(1) “Person” shall mean any domestic or foreign corporation, firm, association, syndicate, joint stock company, partnership of any kind, joint venture, club, Massachusetts business or common law trust, society, or individual.

(2) “City” shall mean the city of Cudahy.

(3) “Electrical corporation,” “gas corporation,” “telephone corporation,” and “water corporation” shall have the same meanings as are defined in Sections 218, 222, 234, and 241, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code of the state of California, as said sections existed on January 1, 1975. “Waste hauler” shall mean any person who provides waste collection and hauling services for which a franchise or license is required pursuant to CMC 5.08.720 or Chapter 8.12 CMC. “Electrical corporation,” “gas corporation,” and “water corporation” shall also be construed to include any municipality or government agency engaged in the selling or supplying of electrical power, gas, or water to a service user.

(4) “Tax administrator” shall mean the city manager or his or her designee.

(5) “Service supplier” shall mean any entity required to collect or self-impose and remit a tax imposed by this chapter.

(6) “Service user” shall mean any person required to pay a tax imposed by this chapter.

(7) “Month” shall mean a calendar month.

(8) “Telephone services” shall mean services which provide the privilege of telephone communication with substantially all persons having telephone stations which are part of such telephone system.

(9) “Nonutility supplier” shall mean a service supplier, other than an electrical corporation providing service within the city, which generates electrical energy for its own use or for sale to others. (Ord. 593-P § 1, 2004; Ord. 441 § 1. 2002 Code § 7-5.3).