04 N.C. Admin. Code 11 R18-02 - DEFINITIONS
(a) Apartment. A
building containing multiple residential dwelling units. For the purposes of
these Rules, townhouses, row houses, and/or condominiums shall be considered
apartments.
(b) Apartment complex.
Premises where one or more buildings under common ownership comprising 15 or
more apartments are available for rental to lessees.
(c) Contiguous dwelling units. An apartment
complex or manufactured home park located on property that is not separated by
property owned by others. Property will be considered contiguous even if
intersected by a public thoroughfare if, absent the thoroughfare, the property
would be contiguous.
(d) Dwelling
unit. A house, mobile home, apartment, building, or other structure used for
residential purposes.
(e) Leased
premises. A house, mobile home, apartment, building, or any combination thereof
which are leased for residential purposes.
(f) Lessee. A person who leases a dwelling
unit from the lessor.
(g) Lessor. A
person, entity, corporation, or agency who owns 15 or more dwelling units which
are available for lease. The lessor is also known as the landlord.
(h) Manufactured home park. Premises where a
combination of 15 or more manufactured homes, as defined in
G.S.
143-145(7), or spaces for
manufactured homes, are rented to or are available for rental to
lessees.
(i) Provider. The lessor
purchasing water or sewer utility service from a supplier and charging for the
costs of providing the service or services to lessees. The provider shall be
the owner of the residential premises served.
(j) Single-family dwelling. An individual,
freestanding, unattached dwelling unit, typically built on a lot larger than
the structure itself, resulting in an area surrounding the house known as a
yard, which is rented or available for rental as a residence.
(k) Supplier. A public utility or an agency
or organization exempted from regulation from which a provider purchases water
or sewer service.
(l) Supplier's
base charge. The fixed charge imposed by the supplier for providing water and
sewer utility service to the provider. This charge may include charges related
to the provision of utility service such as the cost of meter reading, billing,
and collecting, but may not include charges not related to the provision of
utility service, such as stormwater fees, trash collection, or property
taxes.
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