Chapter 13.50
UTILITY DEFINITIONS

Sections:

13.50.010    Utility definitions – Applicability.

13.50.010 Utility definitions – Applicability.

The abbreviations DU, DUE, and EDU are used interchangeably in this title. For purposes of this title, the following mean:

“Dwelling unit (DU)” means a separate residential unit with kitchen, bed and bathroom facilities including those in multiple dwellings, apartments, motels, hotels, mobile homes or trailers. Where allowed by zoning regulations, a dwelling unit shall also include an ancillary dwelling unit located on the same lot, when such ancillary dwelling unit does not exceed 1,000 square feet in gross floor area.

“Dwelling unit equivalent; equivalent dwelling unit (DUE or EDU)” means a nonresidential unit which is deemed equivalent to a dwelling unit as provided herein or as provided in the State Plumbing Code.

“Equivalent service unit (ESU)” means a measurement unit based on the impervious surface area of an average improved single dwelling lot or parcel, determined by a statistically significant sampling of such parcels. One equivalent service unit shall be deemed to be 2,640 square feet of impervious surface. [Ord. 902 § 1, 2008.]