§ 3.14.020 — Definitions

3.14.020 - Definitions.

Except where the context requires otherwise, the definitions given in this section govern the construction of this chapter. Consumer Price Index means the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario California Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. Individual service means the service of a particular utility which is provided to one service user on one premises, whether provided through multiple metering devices or not. Month means a calendar month. Person means any domestic or foreign corporation, firm, association, syndicate, joint stock company, partnership of any kind, joint venture, club, Massachusetts business or common-law trust, society, individual or municipal corporation. Service supplier means a person required to collect and remit a tax imposed by this chapter. Service user means a person required to pay a tax imposed by this chapter. Tax Administrator means the Finance Director of the City. Telephone corporation, electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation and cable television corporation shall have the same meanings as defined in the Public Utilities Code §§ 234, 218, 222, 241 and 215.5, respectively, of the State, as said sections existed on January 1, 1970. "Electrical corporation" and "water corporation" include any municipality or franchised agency engaged in the selling or supplying of electrical power or water to a service user.

(Ord. 5049 § 1, 1982; Ord. 4274 § 1, 1976; Ord. 3940 § 1, 1972; Ord. 3720 § 1, 1970; Ord. 7459 § 6, 2019)