HomeMy WebLinkAbout3147.,,.. ~ ORDINANCE NO. '
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Municipal Water
Supply and Sewage Disposal System of the City '" '
of Bremerton providing for the sale of water
and sewage disposal services; fixing the price
or rate thereof and providing a method of
billing and collecting for the services; providing
penalties for violations of this Ordinance; and
repealing Chapter 15.04 and Chapter 15.06 of
'Title 15 of the Bremerton Municipal Code.
TIlE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION I: That Chapter 15.04 and 16.06 of Title 15
of the Municipal Code of the City of Bremerton be and the same
are hereby repealed.
SECTION II. Definitions:
A. ;'Backflow" - The flow other than in the intended
direction of flow of any foreign liquids, gases, or substances
into the distribution system of a public water supply.
B. "BackflOw prevention device" - A device to
counteract back pressure or prevent back siphonage.
C. "Class A Connection" A connection made 4:o a
gravity trunk or lateral sanitary sewer constructed prior to
January 1, 1968.
D. "Class B Connection - A connection made to a
sanitary sewer other than a waterfront sanitary sewer constructed
after January 1, 1968.
E-. "Class C Connection" = A connection made lo a
waterfront sewer line built after January 1, 1968.
F. "Commercial" Ail business premises and
other premises not otherwise ~eparately defined herein.
G. "Connection ,,.Charge" - Charges made for permission
to connect to the City Sanitary Sewage System and for inspection
of the connection. A connection charge does not include costs for
tapping the main, installing the lateral and restoring the surface.
H. "Construction CHarge" That charge made by the
City to cover its unreimbursed construction costs for laying
pressure lines, installing lift stations and other work not covered
by sewer service charges.
I. "Cross~Connection'' In accordance with State
of l~ashington Administrative Code, any physical arrangement whereby
a public water supply is connected directly or indirectly with
any other water supply system, sewer, drain, conduit, pool,
storage reservoir, plumbing fixture, or other device which contains
or may contain contaminated water, sewage, or other waste or
liquids of unknown or unsafe quality which may be capable of
imparting contamination to the public water supply as a result of
backflow. Bypass arrangements, jumper connections, removable
sections, swivel or change-over devices and other temporary or
permanent devices through which or because of which backflow could
occur are considered to be cross-connections.
J. "Extended Line" - A privately financed sewer
line constructed with the written approval of the City.
K. "Floor Space" - The entire area of all floors
in square feet contained within the exterior walls of each floor
including halls, stairways, restrooms and closets.
L. "Governmental" - Any agency or department of
Federal, State, County or ~tunicipal Government.
M. "Gravity Line" - A sewer line conveying sewage
to a point of collection without pumping.
N. "Late Connection" - A connection made to a
sanitary sewer, after all construction of the sewer is completed
and accepted, from property which was unoccupied at the time of
completion and acceptance of the sewer line by theeCity.
O. "Late Connection Charge" A charge which shall
not exceed four hundred dollars for late connections, computed at
the rate of ten dollars per quarter or portion thereof following
completion of the sewer line.
'Quarters commence on January 1, Al~ril 1, July 1 and October 1 of
each year, and terminate on March 51, June 30, Sepeember 30 and
December 31 of each year.
P. "Multiple Family Dwelling" - Any premises
housing more than a single family group including mobile home
parks.
Q. "Occupied Property" Real property on which a
structure exists that is being served by an existing temporary
sanitary sewage facility.
R. "Premises" - A continuous tract of land, a
building or a group of adjacent buildings under a single control
with respect to the use of water and/or sewage services and
responsibility for payment therefor.
S. "Pressure Line" - A sanitary sewer line through
which sewage must be forced by pumping to a point of collection.
T. "Reimbursement Agreement" - An agreement entered
into between the installer of a sanitary sewage facility and the
City for the purpose of reimbursing the installer for all or part
of the costs of an extended line.
U. "Sewer" - Sanitary sewer.
V. "Sewer Service Charges" - A monthly charge for
maintaining, operating, and improving the sanitary sewer system.
lq. "Single Family Dwelling" - Premises housing a
single family group which itself is not part of a contiguous group
under a single control.
X. "Standard Construction Costs" - Total cost of
installation of a standard trunk sewer or a standard lateral sewer
including the cost of all manholes and incidental work necessary to
place the sewer in service.
Y. "Standard Lateral Sewer" - A sanitary lateral
sewer not less than six inches in diameter, constructed within a
public right of way in accordance with current City standards.
Z.'~ "Standard Trunk Sewer" - ~' sanitary trunk sewer
not less than eight inches in diameter and constructed in accordance
with current City standards.
AA.. "Unocclapied Property" - Real property wn which
no structure requiring sanitary sewage disposal exists.
AB. "Temporary Mains" - Existing mains serving
areas outside the C~y Limits which are other than cast iron or
approved equal and are less than four inches in diamter.
SECTION III. Water Service.
A. Applications for Connection with City System.
Any person living withintor outside the City and desiring to
have premises connected with the water supply system of the City,
shall make application therefor, upon a printed form to be furnished
for that purpose, which application shall contain the name of owner,
description of the lot, block and addition, and the official
house number of the premises together with the size of the service
pipe, and shall be signed by the owner of the premises to be
served, or his duly authorized agent, and shall be filed in the
office of the water department, and at the time of filing such
application the applicant shall pay the fees for installation of
water services hereinafter provided.
