HomeMy WebLinkAbout2786 ORDINANCE NO. 2786
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING c~ uniform policy for the
extension~ expansion, replacement and betterment
of the sanitary sewerage system of the City of
Bremerton; providing the method of financinR;
establishing monthly service char~es; establishing
connection charges; and amending Ordinance l',io. 2617,
Sections 57, 58 and 66.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Purp.os.e
To insure the orderly growth of the sanitary sewerage syste~?~
of the City of Bremerton, to provide for the establishment
proper rates for sewer service and sewer connections, and
provide adequate financing thereof.
SECTION 2. Revenues
The ra. tes to be charged for sanitary sewer service shall
as provided in Section 5 herein, and shall be adequate to
provide for the costs of bond redemption, maintenance and
operation, and replacement and extensions of the system.
SECTION $. Approval of Chan~es and Additions
Ail plans and specifications for change or addition to the
sanitary sewerage system shall be first approved by the
City Engineer,
SECTION 4. SECTION 57 OF ORDINANCE 2617 IS HEREBY D~ENDED TO
FOLLOWS:
Definitions:
C.F. "c.f." shall mean cubic feet of water.
Premises. "Premises" shall mean a continuous trmct of lan¢~
building or Eroup of adjacent buJ. ldin~s under a sine!e
trol with respect to the use of water and responsibility
payment therefor.
Singl...e... [am..ily Dwelling. "Single family dwelling" sh~ll
premises housinR a single fsmily group. Trailers an~]
homes connected to the City of Bremerton sewera[le system
shall be deemed single family dwellings.
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Multiple F. am. il..,v Dwelling. "Multiple family c~well~.n?"
mean premises housin~ more than a sin~[le f~milv
Commercial. "Commercial" shall mean ~11 busine~ss ~m~s~. .... , ~
and all other premises not otherwise separately ~]efiIled
herein.
Governmental. "Governmental" shall mean the Unite~ States,
~ ' ., Kitsa~ County, Hunic]pat ~o~porati~n~,
State of ~a. shmn[~ton, , . , ....
and their a~encies and departments.
Oc. cup.~.e.~[roperty. "Occupied property" shall mean real
party on which a structure exists that is helms ~arw~r~ ]w
existin~ temporary sanitary sewerage facility.
Unoccupied Property "Unoccupied ~ party"
property on which no structure exists.
Sewer. "Sewer" shall mean sanitary sewer ont~~.
Connection Char~es. "Connection charFas" shall mean
charees made for oermission to connect to the ~,]~ ~ sanit~r~
sewera.~e svstam and for inspection of the con~]ectJon. U']~
shall not include costs for tappin~ the ~ain, inst~7t~n~~ t'~.~
lateral and restoration of surface.
Standard Trunk Sewer. "Standard trunk sewer" shall. ~,een
sanitar~ trunk sewer not less than eight (8) ine~as in ~][~-
meter and constructed in accordance with current C:it,~
Bremerton standards.
Standamd Lateral Sewer. "Standard lateral sewer" sh. al] ~-~
a sanitary lateral sewer not less than six (6) incbe.~ [~
meter, constructed within a public right of way, ~nd ~..n
cordance with current City of B~emerton s
Standard Construction Cos~ "Standar~C. on,:,truct~c~n~
shall mean the total costs of installation of a
trunk sewer or a standard lateral sewer includin? the. ce~
all manholes and incidental work necessary to ~lace
sawer in service.
Construct_on Char.ge... "Construction cha~Se'' shall [~'e~ ~h~
charge made to reimburse the Cit~ for its r~?apaymemt of
costs of construction.
Extended Line, '"Extended line" shall mean a ~:e~e.~, ]_[r..e
structed with the approval of the City and [~riw~tely
F~eimbursement A~reement. "Reimbursement agreement" s~at]
that agreement entered into between the installer of the
tary sewer facility and the City for the purpose of
the installer all or part of the costs of an "extende~
Late Connection. "Late connection" shall mean ~ connect,got~
made to a sewer line after all construction ~as been
A charge shall be collected for la~e connections, comt'~uted
the rate of $10.00 per quarter year following com'.~l~tion
sewer line. Ouarter years shall be ~nv por'tions of the
January throu[]h March; April throu~h June; Jul,, throuf:]~
ber and October thpou~h December. The ma. ximu~? ch,z~rf~e
not exceed that for forty (40) q. uarters.
