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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-11 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-11" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In &lt;cite data-path="|24"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Applicant.">“Applicant” means a customer who applies for the Water-for-All Discount Program.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Authorized representative.">“Authorized representative” means a person who has been designated in writing by the applicant or recipient to act on behalf of the applicant or recipient.  The writing need not be notarized.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Customer.">“Customer” means:<para num="(1)">the owner or tenant of a property who receives or is requesting to receive water or wastewater services from the Department; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">that owner’s or tenant’s authorized representative.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Department; DPW.">“Department” or “DPW” means the Department of Public Works.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Director; DPW Director.">“Director” or “DPW Director” means the Director of the Department of Public Works or the Director’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Eligible residential- or tenant-water-utility customer.">“Eligible residential-water-utility customer” and “eligible tenant-water-utility customer” mean a customer who is eligible for the  Water-for-All Discount Program.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Household.">“Household” means an individual or group of individuals who are living together as one unit and for whom water and wastewater services are purchased in common.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Recipient.">“Recipient” means a person who is eligible for and enrolled in the Water-for-All Discount Program.</para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Residential-water-utility customer.">“Residential-water-utility customer” means a customer:<para num="(1)">who owns and occupies real property as his or her principal residence;</para>
      <para num="(2)">whose name appears on Department records or who is a legal heir to a person whose name appears on Department records; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">who is responsible for payment of the cost of water or wastewater services at that residence.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Tenant.">“Tenant” means an individual who is renting or leasing real property as his or her principal residence.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Tenant-water-utility customer.">“Tenant-water-utility customer” means a customer who is a tenant and who can verify that he or she pays a landlord, separate from the fixed periodic rent, an amount for water or wastewater services provided to his or her principal residence.</para>
    <para num="(m)" heading="Unused credit.">“Unused credit” means any portion of a Water-for-All Credit not applied to the recipient’s water and wastewater bill or sent to the recipient prior to cut-off of service.</para>
    <para num="(n)" heading="Water-for-All Credit.">“Water-for-All Credit” means the total credit towards the cost of water or wastewater services for a household that a customer is eligible to receive from the Water-for-All Discount Program for the calendar year, as determined on review of the customer’s application.</para>
    <para num="(o)" heading="Water-for-All Discount Program; Program.">“Water-for-All Discount Program” or “Program” means the Water-for-All Discount Program established under &lt;cite data-path="|24"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-476</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-336</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