B. Contract - Provisions. The application
described in Section III, Paragraph A shall contain a contract
on the part of the person making the same to pay for the water
applied for at the rate and in the manner specified in such con-
tract, and shall reserve to the City the right So charge and collect
the rates and enforce the penalties provided in this chapter, to
temporarily discontinue the service at any time without notice to
the consumer and to install a meter or meters to register the
water consumed, and shall specify that the contract is subject to
all the provisions of this chapter and af any ordinance of the
City relating to the subject, hereafter passed. It shall further
provide that the City shall not be held responsible for any damage
by water or other cause resulting from defective _plumbing or
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appliances on the premises, and the fact that the agents of the
City or County have inspected the plumbing and appliances shall
not be pleaded as a basis of recovery in case of damage to
premises, and shall provide in case the supply of water shall be
interrupted or £ail by reason o£ accident or any other cause
whatsoever, that the City shall not be liable for damages for
such interruption o5 failure, not shall be held to constitute a
breach of contract on the part of the City or in any way relieve
the consumer from performing the obligation of his contract.
C. Effective Day of Contract. All contracts shall
take effect from the day they are signed, and rates shall bd
charged from the day the premises are connected with the water
supply and the water ~urned on.
D. Fees. All fees for the 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 'dollars.
One inch tap and connection - One hundred
sixty dollars.
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 tap and connection - One
hundred fifty dollars.
One inch tap and connection - Two hundred
forty dollars.
5. Taps and service connections 'larger iin 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
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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
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
dep~mit; 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, aaid 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
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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
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
Hotels-Motels shall be a maximum charge not to exceed 3/4¢ 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¢ 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¢ 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
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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¢ per square foot or seventy-five dollars ($7S.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 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 wafer 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 ~t the developer's expense.
d. Owners or developers of approved
plats outside the City limits shall pay the general facilities
fee of 1 1/43 per square foot within the plat served or one
hundred twenty-five dollars ($12S.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
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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.
e. The general facilities f~e herein
provided shall be in addition to raees, 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
Advisers. The CPI for the rates herein published is 137.§ based
on the report for t~ovember 1973.
9. a. The installation or maintenance 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 elimina-
tion 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
Washington, Department of Social and HealtheServices. 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.
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c. Furnishing of any service shall be
contingent upon the installation of a backflov prevention device
approved by the State of Washington Department of Social and
Health Services for the protection of the City water supply from
backflov.
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 backflov prevention
devices and to make any inspection to prevent contamination of
the public water supply.
E. Premises.
1. ~/hen two or more buildings on the same
premises are being served unsatisfactorily by one water service
connection, the water department shall haVe the right to require
the installation of additional service connections from the water
main to the premises already served.
2. When additional water service connections
are provided for any premises, _all water service to such premises
shall be metered and installed at the empense of the owner.
3. ~nenever excessive consumption periodically
overloads the capacity of a meter supplying service to any premises,
the water department shall notify the owner and after determining
the size of the service pipe from the main and the size of the
meter ne.cessary to give proper service without damage to the
meter, the owner will be notified and requested to change the size
of service and meter at his expense. Failure on the part of the
owner to comply with the request within thirty days will cause the
water to be shut off and not turned on again until such change has
been made.
F. Consumer's Utility Deposit. At the time an
applicant signs the application for water service, the applicant
shall deposit with the City Treasurer a consumer's utility deposit
which shall not bear interest to secure payment of water and
utility charges for services furnished to any such applicant, as
follows:
1. Within the City Limits:
1/2 to 3/4 inch meters ............ $$25.00
1 inch meters ..................... 53.00
1 1/4 inch meters ................. 56.00
i 1/2 inch meters ................. 67.00
2 inch meters ..................... 100.00
2. Outside the City Limits:
1/2 to $/4 inch meters ............ $ 30.00
1 inch meters ..................... 37.50
1 1/4 inch meters ................. 60.00
I 1/2 inch meters ................. 75.00
2 inch meters ..................... 120.00
3. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the
water department from requiring that such consumer's deposits shall
equal "' two and one-half times the estimated consumption of water
£or one billing, at the time such application is received, multi-
plied by the rate herein provided; and, further provided that, if
at the end of any two billing periods the actual consumption o£
water should exceed the estimated consumption at the time of such
application for water and se~[age disposal service, by more than
ten percent, then the applicant may be required to add such amount
to his constmer's deposit as may be necessary to make up such
de£iciency. In the event of his failure to comply with this pro-
vision, the water accounting department may add such amount to
his water bill and enforce collection thereof in the manner
provided by this and existing ordinances.
The consumer's deposits herein provided shall be held by the City
Treasurer until severance of the contract, and shall be paid
to the consumer after all claims against the premises for water or
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other services shall be fully paid; provided that the water
accounting department except as hereinafter provided may waive
the requirements of such deposits or reimpose the requirement of
a deposit once waived if it is deemed advisable by said water
accounting department.
G. Rate for Service Through a Five-Eighths by
Three-Quarter Inch Meter. After an application for water service
has been duly executed, signed, approved and service started as
hereinabove provided, the charge /or such service through a
five*eighths by three-fourths inch meter shall be as follows for
one month and double the volume at the same price per one hundred'
cubic feet for bimonthly periods:
1. Meter Rates Within the City Limits:
500 cubic feet or less ..................... $2.75
The next 4,500 cubic feet @m ................. 55
The next 15,000 cubic feet @ ................ 30
In excess of 20,000 cubic feet @ ............ 20
2. Meter Rates ~)utside the City Limits:
500 cubic feet or less ..................... $$.15
The next 4,500 cubic feet @ .................
The next 15,000 cubic feet @ ................ 45
In excess of 20,000 cubic feet @ ............
5. The rate for a fractional month shall be
computed by the accounting department in such manner as to be
equitable and fair to both the consumer and the water department.
