§ 735.01. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this Article shall, for the purposes of this Article, have the following respective meanings:

(a)

Person means individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, corporations and combinations thereof of whatever form or character.

(b)

Public utility service means all services and tangible personal property purchased within this City from a seller, as hereinafter in this section defined, namely, telephone service; electric service; gas service, including bottled or liquid gas, if the seller thereof is classified as a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the State Public Service Commission; water service and sanitary sewer service, if purchased, used or consumed within the corporate limits of this City.

(c)

Purchaser means every person who purchases, uses or consumes a public utility service.

(d)

Seller means every person, whether a public service corporation, a city or private corporation, classified as a public utility and subject to the jurisdiction of the State Public Service Commission, who sells, furnishes or supplies a public utility service.

(e)

User means the owner or tenant of private residential property or the owner or tenant of property used for commercial or industrial purposes and every combination thereof, of every kind or description.

(Code 1991, § 735.01; Ord. of 10-1-1990)