Gravity Line, "Gravity line" shall be a sanitary sex,er
conveyin~ sewa~!.e flow to ~ point of collection without
Pressure Line. "[~ressure line" shall be a s~nit~~x~
through which sewase flows must be forced by ?umt'~[.n? to -~
of collection.
Class "A" Connection. "Class A connection" shall ~-qear~ ~
nection made to a gravity trunk or latere! sewer
prior to January 1, 1968.
Class "B" Connection. "Class B eonnection'shall ~-te~n ~
nection made to a ~ravity trunk or late~a! sewer construct
after January 1, 1968.
Class "C" Connection· "Class C connection" shall mean n cc>t~
nection made to a waterfront pressure sewer line bu[_].t
January 1, 1968.
SECTION 5. SECTION 58 OF ORDI?~ANCE 2617 IS HEREBY A~[EI'~DED TO ~t~f~b
FOLLOWS:
A. Service Charses,. Monthly rates for the fut,nish[.n~ of
sewerage service to those premises presently servec~ by t}-~
City of Bremerton's sewerage system shall be as follows:
(a) A single family dwellins shall pay One and 50/100
lars ($1.50) Der calendar month.
(b) Multiple dwelling premises shall pay a ~inimum of On~
and 50/100 Dollars ($1.50), plus Fifty Cents ($.50) per
living unit thereon in excess of one, per calendar ~onth,
but not less than the rate of payment based uoon water meter,
size and water cnnsumption as set forth in "Schedule A" fol-
lowing, except that when sprinkling rates are in effect
any premises it shall not be subject to the surcharee estab-
lished under Schedule A, under 2500 c.f.
(c) Commercial premises shall pay One and 50/100 ($1.$0)
Fifty Cents ($.50) for each tenant space, per calendar month
but not less than the rate of payment based uoon water meter
size and water consumption as set forth J_n "Schedule A"
following.
(d) Governmental premises shall pay for sewerage service at
the rate charged for commercial oremises or mu].tiole
premises, unless specially contracted otherwise.
(e) Schools, hospitals and nursing ho~es shall pay the
monthly rate based upon water meter size and water consumot'{~n
as set forth in "Schedule A" followine.
(f) SCHEDULE A
Water meter size Minimum monthly charge Add .05 ~)er 100 c.~~
in excess of:
5/8" X 3/4" $ 1.50 500 cf
1" 1.75 1,000 cf
1-1/2" 2.75 1,500 cf
2" 5.50 2,500 cf
3" 11.00 4,500 cf
4" 18.00 7,500 cf
6" 35.00 15,000 cf
8" 60.00 30~000 cf
10" 100.00 50 ~OOD cf
Add $.03 per lQ0 cf
from 10(),000 c~ to
200,00[~ cf, and
Add $.02 Der 1Oil ef
fro~ 200,0(]0 c~ to
300,00r) cf',
(g) The minimum monthly charge for each premises recaivin?
sewerage service, exceptin~ a sin?lc family dwellins, shall
not less than the rate based upon wster meter size sn~
consumption as set forth in "Schedule A" for a~ch ,.~ater
servin~ a premises, nor less than One and 50/10[}
($1.50) , for each sawers~[e connection to e ~r=~is~, b-~ ~
is the [[~raatar~ but not both such char~;
(h) If water service is shut off by the City of
the premises for an entire calendar month~ no se~.r~ ~
sh~ll be incurred.
(i).~ .... =p~cial. ~ rate may be ne?otis, ted when ~. .~ul~-~n1:' [ ~].
amount of water is consulted for industr~al~ r~aTlHf~c'tur'.[_~?
other comparable use and not ueturned to the se~e~a['e
B. Connection char,ge~: Semvice connections ~a~e t~
sewerage system shall be classified as'herein orovide~].
Payments for connection charles (except L.I.D. assessments5
shall be made to the City Tmeasurer at the time of
for permits~ and such payments shall be deposited ~n the
Current Water Fund. Payments masz be in cash or in
installments over a period not to exceed 10 years f~om
date of connection with interest at 6% on the unpaic]
1. Class A: Gravity sewer 1,in~s.,,,co, mpleted prior to January
1968.
a. Connection charges: $275.00 for each individual
service connection~ except as provided herein~
inspection and permit fees. Properties eonnectin~ to trunt<
lines financed wholly by the City shsll be char~ed a pro
share of the construction costs as determined bv the Cit~
Engineer. Each dwelling or commercial s~ructure shall
separate lateral·
b. Service chard,es: The monthly service charade sT~all be
provided in Section SA.
