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DEFINITIONS

Part of the Code of Ordinances of Jamestown, RI.

Local law · Updated April 21, 2025 · 1,225 sections

The text

The word "commission" as used herein is the board of water and sewer commissioners of the Town of Jamestown, R. I.

"Customer" means any person, corporation, company, association, or partnership, which has an ownership interest in premises furnished water by the board of water and sewer commissioners.

"Premises" shall include, but shall not be restricted to: (a)

Each unit in a condominium as the same is defined in title 34, chapter 36.1, section 1.03, of the General Laws of Rhode Island;

(b)

Each unit physically separated from other units within a building or structure and having separate washroom, bathroom and/or cooking facilities;

(c)

Any structure having washroom, bathroom and/or kitchen facilities;

(d)

Any undeveloped property.

(e)

A wharf or pier.

"Rural water and sewer district" shall refer to all the land in the Town of Jamestown which is not contained within the urban water and sewer district as described below and further designated as the rural district on the urban and rural water and sewer district map, appendix A.

"Service pipe" means the water pipe that runs between the main and the customer's place of consumption, including fire lines.

"Sewer service connection" shall refer to a hard pipe attachment to a single structure on an individual lot with frontage on the right of way within which the public sewer main is located.

"Street" means any land, road or highway used by the public for purposes of travel by vehicles or any suitable easement granted through the board of water and sewer commissioners to provide water and/or sewer to two or more premises.

"Street main" means the water or sewer pipe normally maintained by the commission under any street.

"Undefined terms": Where any term, word or phrase utilized in these regulations is undefined and is defined in the zoning ordinance, such term, word or phrase shall be defined in accord with the zoning ordinance.

"Urban water and sewer district" shall refer to all the land in the Town of Jamestown bounded to the north by a line running east along the north property line of plat 8, lot 30, from the West Passage of Narragansett Bay extended to Arnold Avenue and continuing east on Arnold Avenue to North Road, then north on North Road to Whittier Road, then east on Whittier Road to Prudence Lane, then south on Prudence Lane to Bryer Avenue, then east on Bryer Avenue to Calvert Place, then north on Calvert Place to Mount Hope Avenue, then east on Mount Hope Avenue to Bayview Drive, then north on Bayview Drive to property line of plat 8, lot 645, to the East Passage of Narragansett Bay and bounded to the south by the water shut off at the Mackerel Cove Beach House, running east along Hamilton Avenue right of way and along the northern edge of plat 9, lots 827 and 324, extended east to the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay and further defined as that land which is encompassed within the area shown and designated as the Urban District on the Urban and Rural Water and Sewer District Map, appendix A. All reference to roadway boundaries is defined as the centerline of the roadway.

"Water Service" means the flow of water from the street main through the "service connection" and "service pipe" to and through the water meter and into the "customer's" interior piping system for consumption or use therein.

"Water service connection" means the water service pipe, excluding corporation cock, from the main to and including the curb stop adjacent to the street line or the customer's property line, and such other valves and fittings as the commission may require between the main and curb stop.

"Water or sewer extension" means the physical extension of any street main and/or the supply of municipal water or sewer to premises in excess of the number allowed as a matter of right by the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Jamestown, as the same may be amended from time to time.