HomeMy WebLinkAbout3824 ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~
AN ORDINANCE establishing rates and charges
for sanitary sewer service and repealing
Ordinance 3809.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. RATES AND CHARGES FOR SANITARY SEWER SERVICE.
A. The charges and rates for
sanitary sewer service shall be as
hereafter provided, and shall be
adequate to provide for the costs of
bond redemption, bond interest charges,
construction of new facilities, and
maintenance and operation of the city
sewer system.
B. Sewer service charges are payable from
the date the property is connected to the
sewer.
C. Sewer service charges will be levied
on the basis of water metered to or
wastewater metered from the premises.
D. Each sewer bill shall consist
of:
1.OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE CHARGES
AND RATES.
a. The minimum monthly charge for
operation and maintenance shall be as
follows:
CUSTOMER CLASS MINIMUM CHARGE
Single family 1.62/Account
Multi-family 0.53/Account
plus
1.09/Res.unit.
Commercial 1 0.53/Account
Commercial 2 0.53/Account
PSNS Rate defined in service contract
Jackson Park Rate defined in service contract
East Park Rate defined in service contract
KCSD#i Rate defined in service contract
The minimum monthly charge for residential
customers includes 200 cubic feet of
wastewater per residential unit.
b. The volumetric rate for operation and
maintenance shall be as follows:
CUSTOMER CLASS SEWER RATE
Single family 0.54/HCF
Multi-family 0.54/HCF
Commercial 1 0.54/HCF
Commercial 2 0.85/HCF
PSNS Rate defined in service contract
Jackson Park Rate defined in service contract
East Park Rate defined in service contract
KCSDgl Rate defined in service contract
For residential customers the volumetric
rate shall be applied to metered water
in excess of 200 cubic feet per month per
residential unit. In addition, the monthly
residential charges, during June through
November, shall not exceed the maximum
monthly charge for the preceding December
through May.
2. CAPITAL CHARGES AND RATES.
a. The fixed monthly charge for capital
costs shall be as follows:
CUSTOMER CLASS MONTHLY CHARGE
Single family 3.88/account
Multi-family 3.88/Res/unit
Commercial 1 3.88/account
Commercial 2 6.12/account
Minimum monthly charges shall include
200 cubic feet per month per account or
residential unit as applicable.
The fixed capital charge for customers
outside the corporate limits of the city
and KCSD#I shall be 1.15 times the
corresponding charges shown above.
b. The volumetric rates for capital
cost shall be as follows:
CUSTOMER CLASS SEWER RATE
Single family 1.94/HCF
Multi-family 1.94/HCF
Commercial 1 1.94/HCF
Commercial 2 3.06/HCF
Volumetric rates shall be applied to metered
water in excess of 200 cubic feet per month
per account or residential unit as
applicable.
The volumetric rates for customers
outside the corporate limits of the city and
KCSD#I shall be 1.15 times the applicable
rate shown above.
SECTION 2. CONNECTION CHARGES.
A. Connection charges shall be as follows:
1) Class A connections (sewers prior to 1/1/68)
a. Single family dwellings - Five hundred
eighty-six ($586.00) dollars per lateral service
connection including inspection and permit
fees;
b. Multiple family dwellings - Fifty-two
($52.00) dollars per residential unit but
not less than Five hundred eighty-six
dollars ($586.00) per lateral service
connection including inspection and permit
fees;
c. Commercial buildings - $.052 per square
foot of floor space but not less than Five
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hundred eighty-six dollars ($586.00) per
lateral service connection including
inspection and permit fees;
d. Unoccupied property - No charges.
2) Class B connections (Sewers after
12/31/67 )
a. Single family dwellings - Fourteen
dollars and ninety-four cents ($14.94) per
construction front foot of property fronting
on the sewer line but not less than five
hundred eighty-six dollars ($586.00) per
lateral service connection to the property;
b. Multiple family dwellings - Fourteen
dollars and ninety-four cents ($14.94) per
construction front foot of property fronting
on the sewer line or Fifty-two dollars
($52.00) per residential unit, whichever is
greater, but not less than Five hundred
eighty-six dollars ($586.00) per lateral
service connection to the property;
c. Commercial buildings - Fourteen dollars
and ninety-four cents ($14.94) per
construction front foot of property fronting
on the sewer line or $.052 per square foot
of floor space, whichever is greater, but
not less than Five hundred eighty-six
dollars ($586.00) per lateral service
connection to the property;
d. Unoccupied property - at the time that
structures requiring sanitary sewer service
are constructed on unoccupied property, the
construction charge which is in addition to
the late connection charge will be
determined as provided in subparagraph a, b
or c above.