4. Where two or more separate buildings or
pre~l&AB$ under separate ownership or management, are now supplied
with water through one meter, the minimum rate for each such
separate building, regardless of the size of the meter, shall be
two dollars and seventy-five cento per month within the City limits
and four dollars and fifteen cents per month outside the City limits.
The payment of such amounts shall entitle each separate building
to five hundred cubic feet of water per month per unit. The rates
provided by this subsection shall apply to places of business,
residences, house trailers, tourist cabins serving as permanent
family units, and any other such premises used for permanent
human occupancy by the same family or tenant for periods of more
than one month. The provisions of this subsection shall apply
to each unit of duplexes and similar buildings where the respective
units thereof are separately or jointly owned by more than one
family or business.
.~, S. Where two or more places of business or
family units, under a single roof, or under single ownership or
management, are now supplied with water through a single meter,
the minimum rate per month shall be at the City or CounCy rate
prescribed herein for the size of the meter serving such premises.
Water in excess of five hundred cubic feet per month shall be
at the rate prescribed. The rates in this subsection shall
apply to apartment houses, residences renting apartments, and any
other building or premises so used.
H. Minimum Meter Rate. Unless otherwise specified
in writing by the Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities
stating The reasons therefor, the minimum rate per month for
meters of sizes below indicated and used in supplying water shall
be as follows and computed to the nearest amount ending in zero or
five:
1. Minimum Meter Rates Within the~iCtty: Limits
Per Month for Five Hundred Cubic Feet or Less:
S/8 to 3/4 inch meter ................... $ 2.7S
1 inch meter ............................ 4.15
1 1/2 inch meter ........................ 6.20
2 inch meter ............................ 8.2S
$ inch meter ............................ 12.40
6 inch meter ............................ 20.65
6 inch meter ............................ 55.00
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8 inch meter ...................... $ 49.50
12 inch meter ...................... 66.00
2. Minimu~ Meter Rates OUtside the City Limits
Per Month For Five Hundred Cubic Feet or Less:
5/8 to 5/4 imch meter ............. $ 4~15
1 inch meter ...................... 6.Z5
1 1/2 inch meter .................. 9.50
2 inch meter ...................... 12.40
3 inch meter ...................... 18.60
4 inch meter ...................... 31,00
6 inch meter ...................... 49.~0
8 inch meter ...................... 74.25
12 inch meter ...................... 99.00
3. All water consumed in excess of five hundeed
cubic feet per month shall be charged for as in Section III, para-
graph G.
I. Industrial Rates. Consumers using in excess of
forty thousand cubic feet per month may make application for
industrial rates on forms to be supplied for such purposes, which
industrial rates shall be a minimum fixed charge of eighty-two
dollars and fifty cents per month for water up to forty thousand
cubic feet and twenty cents per one hundred cubic feet in excess of
forty thousand cubic feet per month.
J. Special Irrigation Rates.
1. A special rate for sprinkling or irrigating
tracts of land shall be available to single family residencesa~xld
duplexes for a five-month period beginning
with mid-April meter rea~ing date and shall be five dollars and
fifty cents for the first two thousand five hundred cubic feet or
less per month and thirty cents per one hundred cubic feet per
month in excess of two thousand five hundred cubic feet.
2. Irrigation rates will be automatically
applied to the accounts of eligible customers. If water consumption
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for a billing cycle during irrigation rate periods is less than
128S cubic feet per month, normal rates will apply. If water
consumption is equal to or greater than 1285 cubic feet per month,
irrigation rates will apply.
K. Fire Hydrants.
1. The water department shall install and
maintain all necessary fire hydrants within the City and shall
charge the fire department a yearly rental of twenty-seven dollars
and fifty center per hydrant.
2. Upon proper application fire hydrants may
be installed outside the. City by individuals, water, or fire
districts. All such fire hydrants shall be installed in accordance
with the standard specifications of the City and the entire cost
of all labor and mSterial necessary to install and maintain such
hydrants shall be paid by the applicant who in addition shall pay
a regular service charge of one dollar and eighty-five cents per
month per hydrant.
L. Fire Protection Service.
1. Ail existing and new water service
connections, except automatic sprinkler {wet and combination
standpipe) systems, used for fire protection shall be metered at
the expense of the owner, lessee or.°ccupant. Payment for metering
service connections for fire protection p~lposes which are not now
metered, shall be made'within ninety days after receiving notice
from the water department or in accordance with a satisfactory
arrangement made for payment of such charges. Any delinquency in
payment of the expense for fire protection service shall be deemed
sufficient cause for discontinuance of the fire services by turning
off such ~lervices to the premises.
2. All automatic sprinkler (wet and combination
standpipe) systems used for fire protection shall be or shall have
installed therewith an outside water motor alarm gong or other
warning device approved by the fire inspector and the superintendent
of the water department.
3. Service Charges. The rates for water supply,
for fire protection purposes exclusively, shall be termed service
charges and shall be for any one month or fractional part thereof
as follows:
SIZE OF SERVICE FIRE SERVICE CHARGE
2 inches $2.75
3 inches 3.45
4 inches 4.80
6 inches 6.90
8 inches 8.25
4. The service charges hereinabove set forth
shall be granted only during such times as there is no appreciable
registration by meters maintained by the City for such fire pro-
tection service.
