any division of land as defined by the county's unified development ordinance.
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               <span class="ital">System development fee</span> means an upfront fee charged by the water and sewer utility as calculated in compliance
               with G.S. 153A-277(a2).
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               <span class="ital">User fee</span> means a municipal fee for water consumption that incorporates infrastructure maintenance
               and the cost to produce potable water.
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               <span class="ital">Utility investment advisory committee (UIAC)</span> means a standing committee for the purpose of vetting and recommending a county-wide
               multi-year water and sewer investment plan to the board. The committee shall have
               no legal responsibilities and is formed to advise the board. It cannot compel the
               Board to act on its recommendations.
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               <span class="ital">Volume charge</span> means a municipal fee based on water consumption.
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               <span class="ital">Waste water</span> means sewer.
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               <span class="ital">Waste water improvement</span> means any improvement made to existing waste water infrastructure.
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               <span class="ital">Waste water infrastructure</span> means any plant, storage facility, pump station, line, meter or related materials
               and equipment for the collection and treatment of waste water.
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               <span class="ital">Waste water line</span> means a pipe which transmits waste water from consumers to waste water treatment
               facilities.
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               <span class="ital">Waste water main</span> means any waste water line serving an area sized and located so that additional service
               connections, beyond the limits of any associated development can be made without lowering
               the level of service.
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               <span class="ital">Waste water tap fee</span> means a municipal fee for connecting waste water service to a waste water main or
               waste water line.
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               <span class="ital">Water improvement</span> means any improvement made to existing water infrastructure.
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               <span class="ital">Water infrastructure</span> means any plant, storage facility, line, meter or related materials and equipment
               for the delivery of safe drinking water to consumers.
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               <span class="ital">Water line</span> means a pipe which transmits water to users and connects to individual water meters.
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               <span class="ital">Water main</span> means any water line serving an area sized and located so that additional service
               connections beyond the limits of any associated development can be made without lowering
               the level of service.
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               <span class="ital">Water tap fee</span> means a municipal fee for connecting water service to a water main or water line.
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               (Ord. No. 2006-07, 6-15-2006; Ord. No. 2017-11, 9-18-2017; Ord. No. 2020-17, 10-19-2020)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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