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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="25-401" title_number="25" title_name="Rates and Charges" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="System Development Charge">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Apartment unit” means a single family housing unit that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is one of multiple units within a building;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contains at least one full bath and one full kitchen; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>does not contain more than two toilets.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Fixture unit” means the assigned value for a plumbing fixture or group of plumbing fixtures, as set forth in the Commission’s plumbing and gas fitting regulations, that is standardized with a common lavatory having an assigned value of one based on its probable discharge into the drainage system or hydraulic demand on the water supply.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“New service” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a first time connection of a property to the Commission water or sewer system, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a direct connection of an improvement or building; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a connection of the improvement or building through an existing on–site system; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a new connection or increased water meter size for a property previously or currently served by the Commission if the new connection or increased meter size is needed because of a change in the use of the property or an increase in demand for service at the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Property” means an improvement or a building on a lot or parcel of land that contains plumbing fixtures.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Toilet” means a water closet, as set forth in the Commission’s plumbing and gas fitting regulations.</text>
  </level>
</section>
