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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Quantity allowed” means the number of hundreds of cubic feet of water that may be consumed for the monthly minimum charge.

(2) “Overage” means the water that is consumed over the quantity allowed for each meter size in a month.

(3) “Low-income household” means a household in which the total annual income is below the very low-income level for the Seattle/Everett area as established and amended by survey from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(4) “Senior citizen” means a person 62 years of age or older.

(5) “Disabled person” means a person who qualifies for special parking privileges under RCW 46.16.381(1)(a) through (f), or a blind person as defined in RCW 74.18.020, or a person who qualifies for supplemental Social Security benefits due to a disability.

(6) “Inactive” means an account with less than 100 cubic feet of water consumption per month for one continuous billing period or more.

(7) “Customer” means the legal property owner at time of meter reading.

(8) “Account” means customer. (Ord. 1461 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2018; Ord. 1405 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2015; Ord. 1290 § 2, 2011; Ord. 1189 § 3, 2006; Ord. 994 § 1, 1996).