Water used for any other purpose than for extinguishing fires
through a fire protection service ~ shall be charged at a rate not
less than double the domestic rate provided by this ~-it~te~I~
M. Question of Meter Accuracy.
1. Where the accuracy of the reading of a
water meter is questioned, it shall be removed at the consumer's
request and shall in his presence be tested in the shops of the
water department by means of the apparatus there provided, and a
report thereon duly made. Both parties must accept the findings
so made. If the test discloses an error against the consumer of
more than three percent in the meter's registry, the excess of the
consumption on the three previous readings shall be credited to
the coasumer's meter account, and the water department will bear
the entire cost of the test, and the deposit required as hereinafter
prescribed shall be returned. W~ere no such error is found, the
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person who has requested the test shall pay the cost of such test,
and make up any deficiency in the deposit in cases where the cost
exceeds such deposit. Before making a test of any meter the person
requesting such test shall, at the time of filing his request, make
a deposit of the cost or estimated cost of such test subject to
the conditions herein stated, which costs for testing are fixed
as follows:
SIZE COST
5/4 inch .............................. $ 2.$0
1 inch ................................ S. $0
1 1/4 inch ............................ 4.00
1 1/2 inch ............................ 5.00
2 inch ................................ 6.00
Larger ................................ Actual
2. No meter shall be removed or in any way
distmmbed, except by or in the presence of a representative of
the water department.
N. Meter or Service Removal.
1. When it is desired to have a meter removed
or reinstalled, the owner of the premises supplied or to be
supplied by such meter shall file an application in the office
of the water department on forms provided for that purpose, and
shall pay the actual cost for such removal or reinstallation plus
twenty percent for overhead and accounting.
2. The regulations governing the removal and
reinstallation of a meter shall govern in cases requiring the
removal and reinstallation of a fire hydrant and/or any other
facility or appurtenance of the system.
S. The charges referred to herein shall not
make the person paying such charges the owner of the meter or
hydrant installed which shall at all times be and remain the
property o£ the City.
O. Conne ct ion.
1. Upon the payment of installation fees and
the execution of the contract as hereinbefore provided, the
premises described in the application, if the same abuts on a
street on which there is a City water main, shall be connected
with the City water main by a service pipe and stop-cock extending
at right angles from the main to a place within the lines of the
street curb, which connection shall thereafter be maintained by
and kept within the exclusive control of the City. In cases where
the premises do not abut on a street in which there is a City
water main, the City will lay its connections from the main toward
the premises for a distance equal to the distance from the main
to the curbline; the distance in no case to exceed forty feet, arid
permit connections therewith by means of a union and pipes laid
at the expense and maintained by the owner of the service, or may
in the discretion of the superintendent upon the payment of
actual cost thereof, extel~d the service to the premises of the
applicant along and beneath any public street or alley of the City
but not otherwise; where there is a water main in front of any
premises; every house under separate ownership supplied with City
water must install its own separate service connection with the
City main, and the premises so supplied will not be allowed to
supply water to any other premises, provided that mmch restrictions
shall not apply mo services already installed except as herein
provided, unless in the judgment of the superintendent for the
good of the service or to settle disputes, it is found necessary
to enforce such provisions as to connections already made.
P. Request for Service.
1. Whenever the owner or occupant of any
premises connected with the City's wa&er supply system desires to
use water, he shall notify the water department and request that
water be turned on at the premises.
Q. Shut-Off Valve.
1. Each and every building, place of business,
tourist cabin,.duplex, house trailer and separate dwelling, when
connected to one meter, must be provided with separate shut-off
valves in good working order so that such unit may be shut off
without disturbing service to the remaining units. Failure to
provide such valve, or to shut off the water at such unit when
unoccupied, will be consider sufficient reason to deny any
adjustment in the water bill in the event of leakage due to these
causes. Every such separate service not already equipped with
a shut-off valve as herein provided must be so equipped at the
ownerf~s expense as soon as the defect is found to exist.
R. Delin~[uency - Collection Charge.
1. A collection charge of twenty-five cents
or one percent of the unpaid balance, whichever is greater,
shall be added monthly to each and every water bill which is not
paid on or before such bill becomes delinquent. The water
department shall have the right at its option to turn off the
water serving the premises on which the bill is delinquent.
2. If as a result of such delinquency, the
water department sends an employee to a premises during normal
working hours for the purpose of turning off the water, a
charge of $7.S0 shall be added to the water bill for the
premises.
S. If as a result of a turn-off for such
delinquency, the customer requests a turn-on outside of normal
working hours or on holidays or weekends, the customer shall be
informed that an additional $20.00 will be added to the water bill
for this service.
S. Delinquency- Lien
1. All water rates shall be charged against
the premises for which the service was installed. Any and
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charges provided for in this section, when the same becomes
delinquent and unpaid, shall constitute a lien against the
premises to which the same has been furnished. Enforcement
of the lien and collection of the lien shall include but not be
limited to the right to stop service and deny service thereafter
to any and all owners and/or occupants or tenants of the premises
until the bill for service has been paid in full.
2. In cases where the occupant of a premises
moves to another location within the system and applies for
water at the new location, services may be denied at such location
until and unless any bill for service against the first location
is fully paid, or the amount due is transferred to his account
at the new location and paid.
T. Division of City Into Zones for Accounting.
1. It is the duty of the accounting depart-
ment to keep accounts with all consumers of water and to enter
on such accounts all charges and penalties applicable, and to
render bills to all consumers of water from time to time as
herein provided.
2. For accounting purposes and. the
payment of water bills, the territory served by the water
department of the City may be divided into zones. Such di¥isibn
shall be made with the approval of the Commissioner of Finance
and m~y be revised as required to maintain the number of
accounts in each zone as nearly equal as possible.
U. Adjustments.
1. In the event of excessive registration
of water meters, caused by broken or leaking water service pipe
within or abutting upon the premises of any customer, without
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knowledge or fault of the customer, an adjustment may be made upon
written application during any period of twelve months and after
repairs have been made. The basis of such adjustment shall be the
normal consumption under similar operating conditions.
