HomeMy WebLinkAbout2965 ~)~,.~AGE DISPOSAL qvo,'?n'~, ~
regulating the use of water therefrom: Provi~li~g for
the sale of water and sewage disposal services; fixing
the price or rate thereof and providin~2 a method of
collecting rates; Providing penalties for the violation:;
of this Ordinance; and amending Ordinance No. 22~8, and
declaring an Emergency.
TtIE CITY OF BRE~.,.ER:O~: DOES ONDAIN:
Section i. ~>ec~ion 5 of 0rdinance No.
follows:
Section 5. Ail fees for the installation oF water services
end ~aps shall be p~ld ~s follows:
(&) The fee for m~kins ~ tap installing water service
within the City limits shell be ~s follows:
3/4" TgP & Connection - One Nundred Dollars ($100.00)
1" Tap E Connection - One Ifundred Sixty Dollars (S160.00)
(b) The fee for m~kins a tap end installing a
service in areas outside %he cit7 limits shall be es follows:
3/4" Tap 6~ Connection - One tfundred Pitt7 Dollars ($150.00)
1" T~p & Connection- Two Hundred Forty Dollars ($2110.00)
(c) Taps ~nd service connection larger in size thah one
inch in ~he Ci~y shall be charged ~or actual material, labor and
o%her costs thereof~ plus twenty percent (20~) of such costs for
supervision and overhead. FoP areas outside the
labor end other costs sh~il be priced ~qf%y percent (D0,,) higher
%han in the Ci~y and to such costssh811 be added twen¢7 percen% (20~),,:,
for supervision and overhead. Pop the purpose of computinS these
cos%s the main to which it is proposed ~o make such connection shall
be considered, es bainS located in the cen%er of ~he streeL,
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right of war 'or alley~ whether or riot such. may be the act ,ta~ case.
Before such Lap and meter shell be installed the applican% therefore
will be required to put up 8 deposit equal ~o %he ecZema.ted cos~
~hereO~. If~ upon completEon of the installation, the cost;
computed as above described, should be more than the ameunt of %he
deposlt, the a[;plicant will be required to pay the difference between
such cost and the amount of the deposit;' p ~)rovlded,.
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 tappinf~'~ and
service connections as provided for in Section 5 of ~ ~inance ~o
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~88 upon application and the payment of not less than twe;~tM
(20~) of the total charges~ the balance to be ~a~c~ in xonthly
installments of not less than.;~..,.00 or within 12 months, ~;a[~; deferred
payments to include interest at the rate of six perca'nt (d/) on the
unpaid balance of said charges.
(d) In the event it should be necessa~y 'bo h:?eak
in order to install a tap and service conr~ection, an addi~;ior:al
charge of :'.~i O0 oep square foot, but not less than
(:~50.00) shall be made foz~ breaking and vei:~iacir~5 such ,st ,eet,
case of concrete, and :~:1.25 per sq. foot, but not less than twent~~-
five Dollars ($25.00) in the case of blacktop.
(e) In the event it should be necessary to .seb ;.~',e
box for such service: connectior: ir~ a concretd: '-~ ~ .... ~'- '
charge o.ff ten Dollars (~;1O.00) shall be
(f) The size of each water service an~; tap o~1
determined in acco~ ~ancewmth the l~rovisions of tl~e i,]a~'.~m:~,, code
the City no~, in e.~e~u~ o~' r~;~Is .... formdlated at so~'~ fui:.ur~:
date. In thc absence of such provisions ~,ec~mon 1oq~ an,l
"A" of tlm Uniform ~lumbing Code, ]~'~0 E,~itLon, as adopue~~, b? thc
Western Officials association in October, .
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(g) "t/hera a dependable water supply cannot be ~sst~.ed~ to
any premises because of low pressure during period~ off peak demands
where
for.,.~ater, or'property is situated at such an elevation that it can-
not be assured oF dependable service, the owner may, at his ezpense,
install an auxiliary storage tank or pump to furnis]~ an auxi]iar.7
s upp 1 y.
