§ 276-3. Definitions.

Whenever the following words, clauses or terms are used in this chapter, they shall be construed to mean and shall have the meanings herein defined, unless otherwise specifically stated:

CORPORATION COCK

A valve installed at a water main to control the flow of water in a water service connection.

CURB BOX

A vertical pipe at a curb to permit the operation of a curb stop valve.

CURB STOP VALVE

A valve installed at the curb end of a water service connection.

CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE

The length of pipe, lying generally outside the street right-of-way, which connects the curb box to the building to be served with water.

DEPARTMENT

The Water Department of the Borough of Netcong.

DWELLING UNIT

A building or portion thereof designed for residential occupancy by a single family.

FIRE STANDBY SERVICE

A service connection that terminates in a privately owned hydrant and/or in an internally installed sprinkler system and which is not in any way connected to any fixtures other than those designed for fire protection. Where any service connection shall serve two or more sprinklered buildings, the system in each building shall be considered a separate fire standby service.

MAIN or MAINS

Either in the singular or plural, all pipes, other than pipes forming part of service connections, used for conveying water to or distributing water in the borough.

OWNER

Any person, persons, corporation, partnership or association owning, or any mortgagee in possession of, any property or premises which is or can be respectively supplied with water, or his or her agent.

PERSON

Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation or any group of two or more of them.

QUARTER

Any period of consecutive days equal in time to three months or 1/4 of a year. A quarter need not be three calendar months nor a calendar quarter.

SERVICE CONNECTION

A pipe or pipes connected to the main and extending into privately or publicly owned property or premises for supplying water thereto.

TAPPING or MAKING A TAP

The physical act of breaking into a main to install a service connection.

WATER METER

A device for measuring the quantity of water passing through a pipe at a given location.

WATER TAP INSTALLATION

The curb box and the portion of the service connection which connects the box to the main and lies generally within the street right-of-way.