V. Using Water During Fire.
1. It is unlawful for any person to knwwingly
use water for lawn or garden sprinkling and irrigating purposes
on any premises receiving water from the Bremerton water system
during the progress of a disastrous fire within theeCity limits.
W. Meter Failing to Register Properly.
1. All meters shall be and remain the property
of the City and will not be removed unless the use of water on the
premises is to be entirely stopped or the service connection dis-
continued or abandoned. In the event of the meter getting out of
order or failing to register properly the consumer shall be
charged on an estimate of the average monthly consumption during
the last three months that the same was in good order, or from
what may be considered the most reliable data or method by the
water accounting department.
X. Control of Wse of Water During Emergency.
1. Whenever an emergency exists affecting
the water supply of the City and it becomes necessary to curtail
the use of water through regulation and control of the use thereof,
notice of such emergency shall be published in the daily newspapers
by the water department, setting forth rules under which water
shall be used, providing for such zones for use of the waeer as
may be necessary or advisable, and setting forth hours during which
sprinkling for lawn or garden irrigation may be done, and setting
forth any other restrictions on the use of water as may be deemed
necessary for the welfare of theiahabitants of the City and other
users of City water. Such notices and the regulations established
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thereby shall be subject to change and shall be in full force
and effect throughout the emergency and shall continue until
notice is published that the emergency has passed, and any changes
in such regulations as published shall likewise be so published
before taking effect.
Y. Discontinuation of Service During Short
Emergency.
1. Water service in an emergency of short
duration may be temporarily discontinued, without notice to the
customers, for the purpose of making repairs, extensions or any
other necessary work, and the City shall not be held responsible
for any damage resulting from interruption of service or the
failure of the water supply, or failure to give water users
notice thereof. Whenever possible, and in cases where it has
advance knowledge thereof, the water department shall notify all
customers to be affected by any interruption of service in the
official City newspaper or by a canvass of areas affected by
employees of the water department.
Z. Operation of Fire Hydrants.
1. No persons, other than properly authorized
employees of the City, shall operate fire hydrants unless proper
arrangements have been made with the Commissioner of Public Works
and Utilities~ for payment for such water, and permission has been
granted by the Commissioner. Persons desiring water service from
a fire hydrant or hose connection shall make application therefor
to the water department and make a deposit in the sum of one
hundred dollars with the City Treasurer~ to protect the City against
possible damage of the hydrant or appurtenant equipment.
2. When it is deemed necessary, the water
department will furnish an inspector to operate a fire hydrant, or
hose connection:~ to avoid damage and to obtain the necessary infor-
mation for computing the volume of water consumed. Water supplied
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together with the expense for the service of the inspector and
equipment furnished is classified as special service. In no case
shall the charge be less than fifteen dollars.
AA.Obstructing Access to Fire Hydrant or Meter.
1. It is unlawful for any person to obstruct
the access to any fire hydrant or water meter by placing around
or thereon any stone, brick, lumber, dirt, or other material,
or to park or stand vehicles or any obstruction within fifteen
feet of any fire hydrant, or draw or attempt to draw any water
therefrom, or to wi]Jfully or carelessly injur~ the same.
AB. Constructinn of New Mains in Areas NotSS~r~dd.
1. When the inhabitants or property owners
of any specified area desire to connect directly with the municipal
water supply, and water mains or main extensions are necessary in
order to connect to such municipal water supply, they may petition
the City to construct such new mains and/or main extensions p
providing they jointly and severally agree to reimburse the City
for the cost thereof at the following rates per front foot of
property abutting such new mains and/or main extensions.
Properties situat~dn on corners with abutting water mains on two
sides shall have the footage charge computed by using the average
footing of the two sides.
Areas within City limits - per front foot, two dollars .
Areas outside the City limits - per front foot, tht~e dollars
and twenty-five cents.
2. For owners of irregular shaped area, the
charge shall be two dollars per hundred square feet of area within
the City limits and three dollars and twenty-five cents per hundred
square feet of area outside the City. If the properties to
be served are not abutting the water main, the owners of such
properties shall be required to pay one hundred dollars within
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the City, and one hundred fifty dollars outside the City to
apply on the constructions of permanent mains to serve such
area at some future date.
3. If xixty percent of the property owners
of any specified area have signed the petition, as provided in
1, the City may enter into agreements with them providing for
such new main construction and the payment therefor either in
cash or at the rate of ten dollars or more per month with interest
at six percent per year on unpaid balances; provided that at
lmast t~enty percent shall be paid as a down payment at the time
of installation and that the term of such installations shall
not exceed thirty-six months from the date of the initial install-
ment. Such payments shall be in additionato all other rates,
tapping fees and other charges established by this or any other
ordinances for water service now in effect.
4. Ail mains constructed under the provisions
hereof shall be of cast iron pipe or other approved material not
less than six inches in diameter; provided pipe four inches in
diameter may, in discretion of the water department, be installed
of such length that any given point on the same is not more than
three hundred fifty feet from a main whose diameter is six inches
or more, and further provided if in the discretion of the water
department temporary mains would be more advantageous for a time;
in that event, such temporary mains may be installed by the City;
and, in that event, the property owners who contributed to the cost
of permanent mains shall not be required to pay any additional
cost involved in the abandonment, retirement and the replacement
of such temporary mains with the permanent mains at some future
date. In the event at a later date it should be decided to install
such permanent mains by formation of a local improvement district,
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then, in such event, all payments made by reason of any ~ontract
as herein provided shall be credited toward the payment of any
assessments levied by the local improvement district.
