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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3343"~?~,_~ ~., ORDINANCe NO. ~3 'Dt~'~ '-/ AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance ~%~I ,,-~,~:-.i3~LF l' NO. 3147, Section 3 (d) and pro- .~:~ ~) viding for increased rates for service installation of 3/4" and 1" taps . THE CITY OF B~RTON DOES ORDAIN: Ordinance No. 3147, Section 3 (d), and Bremerton Municipal code 15.04.050 are amended to read as follows: Section 3(d). FEES: All fees for ~e installation of water services and taps shall be paid as follows: (1) The fee for making a tap and installing water service within the city limits shall be as follows.: Three fourths inch tap and connection - One hundred eighty five dollars ($185.00). One inch tap and connection - ~o hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00). (2) The fee for making a tap and installing a water service in areas outside the city limits shall be as follows: Three fourths inch %ap and connection - ~o hun- dred thirty five dollars ($235.00). One inch tap and connection - Three hundred dollars ($300.00) . (3) Taps and service connections larger in size than one inch in the city shall be charged for actual material, labor and other costs thereof including overhead charges. For areas outside the City, materials, labor and other costs shall be priced fifty percent higher than in the City. For the purpose of computing these costs, the main to which it is proposed to make such connection shall be considered as being located in the center of the street, or right-of-way or alley, whether or not such may be the actual case. Before such tap and meter is installed the applicant therefor will be required to deposit an amount equal to the estimated cost thereof. If, upon completion of the instal- lation, the cost computed as above described should be more than the amo~t of the deposit, the applicant will be required to pay the difference between such cost and the amount of the deposit; provided, however, that if the amount of the deposit is more than actual cost, computed as above described, such excess amount to be refunded to the applicant. The City may enter into agreements for the payment of tapping and service connections as provided for in this section upon application and the payment of twenty percent down and not less than five dollars per month or within twelve months, said deferred payments to include interest at the rate set by City Council on the unpaid balance of said charges. (4) In the event it should be necessary to break pavement in order to install a tap and service connection an additional charge of four dollars per square foot but not less than fifty dollars shall be made for breaking and replacing such street, in case of concrete, and one dollar and twenty-five cents per square foot, but not less than twenty-five dollars in the case of blacktop. (5) In the event it should be necessary to set the meter box for such service connection in a concrete sidewalk, an additional charge of ten dollars shall be made. (6) The size of each water service and tap shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the plumbing code of the City now in effect, or which may be formulated at some future date. In the absence of such provisions, the Uniform Plumbing Code shall govern (7) Where a dependable water supply cannot be assured to any premises because of low pressure during periods of peak demands for water, or where property is situated at such an elevation that it cannot be assured of dependable service, the owner may, at his expense, install an auxiliary storage tank or pump to furnish an auxiliary supply. (8) A general facilities fee shall be charged on all new service connections to the water system: a. The general facilities fee for single 2 family dwellings within the City limits shall be based upon the property description submitted with the service application by the owner and shall be 3/4 cents per square foot or seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per unit, whichever is greater. The fee for Hotels-Motels shall be a maximum charge not to exceed 3/4 cents per square foot or $75.00, whichever is greater, per unit up to 10 units under one roof. The fee for multiple dwelling units such as condominiums, apartments, duplexes, etc. shall pay the general facilities fee of 3/4 cents per square foot or seventy five dollars per unit, whichever is greater; the computation of area within said parcel shall include greenbelts, parking and other aesthetic, collateral building uses including publicly owned streets and roads. b. The general facilities fee for single family dwellings outside the City limits shall be based upon the property description submitted with the service application by the owner and shall be 1 1/4 cents per square foot or one hundred twnety- five dollars, whichever is greater. The fee for multiple dwelling units, such as condominiums, apartments, duplexes, etc., shall pay the general facilities fee of 1 1/4 cents per square foot or one hundred twenty-five dollars per unit, whichever is greater; the computation of area within said parcel shall include green- belts, parking and other aesthetic, collateral building uses in- cluding publicly owned streets and roads. c. Owners or developers of approved plats within the City limits shall pay the general facilities fee of 3/4 cents per square foot or seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per approved lot, whichever is greater; the computation of the area within said plat shall include green-belts, parking and other aesthetic collateral and accessory building uses and shall include publicly owned roads and streets and rights of way. Owners or developers shall have the alternatives of installing the plat's interior water system at his expense and to the City's specifications, or the City installing the interior water system and the developer or ~ow~=~r paying the standard front foot charge. Developers or 3 owners of plats or subdivisions of plats, ten acres or less, shall pay the total general facilities fee at the time of con- veyance of the interior water system to the City. Developers or owners of plats larger than ten acres shall pay the general facilities fee for ten acres at the time of conveyance with the balance of payment, if so desired by the owner or developer, to be paid on a contract not to exceed one year. Any fire hydrants installed in the plat shall be at the developer's expens~e. d. Owners or developers of approved plats out- side the City limits shall pay the general facilities fee of 1 1/4 cents per square foot within the plat served or one hun- dred twenty five dollars ($125.00) per lot, whichever is greater; the computation of the area within said plat shall include green- belts, parking and aesthetic, collateral and accessory building uses and shall include publicly owned streets and rights-of -way. Owners or developers shall have the alternatives of installing the plat's interior water system at their expense and to the City's specifications, or the City installing the interior water system with the owner or developer paying the standard front footage charge. Any fire hydrants installed in the plat shall be at the developer's expense. Plats or subdivisions of plats, ten acres or less shall pay the total general facilities fee at the time of conveyance of the interior water system to the City. Developers or woners of plats larger than ten acres shall pay the general facilities fee for ten acres at the time of conveyance with the balance of payment, if so desired by the developer or owner, to be paid on a contract not to exceed one year. e. The general facilities fee herein provided shall be in addition to rates, tapping fees and other charges established for water service. f. The general facilities fee shall be adjusted on January 1 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 4 Advisers. The CPI for the rates herein published is 137.6 based on the report for November 1973. (9) a. The installation or ~aintenance of a cross-connection which Will endanger the water quality of the potable water supply of the City of Bremerton is prohibited. Any cross-connection now existing or hereafter installed is hereby .declared a nuisance and shall be abated. The control or elimi- nation of cross-connections shall be in accordance with the State of Washington Administrative Code or subsequent revisions together with any future manuals of standard practice pertaining to cross- connection control approved by the Director of the State of Wash- ington, Department of Social and Health Services. The water supply will be discontinued to any premise for failure to comply with the provisions of this section. b. Service from the City of Bremerton Water Supply system to any premise upon which a private water supply system is used or operated contrary to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health regarding public water supplies may be discontinued or refused. c. Furnishing of any service shall be contin- gent upon the installation of a backflow prevention device ap- proved by the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services for the protection of the City water supply from back- flow. (10) The City reserves the right to enter or go upon any premises to make a reasonable inspection of installation and maintenance of cross connections to inspect backflow preven- tion devices and to make any inspection to prevent contamination of the public water supply. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this ~ day of February, 1977. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this ;~ day of February, 1977. GLENN K. JA ,STA~ ~AYO ATTEST: