HomeMy WebLinkAbout3109 ORDINANCE NO. ~
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Municipal Water Supply
and Sewage Disposal System of the City of Bremerton;
regulating the use of water therefrom; providing
for the sale of water and sewage disposal services;
fixing the price or rate thereof and providing a
method of collecting rates; providing penalties
for the violation of this ordinance; and amending
Ordinance No. 2288, Section S, as amended by
Ordinance 2965, Section 1.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That section 5 of Ordinance No. 2288 as amended
by Ordinance 2965, Section 1, is hereby amended to read as follows:
All fees for the installation of water services and taps
shall be paid as follows'
(a) The fee for making a tap installing water service
within the City limits shall be as follows:
3/4" Tap & Connection - One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
1" Tap & Connection One Hundred Sixty Dollars ($160.00)
(b) The fee for making a tap and installing a water service
in areas outside the city limits shall be as follows:
3/4" Tap & Connection - One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00)
1" Tap & Connection - Two Hundred Forty Dollars ($240.00)
(c) Taps and service connection larger in size than one
inch in the City shall be charged for actual material, labor and
other costs thereof, plus twenty percent (20%) of such costs for
supervision and overhead. For areas outside the C~ty, materials,
labor and other~r costs shall be priced Fifty percent (50%) higher
than in the City and to such costs shall be added twenty percent (20%)
for supervision and overhead. 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 shall be installed the applicant therefore
will be required to put up a deposit equal to the estimated cost
thereof. If, upon completion of the installation, the cost computed
as above described, should be more than the amount 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 be refunded to the applicant.
The City may enter into agreements for the payment of tapping and
service connections upon application and the payment of not less than
twenty percent (20%) o£ the total charges; the balance to be paid in
n~onthly installments of not less than $5.00 or within 12 months, said
deferred payments to include interest~r_t~ ..... ~ ~ ~.~ ~ _ __ ~
on the unpaid balance of said charges.
(d) In the event it should be necessary to break pavement
in order to install a tap and service connection, an additional charge
of $4.00 per square foot, but not less than fifty dollars ($50.00)
shall be made for breaking and replacing such street, in case of concrete
and $1.25 per sq. foot, but not less than twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
in the case of blacktop.
(e) 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 ($10.00)) shall be made.
(f) The size of each water service and tap shall be deter-
mined 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 Section 1009, and Appendix "A"
of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1970 Edition, as adopted by the
Western Officials association in October, 1970, shall govern.
(g) 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.
(h) ^ general facilities fee shall be charged on all new
service connections to the water system:
1. The general facilities fee for single 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¢ per square foot or seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per unit,
whichever is greater. The fee for multiple dwelling units such
as condominiums, apartments, duplexes, etc. shall pay the general
facilities fee of 3/4¢ per square foot or seventy-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 including public owned streets and roads.
2. The general facilities fee for single family dwellings out-
side the city limits shall be based upon the property description
submitted with the service application by the owner and shall be
1 1/4¢ per square foot or one hundred twenty-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¢ 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 including public owned streets and roads.
3. Owners or developers of approved plats within the city
limits shall pay the general facilities fee of 3/4¢ 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 public owned roads and streets and right-of-ways.
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 owner paying the standard front foot charge. Developers
or owners of 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 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, be paid on a contract not
to exceed one year.
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4~:. Owners or developers of approved plats Outside the city
limits shall pay the general facilities fee of 1¼~ per square foot
within the plat served or one hundred 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 public owned streets and
right-of-ways. Owners and 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 with the owner or developer paying the standard front footage
charge. Any fire hydrants installed in the plat shall be at the
developers expense. Plats or subdivision 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 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 developer or owner, to be paid on a contract not to
exceed one year.
5. The general facilities charge herein provided shall be
in addition to rates, tapping fees and other charges established
for water service.
6. The rates shall be adjusted each year to reflect the
consumer price index for all items as reported in "Economic Indicators"
prepared for the ,Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic.
Advisers. The figure used shall be. the one reported in the Noveanber
issue and the adjustment will be effective as of January 1.
APPROVED on first reading by the City Counc.il this t~ay
of February, 1974.
PASSED on second reading 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 ~O~d~y of ~, , 1974.
G.C. City Clerk