5. When mains are installed, as provided
herein, and not all property owners, or property, shall contribute
towards the cost of such construction at the time they are
constructed, they and the property so omitted shall be required
to pay two dollars per front foot of property within the City
limits fronting such mains before they will be permitted to
connect to said mains.
6. In the case of property outside the City
limits, the front footage charge shall be three dollars and
twenty-five cents per front foot.
7. The front footage charge herein provided
shall be in addition to rates, tapping fees and other charges
established for water service.
AC. New Buildings.
1. l~hen new buildings are to be erected on
the site of the old ones and it is desired to increase the size
or change the location of the old service connection, or when
the service connection to any premises is abandoned or no longer
used, the water department may cut out or remove such service
connections, after which should a service connection be required
to said premises a new service shall be placed only after the
owner makes an application and pays for a new tap in the
regular manner. ~/hen a new main is laid in any street, owners of
premises on said street ~r within one-half block on side streets,
who are being supplied with City water from a private main or
connection to a private service, shall make application for a tap
and shall connect up with a separate service connection to the City
main in front of their premises.
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AD. Disconnection by O~ner.
1. No person or owner of any premises
connected with the City's water supply system shall disconnect
the water on said premises unless he shall first file on forms
provided a written request that water service to the premises
be discontinued, and shall pay all arrearages on water rates
for said premises.
AH. Flat Rate - Waste.
1. No person or owner on "flat rates" shall
waste water, or allow it to be wasted, by imperfect or leaking
stops, valves, pipes, closets, faucets or other fixtures, or to
use the water for purposes other than those named in the applica-
tion.
AF. Violation Shut°Off.
1. If any person violates any of the pro-
visions of Section III, Paragraph AB. 1., the water department
may without notice cut off the water supply~ and it shall not
be turned on again until delinquent and unpaid charges have been
paid and a meter has been installed in accordance with this
ordinance.
AG. P. mployees Access to Premises.
1. Authorized employees of the water depart-
ment, properly identified, shall have free access at proper
hours of the day. to all part of the premises or within buildings
thereon to which water is supplied from city water mains for the
purpose of checking conformity to these regulations and to the
ordinances of the City.
AH. Refusal to Permit Inspection.
1. In the event the owner or occupant of
any premises connected with the City water mains restrains or
prevents authorized city employees from making city inspections,
water service shall be discontinued until such inspection is
completed.
Al. Failure to Comply with Health or Building
Regulations.
1. Whenever any water user fails or refuses
to comply with directives or regulations of the department of
health, or to obtain a building permit, the water service to
such premises will be shut off.
AJ. Mains Outside City Limits.
1. In areas outside the City limits all
mains and services must be installed in accordance with plans
and specifications approved by the City and the County Health
Department and at the expense of the applicant.
2. Applications for extensions and services
to temporary mains may be disapproved wherever pressure and capacity
are considered inadequate for additional service. In. areas outside
the City where consumers are now connected to temporary mains,
the City may require them to contribute towards the cost of
permanent mains, as herein provided, by giving written notice
to all consumers involved that ninety days from the date thereof
the City will cease to supply water to such temporary mains.
Such notice may be by publication, or by direct notice to all
consumers, or both. Upon receipt of such notice, the consumers
involved shall start making arrangements with the water department
for the construction of permanent mains; consumers who have
heretofore contributed towards the cost o£ existing temporary
mains shall be allowed a credit of fifty cents per front:~ foot
of temporary mains on the cost of the permanent mains.
AK. Water Districts - Sale of Surplus Water.
1. Where water districts shall have been
regularly organized, pursuant to the laws of the state, and desire
to purchase water from the City, surplus water may be sold to such
regularly organized water districts pursuant to contract, under
such terms and under such conditions as shall be deemed fair and
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'~,... equitable by the Cf ' Council; provided, howev , that written
contracts must be read and approved by the City Council in session.
AL. Water Districts Pressure Zones.
1. In cases where it is necessary to operate
either single or multiple booster pumps to serve the area covered
by any water district, such area may be divided into pressure zones
and such zones be required to pay different rates as compensation
for the extra cost occasioned by the operation of such booster
pumps in supplying water to each area.
2. A low pressure zone shall be considered
as any area where water is supplied without the aid of booster pumps.
3. An intermediate pressure zone shall be
considered as any area where water is supplied with the aid of
one set of booster pumps.
4. A high pressure zone shall be considered
as any area where water is supplied with the aid of multiple sets
of booster pumps.
A~. Water Districts - Rates. The rates for water
supplied to incorporated water districts through master meters, shall
be as follows for one month or £rac~onal part thereo£:
1. Rates in Lower Pressure Zones: For six
hundred cubic £eet per month per user two 'dollars and fifty-five
cents.
Over six hundred cubic feet per month per user, per one hundred cubic
feet o twenty- five cents.
2. Rates in Intermediate Pressure Zones: For
six hundred cubic feet per month per user - t~e dollars and ninety-
five cents.
Over six hundred cubic feet per month per user, per one hundred cubic
feet - twenty-five cents.
$. High Pressure Zones: For six hundred cubic
feet per month per user - three dollars and forty-five cents.
Over six hundred cubic feet per month per user, per one hundred
cubic feet - thirty cents.
AN. Commissioners to Represent City - Appeal.
1. The Commissioner of Finance in the case
of rates and charges, and the Commissioner of Public Works and
Utilities in all other cases shall have the authority to decide
on behalf of the City any questions that may arise through the
necessity of interpretation of this chapter or other ordinances
of the City relating to the water department, and his decision
in such case shall be final, subject to the right of the person
aggrieved thereby to appeal from such decision to the City Council,
by giving written notice of such appeal within ten days from the
date such person is notified of such decision.