2. Class B: Gravity sewer lines completed after January 1, 19t~8.
a. Connection char~es:
(1) $5.00 per foot of property frontin~ the sewer Iine
but not less than $275.00 includin~ inspection fees.
Total cost to be determined by the City Engineer in ac-
cordance with RCW Title 35.
(2) The front foot charge shall constitute the connect~('~
charge for one lateral 9er premises. Each dwellin~
commercial structure shall have a separate lateral an~
connection charge of $275.00 shall be collected therefor.
(3) Properties that connect to a sewer after 60 days
its completion and acceptance by the City shall be
in addition to the above, for street restoration ~lus
inspection fee of $25.00, or a late connection charade
whichever is ?reater..: Provided however, if the. ~.~.tr_.et
easement surface has been satisfactorilTi restored then
properties connectinB to the sewer within 60 days
pletion and acceptance by the city shall be char~ed for
street or surface restoration.
b. Service char~es: After a gravity sewer is ~ade evail,?b~
to occupied property a monthly service charade s~al]_
collected as provided in Section 5A tocether with a
dollar ($3.00) per month "Construction
3. Class C: Wa. terfront Pressure Sewer Lines.
a. Connection char[:es: (Excluding those inclu(-]er]
Ordinance No. 2785 when anplicable.)
(1) $15.00 per waterfront construction foot, total
be determined by, the City~ En~in~r~. _~ in ~ccor~]a. nce w~th_ 1~
Title 35, but not less than $900.00 s~all be ~:ba~er~ '~,-~
each separate direct connection to a uress~re li~a
each separate premises. Where two or more str'uctt~e~
the same premises are served by a sinsle connectS, on
trunk line, the connection char?e for each bev~nr] t~
shall be $275.00.
(2) Properties that connect to a sewer line a~ter'
tion has been comD!eted shall be charsed in a¢~d[t[on
the above~ a late connection fee and for ~;t~eet
restoration if req, uired.
b. o_rv~ce charge~.. After a pressure sewer is ~a(;]e
to occupied property a monthly service ch~r?e shall
collected a.s provided in Section 5A to~et~ar wi t]~
dollar ($3.00) per month "Construction Char?~x".
SECTION 6. Requests for ~[aw Installations Within City Limits.
Whenever any area within the City of F~re~'~artom n~t
served by a sewer, shall reeuest such aer~zica, the
parsons making such request shall ~rovi(~e for t]~e
the Standard Construction Costs by ?cans of Local
Districts in the ~anner provided by law or by direct i~'~t~?'!
lation under the specifications and supervision o~ the
Engineer. In the event the City shall raquir~ tb~
of trunks or laterals of sizes in excas~ o~ tho~e
defined as Standard, the actual add~.tional coat o~ tbs
pipe in excess of that for said Standard size shall
for from the Sewer Construction Fund. Whenever t]~e
determine that an area within the City is in nae~] o~'
service and no request is made therefor, t]'~e Cit'~ C~,une[~'~[
provide for the installation thereof and ~aw~ant ~}f t~e
Standard Construction Costs by means of Local
Districts or in the manner hereinafter ~rovided.
[~,~enever any area within the City not bresant]~ sarve~]
sewer facility shall request such service and the ra~u~st
such that the financial burden to be borne by t~e (',~[t'~
tarmined by the City to be excessive, then the sa~?s~n
sons makin~ such request shall provide for pay~ents
of the amount provided for in this Ordinance am~ ~m the
provided by law.
~LCTI01~ 7 Delayed Benefit Charges.
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t~,,]~enever a sanitary sewer is extended 'th?o~?h an ........ ,
area within the City to provide semvica to ~:~ newly
area~ the property abutting such facilit~.~ shs].l be subject
a Delayed Benefit Charge when application for conmect[en
made, Such Delayed Benefit Charade shall be a~ue~l to the
ap~licab!e front foot char~ which would be deterroina~
Section 5 (2) (3). Payment of such Delaye~ Benefit
shall exempt the property for which paVr~ent [.s m~':a ~:"o~,':
subsequent., local improvement district ass=ssments, ....... ~ ~,~n
sewer facilities. Delayed ~enefit Chapees, Connect[on
and Late Connection Charges, may be oaid at 'tb~ tJ.~e of
application, or in monthly installments ov~r ,= nep[~-~d
exceed ten (10) years from date of connection w~J_th Jnter=.~
6% on the unpaid balance, ~Jnoaid balances shall be ,~
upon the property to which connection is made, ~-~u~eri~er
other liens and encumbrances except those for eener,~]
and special assessments, Thew mav be foreclosed 'in the
manner provided by la.w for the foreclosure of d~lJ..nr~uept
Local Improvement District assessment liens. The
shall be record, ed in the office of the Kitsap Cotmtv
at the expense o~ the prooertv owner and upon o,~vr~ent ]n
a release of the said %ien shall be execrated bw t]'~e C.[.tv
Bremerton.
SECTION 8 Reimbursement Agreements.
The City may enter into Reimbursement Agreements to
repay developers for the costs of constructinF
Lines". Such a~reements shall be approved by the City
and provide in part for the following:
A. Plans and specifications for a proposed extension
first approved in writin~ by the City Engineer. The
cations shall include bonding and insurance for the
,, to hold the City harmless; and to provide a yuarantee on
workmanship and materials for a period of one year from the
date of acceptance by the City,
B, The developer shall secure all necessary easements or
rights-of-way at no cost to the City. Such instruments
shall be to the benefit of the City and shall include con-
tinuing rights for operation, maintenance and replacement.
Title to the completed improvement shall be in the City.
C. The cost of an "Extended Line" shall be the "F~ir ~o~t"
estimate as determined by the City Engineer based on cuYrame
co~ts for similar types of construction.
D. The amount of anv reimbursement shall be l~mited to th~
connection char~es to others actually accruin~ to the
for direct connections to the extended line and shall in no
case exceed the "Fair Cost" estimate.
E, The term of any reimbursement agreement shs]~l be
to fifteen (15) years from date of ~ceeptance by the C~[tv
the completed installation.
SECTION 9. Burden of Replacement Costs.
Whenever any trunk or lateral sewers now o~ hereafter inst~
ed require reolace~ent due to obsolescence~ in~dec~u~c o~
terioration, the cost of such re~l~cement sh~ll be paid
the Current Water Fund·
SECTION 10. Service,~, Beyond City Limits.
.... LCTION 66 OF OPDIIiANCE i.~0 2617 IS A~,E~DL.) TC YYt~D ,~
The s~werase service rates h~r~in set forth [~]tal]. a~'~,:l~,'
premises within or without th~ City of Br~mton that
sewerage service of the City of Brers~rton P~0ViP~ ]': ~': ......
that sewera[~:~ ...... service may be axtande~ outsJ, da '~b= ~,~'.~ ..... ~::.
limits of the City of Bremerton only in accordance, ~i.t~
policy set fortl~ in Rasolution~1366. All rataq ~nd c]t,~v~::~'
for service outside the corporate limits o[ the (]~[t~ o[:
Bremarton shall be ~s set forth in C~ction 5 ltarair~ t~c~e't[~:~
with an additional charge of 25%, and provide furthe~~ 'tb~,t ~ .....
additional 25% charge shall not a~ly to serviceq
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outside corporate limits of the City of Bremerton prior to
December 2, 1964.
SECTION 11. Penalties.
Any person wi~fulty violatins shy provision of this ord[n,~nco
shall be ~uilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction theree~
shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceedinn
or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not
90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each
violation of the provisions of this ordinance ma.v be dee~a,!
separate offense.
SECTION 12..Validity.,
The invalidity of any part of this Ordinance or any ~art
section of this Ordinance shall not effect the validity of
other part of said section, or this Ordinance, that can be
~iven effect without such invalid part or Darts.
SECTION 13. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall be in full force an~ effect fro~' and
after thirty (30) days from the date of its passage and
lication as required by law.
APPROVED on first readin~ this ~/--day of Hay, 1968.
PASSED on second reading by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the Cit~ Clerk in authem-
tication of such passage this ~/--~day of }~ay, 1968.
z ~ GLENN' K '-:~'~,~, !':' "' '"
ATTEST:
E'. ti. T. McGOWAN, City Clerk