HomeMy WebLinkAbout3809 ORDINANCE NO. ~%0 %
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3634,
§ 1 and § 2, relating to rates
and charges for sanitary sewer service.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Sections 1 & 2 of Ordinance No. 3634 shall be
amended to read as follows:
15.04.550 RATES AND CHARGES.
(a) The rates to be charged for sanitary sewer service
shall be as hereinafter provided, and shall be adequate to
provide for the costs of bond redemption, bond interest charge,
maintenance and operation of the city sewer system, and
replacement and extensions to the system.
(b) Sewer Service Charges.
(1) Sewer service charges are payable from the date
the property is connected to the sewer.
(2) Sewer service charges will be levied, when
possible, on the basis of water metered to the premises. The
minimum monthly sewer service charge shall be as follows
Tap Size Cubic Feet Metered Minimum Monthly
Sewer Service Charge
5/8 & 3/4 inch 500.00 3.85
1 inch 888.89 6.84
1 1/2 inch 2,000.00 15.40
2 inch 3,555.56 27.38 ,
3 inch 8,000.00 61.60
4 inch 14,222.22 109.52
6 inch 32,000.00 246.40
8 inch 56,888.89 438.04
10 inch 88,888.89 684.44
12 inch 128,000.00 985.60
In addition to the minimum monthly sewer service charge, a charge
of .008 cents per cubic foot shall be made for water metered in
excess of the amount specified above.
(3) The mayor may establish a ceiling on sewer service
charges to commercial premises when the user substantiates to the
satisfaction of the mayor that a significant portion of the water
metered to the premises is not returned to the sewer system.
(4) Sewer service charges, which billings are produced
during June through November, shall not exceed the charge based
on the largest bimonthly consumption of water during the
immediately preceding period from December to May.
(5) Those premises served by the Bremerton sewer
system, but not served by the Bremerton water system, shall pay a
monthly sewer service charge as follows:
City residents ................... $4.00 per month
County residents ................ $6.00 per month
(c) Connection charges will be determined by the city
engineer on the basis of the following:
(1) Class A Connections.
a. Single family dwellings - Two hundred seventy-five
dollars per lateral service connection including inspection and
permit fees;
b. Multiple family dwellings - Twenty-five dollars per
residential unit but not less than two hundred seventy-five
dollars per lateral service connection including inspection and
permit fees;
c. Commercial buildings - $.025 per square foot of
floor space but not less than two hundred seventy-five dollars
per lateral service connection including inspection and permit
fees;
d. Unoccupied property - No charges.
(2) Class B Connctions.
a. Single family dwellings - Seven dollars per
construction front foot of property fronting on the sewer line
but not less than two hundred seventy-five dollars per lateral
service connection to the property;
b. Multiple family dwellings - Seven dollars per
construction front foot of property fronting on the sewer line or
twenty-five dollars per residential unit whichever is greater but
not less than two hundred seventy-five dollars per lateral
service connection to the property;
c. Commercial buildings - Seven dollars per
construction front foot of property fronting on the sewer line or
$.025 per square foot of floor space, whichever is greater, but
not less than two hundred seventy-five dollars 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.
a. Single family dwellings - Eighteen dollars per
waterfront construction front foot but not less than nine hundred
dollars for the first lateral connection and two hundred
seventy-five dollars for each additional lateral connection to
the property;
b. Multiple family dwellings - Eighteen dollars per
waterfront construction front foot or fifty dollars per
residential unit, whichever is greater, but not less than nine
hundred dollars for the first lateral connection and two hundred
seventy-five dollars for each additional lateral connection to
the property;
c. Commercial buildings - Eighteen dollars per
waterfront construction front foot or five cents per square foot
of floor space, whichever is greater, but not less than nine
hundred dollars for the first lateral connection and two hundred
seventy-five dollars 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 137.6 based on the report
for November 1973.
(d) Construction Charges.
(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 established 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 made subsequent to the
passage of the ordinance codified in this subsection 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 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.
(e) Other charges.
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
~--~/ day of ~4_~.~~-~~' , 1982.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested to.~y the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this~dg~ of December, 1982.
GENE NELSON~ Mayor -
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MANDIO
City Clerk
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