AO. Enforcement.
1. It shall be the duty of the employees of
the police, fire, engineers and streets and w.mter departments to
give vigilant aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this
chapter and sha~l report all violations hereof which come to their
knowledge to the office of the superintendent.
AP. Unlawful for Unauthorized Person to Tamper
with Water Equipment.
1. It is unlawful for any person, unless duly
authorize~ to disturb, interfere with, or damage any water main,
water pipe, machinery, tools,mmeters or any other appliances,
buildings, improvements, or other appurtenances belonging to,
connected with, or under the control of the municipal water supply
system of the City.
AQ. Unlawful to Bathe in or Throw Objects into
Reservoir.
1. It is unlawful for any person to bathe in,
fish in or throw any substance into any reservoir, or place any
foreign substance upon any grounds belonging to, connectdd with or
under the control of the municipal water supply system o£ the
City.
AR. Statements.
1. Statements for charges shall be sent
monthly or bimonthly, as may be determined by the City Council
and shall become delinquent if not paid by the consumer within
fifteen days after date thereof.
AS. Shut-Off by City - City Not Responsible for
Damage.
1. The water department reserves the right
at any time, without notice, to shut off the water supply for
repairs, extensions, nonpayment of rates, or any other reason
and the City shall not be responsible for any damage such as
bursting boilers supplied by direct pressure, the breaking of
any pipe or fixtures, stoppages or the interruption of water
supply or any other damage resulting from the shutting off of
water.
AT. Miscellaneous Purposes.
1. Water for all other purposes not herein
enumerated shall be furnished and charged for at either meter :
rates or flat rates to be fixed by the water superintendent
with the approval of the City (buncil.
SECTION IV. Sewer Service
A. Installation within the City Limits:
1. Whenever any area within the City not
presently served by sewer shall request such service; the person
or persons making such request shall provide for the payment of
the standard construction costs by means of local improvement dis-
tricts in the manner provided by law or by direct installation
under the specifications and supervision of the City Engineer.
In the event the City shall require the installation of trunks
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or laterals of sizes in excess of those heretofore defined as
standard, the actual additional cost of the sewer pipe in excess
of that for the standard size shall be paid for from the sewer
construction fund. Whenever the City shall determine that an
area within the City is in need of sewer service and no request
is made therefor, the City Council may provide for the installation
thereof and payment of the standard construction costs by means
of local improvement districts or in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. Whenever any area within the City not presently served
by a sewer facility shall request such service and the request
is such that the financial burden to be borne by the City is
determined by the City to be excessive, then the person or persons
making such request shall provide for payments in excess of the
amount provided for in this chapter and in the manner provided
by law.
B. Services Beyond City Limits.
1. Any parcel of property that is contiguous
to existing City limits must support annexation to the City as
a condition of receiving City sewer services.
2. Requests for extensions of City sewer
services to property not contiguous to existing City limits shall
be presented to City Council for consideration. In the event
City Council approves such requests, the City Council may attach
conditions to the extension of sewer services as it may deem
advisable under the circumstances surrounding the request.
3. Rates and charges for service outside
the corporate limits of the City of Bremerton shall be 150% of the
charges hereinafter set for services within the City limits.
C. Delayed Benefit Charges.
1. Whenever a sanitary sewer is extended
through an undeveloped area within the City to provide service to
a newly developed area, the property abutting such facility shall
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be subject to a delayed benefit charge when application for
connection is made. Such delayed benefit charge shal! be equa!
to the applicable front foot charge which would be determined
under this Section in paragraph H.3. £ollowing. Payment of such
delayed benefit charges sha~! exempt the property for which pay-
ment is made from any subsequent iota! improvement district
assessments for sanitary sewer facilities. Delayed benefit
charges, connection charges~ and late connection charges may be
paid' at the time of application or in monthly installments over
a period not to exceed ten years from date of connection with
interest as specified by the City Council on the unpaid balance.
Unpaid balances shall be a lien upon the property to which
connection is made~ superior to all other liens and encumbrances
except those for general taxes and special assessments. They
may be foreclosed in the same manner provided by law for the fore-
closure of delinquent local improvement district assessment
liens. The agreement shall be recorded in the Office of the Kitsap
County auditor at the expense of the property owner and upon
payment in full, a release of the said lien shall be executed
by the City.
D. Reimbursement Agreements.
1. The City may enter into reimbursement
agreements to partially repay developers for the costs of
constructing "extended lines". Such agreements shall be approved
by the City Council.
2. Plans and specifications for a proposed
extensions shall be first approved in writing by the City Engineer.
The specifications shall include bonding and insurance for the
builder, shall hold the City harmless, and shall provide a guarantee
on workmanship and materials for a period of one year from the date
of accp~tance by the City.
3. 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 continuing
rights for operation, maintenance and replacement. Title to the
completed improvement shall be in the City.
4. The cost of an "extended line" shall
be the "fair cost" estimate as determined by the City Engineer
based on current costs for similar types of construction.
5. The amount of any reimbursement shall be
limited to the connection charges to others actually accruing
to the City for direct connections to the extended line, and to
construction charges applicable to the developed area, and shall
in no case exceed the "fair cost" estimate.
E. City Responsibility for Sewer Lines.
1. The City shall operate, maintain and
replace, as may be necessary, all City sewer lines within the
street rights-of-way.
F. Unlawful Discharge into City Sewer System.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to discharge the contents of any septic tank,
cesspool or chemical toilet into the City sewer System except
at places and times designated by the Commissioner of Public Works
and Utilities, at the sewage disposal plant.