3) Class C Connections (Waterfront sewers
after 12/31/67)
a. Single family dwellings - Thirty-eight
dollars and forty cents ($38.40) per
waterfront construction front foot but not
less than One thousand nine hundred twenty
dollars ($1,920.00) for the first lateral
connection and Five hundred eighty-six
dollars ($586.00) for each additional
lateral connection to the property;
b. Multiple family dwellings - Thirty-eight
dollars and forty cents ($38.40) per
waterfront construction front foot or One
hundred six dollars and seventy cents
($106.70) per residential unit, whichever is
greater, but not less than One thousand nine
hundred twenty dollars ($1,920.00) for the
first lateral connection and Five hundred
eighty-six dollars ($586.00) for each
additional lateral connection to the
property;
c. Commercial buildings - Thirty-eight
dollars and forty cents ($38.40) per
waterfront construction front foot or $.107
cents per square foot of floor space,
whichever is greater, but not less than One
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thousand nine hundred twenty dollars
($1,920.00) for the first lateral connection
and Five hundred eighty-six dollars
($586.00) for each additional lateral
connection to the property;
d. Unoccupied property - At the time that
structures requiring sanitary sewer service
are constructed on unoccupied property, the
construction charge which is in addition to
the late connection charge will be
determined as provided in subparagraph a, b
or c above.
4) Other Connection Charges. The
connection charge for those sewer facilities
that are not constructed by a local
improvement district and not constructed by
a private party as an extended service shall
be established by special ordinance covering
said facilities.
5) Connection charges shall be adjusted on
January 1st of each year based on the
Consumer Price Index for November of the
year preceding for all items as reported in
"Economic Indicators" prepared by the
Council of Economic Advisers. The CPI for
the rates herein published is 293.6 based on
the report for November 1982.
SECTION 3. CONSTRUCTION CHARGES.
A. Construction charges shall be as follows:
1) Construction charges are payable from
the date that sewer service is made
available to occupied property, but no later
than the date the sewer installation serving
the property is complete and accepted by the
city.
2) Construction charges for those sewer
facilities not constructed by a private
party as an extended service shall be
estalished by a special ordinance covering
said facilities. Starting and ending dates
for the construction charges will be
specified in the special ordinance.
3) Rates:
a) Class A. sewer line connections, no
charge;
b) Sewer line connections to residential
buildings with a total floor area of more
than one thousand five hundred square feet
are to be assessed a construction charge of
three hundred dollars per residential unit
contained in the building or three hundred
dollars per one thousand five hundred square
feet of floor area in the building,
whichever amount is less;
c) Class B and C sewer line connections
other than those covered by subdivision (3)
(b) of this subsection are to be assessed a
construction charge of three hundred
dollars;
d) The construction charge for buildings
outside the corporate limits of the city
shall be one hundred fifty percent of the
charges set out in this subsection;
e) Any person who is presently paying a
construction charge of Three dollars ($3.00)
per month shall have an amount equal to
fifty percent of the total construction
charge paid prior to the ordinance codified
in this subsection credited to the Three
hundred dollar charge set out by this
subsection. The balance of the Three
hundred dollars may be paid in a lump sum or
may be paid by continuing Three dollar
monthly payments, of which fifty percent of
each payment is to be applied to the
construction charge, such payments to
continue then until the sum of Three hundred
dollars is paid in full.
SECTION 4. OTHER CHARGES.
A. Occupied properties that connect a sewer
less than sixty days after its completion
and acceptance by the city shall be charged,
in addition to connection charges, any
additional costs of street restoration, but
are not required to pay an inspection fee.
B. Unoccupied properties that connect a sewer
more than sixty days after its completion
and acceptance by the city shall be charged,
in addition to connection charges, the costs
of street restoration, a twenty-five-dollar
inspection fee and a late charge of ten
dollars per quarter not to exceed forty
quarters. For purposes of this paragraph,
quarters begin on the first day of January,
April, July and October, and end on the last
day of March, June, September and December.
SECTION 5. REPEAL OF EXISTING RATE ORDINANCE.
Ordinance 3809 is hereby repealed.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading
this ~ day of March, 1983.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by
the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this ~
day of March, 1983.
MORRIE DAWKINS
Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY
City Clerk
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