G. Discharge at Sewage Disposal Plants.
1. Any person, firm or corporation desiring
to discharge sewage discussed in Paragraph F above at the sewage
disposal plants of Bremerton, shall first pay an annual fee of
fifty dollars, to the City Treasurer, and shall present the
receipt to the City Clerk, who shall issue a license authorizing
that person, firm or corporation to discharge such sewage in
accordance with rules and regulations of the Commissioners
promulgated under the authority of this ordinance. Such discharge
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shall be permitted only to those persons, firms or corporations
living or doing business within the City of Bremerton, or City
of Bremerton agencies.
H. Rates and Charges.
1. 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
charges, maintenance and operation of the City sewer system,
and replacement and extzm~ions to the system.
2. Sewer Service Charges.
a. Sewer service charges are payable from
the date that sewer service is made available to occup&ed
property. This date is the date that the public sewer constructe~d
to serve the said property is accepted by the City or the date
the property is connected to the sewer whichever is earliest.
b. Sewer service charges will be levied
when possible on the basis of water metered to the premises at
forty- five cents per one hundred cubic feet per month up to
the minimum cubic feet specified in the chart below, and at
thirty-five cents per one hundred cubic feet thereafter.
~VATER METER SIZE MINIMUM CUBIC FEET
5/8 to 3/4 inch ............................... S00
1 inch ........................................ 1000
1 1/Z inch .................................... 1S00
2 inch ........................................ 2500
3 inch ........................................
4 inch ........................................ 7S00
§ inch ........................................ 1S000
8 inch ........................................ 30000
10 inch ....................................... S0000
12 inch ....................................... 72000
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c. The Commissioner of Public Works and
Utilities may establish a ceiling on sewer service charges to
commercial premises when the user substantiates to the satisfaction
of the Commissioner that a significant portion of the water metered
to the premises is not returned to the sewer system.
d. Sewer service charges to premises
eligible for irrigation rates during periods when irrigation rates
are in effect shall not exceed the charges based on average monthly
water consumption when irrigation rates are not in effect.
e. Those premises within the City limits
served by the Bremerton sewer system, but not served by the
Bremerton water system shall pay the same monthly sewer service
charge as the other City residents upon the receipt of the Water
Usage furnished by the Independent Water District, and if this
information is not available, those customers shall pay a monthly
service charge of $2.95. At such time as these premises may
commence to be served by the Bremerton water system, sewer
service charges will be levied on the basis of water metered to
the premises.
3. Connection Charges will be determined
by the City Engineer on the basis of the following:
a. Class A Connections
(1) Single family dwellings - Two
hundred seventy-five dollars per lateral service connection
including inspection and permit fees.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) Unoccupied property - No charges.
b. Class B Connections
(1) Single family dwellings - Seven
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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.
(2) Multiple family dwellings - Seven
dollars per construction front foot of property fronting on the
sewer line bm 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.
(5) Commercial buildings - Seven
dollars per construction front foot of property fronting on the
sewer line or $.025 per square foot of floor space whiehever
is greater but not less than two hundred seventy-five dollars
per lateral service connection to the property.
(4) "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 (1) , (2) , or (5) above.
c. Class C Connections
(1) Single family dwellings - Eighteen
dollars per waZerfront 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.
(2) 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.
(3) Commercial buildings - Eighteen
dollars per waterfront construction front foot or $.05 per square
foot of floor space whichever is greater, but not less than nine
hundred dollars for the first lateral connection and two hundred
seventy-five dollars for each additional lateral connection to
the property.
(4) Unoccupied property. At the time
that structures requiring sanitary sewer service are constructed
on unoccupied property the construction charge which is in
addition to the Late Connection Charge will be determined as
provided in subparagraph (1), (2), or ($) above.
d. 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.
e. Connection charges shall be adjusted
6n 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 Advisers.
The CPI for the rates herein published is 157.5 based on the
report for November 1975.
4. Construction Charges.
a. 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.
b. 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.
c. Construction charges being levied as
of the date this ordinance becomes effective shall continue in
effect until present sewer system revenue bond indebtedness is
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retired unless sooner cancelled by separate ordinance.
d. Construction charges levied
subsequent to the date of this ordinance shall continue in effect
until the revenue bond indebtedness at the date of the levy
shall be retired.
e. Rates:
Class A Sewer Line Connections -
No charge.
Class B and C Sewer Line Connections -
Three dollars per month per lateral connection serving the
premises.
5. Other Charges.
a. Occupied lm~lperties that connect to
a sewer less than 50 days after its completion and acceptance
by theCCity 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
to a sewer more than 60 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 quarterss 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.
I. Water Shut-Off for Non-Payment of Sewer Charges.
1. Sewer service charges, connection charges,
construction charges together with any other charges levied in
accordance with this ordinance shall be a lien on the property
to which the sewer service has been made available, which lien
shall be superior to all other liens and encumbrances except those
for general taxes .and local and special assessments.
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2. Any such charge not paid before delin-
quency shall give the City the right, and the water superintendent
the duty, to shut off the water service to the premises for which
such charge is delinquent.
J. Each building or co~mercial structure served
by the Bremerton sewer system sh~ll have a separate lateral.
K. All plans and specifications for change or
addition to the sanitary sewer Fl~stem shall be first approved by
the City Engineer.
SECTION V. Penalty for Violations.
A. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not
exceeding three hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the City
jail for a period not exceeding ninety days, or both.
APPROVED l~y the City Council on the first reading this
17th day of July, 1974.
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 July, 1974.
ATTEST:
G -~. YEAc~,- St~'., dity Clerk
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