SF, ction o Section 7 of Ordinance No. 22~S ~ ~'e '~d
read as follows:
Section 7. At the time an applicant signs the a. ppli~atlon
for water service, the aur~licant ~h.:.~l de[~osit ~ith the City
,_rea,~urer a Consumer's Utility Deposit which shal:, not :,e::.r itqter~cst,
to secure payment of water and utility charges for ser¥ices
furnished to any such applicant, as follows:
(a) Consumer's Deposits within the City Limits: (~o~ in effect)
1/2 to 3/4 inch meters $11.00
i " " 13.50
1 1/4 " " 20.50
1 1/2 " " 23.50
2 " " 3 .~. 50
(b) Consumer's Deposits outside the City Limits:
1/2 to 3/4 inch meters ~.50
1 " " 16 . 00
1 1/4 " " 2~.50
1 1/2 " " 28.50
2 " " ~ 3.5O
(c) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Water Depart--
ment from requiring that such consumer's deposits shall be eqmal to
2 1/2 times the estimated consumption of water for one billing, at
the time such application is received, multiplied by the rate herein
provided, and further provided that, if at the end of any two
billing periods the actual consumption of water should exceed the
estimated consumption at the time of such application for water and
sewage disposal service, by more than 10~, then the applicant may be
required to add such amount to his consumer's deposit as may be
necessary to make up such deficiency. In the event of his failure
to comply with this provision, the Water Accounting Department may
add such amount to his water bill and enforce collection thereof in
the manner provided by this existing ordinances.
The Consumer's Deposits herein provided shall be held by the
City Treasurer until s~verance of the contract, and shall be paid to
the consumer after all claims against the premises for water or
other services, shall be fully paid, pr.ovided that the ~'~ater
Department, except as hereinafter provided may waive the require?~ents
of such deposits in the cases of property owners upon the premises
where water is consumed inside the City.
Section 3. Section 8 of Ordinance No. 22~8 is amended
to read as follows:
Section ~. After an application f~,~ water service h~s been duly
executed, signed, approved and service started as hereinabove
provided, the charge for such service through a 5/8" x
meter shall be as follows for one month and double the volume at the
same price per 100 cubic feet for bimonthly periods:
(a) Meter rates within the City Limits:
500 cubic feet or less $2.75
The next 4,500 cubic feet~ .35
The next 15,000 cubic feet ~
In excess of 20,000 cubic feet~ .20
(b) Meter rates outside the City Limits:
500 cubic feet or less $4.15
The next 4,500 cubic feet8 .55
The next 15,000 cubic feet~ .45
In excess of 20,000 cubic feet~ .30
(c) The rate for a fractional month shall be computed by
the Water Accounting Department in such manner as to be e,!uitable
and fair to both the consumer and the Water Department. /his
subsection shall apply to accounts within and outside t'.~e City I.imits.
(d) Uhere two or more seoarate bui
. la~_ngs or promises,
under ~eparate ownership or management, are now supplied with
through one meter, the minimum rate for each such separate building,
regardless of the size of the meter, shall be '~
- .~2.75 per month
in the City Limits and $fl 15 per month outside the ~"- L?.mits. The
payment of such amounts shall entitle each separate building to 500
cubic feet of water per month per building. Water ~n excess of 500
cubic feet of water per month per unit shall be at the~o~estlc
rates hereinabove listed. The rate provided by thiz subsection
shall apply to places of business, residences, house tr,~.er~:~,
tourist cabins serving as permanent family ~nits, 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 duplezes
and similar buildings where the respective units thereof are
separately or jointly owned by more than one family or business.
(e) 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 county rate prescribed hereim for the
size of the meter serving such premises.
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Water in excess of 5.00 cubic feet per month shall be at
the rate prescribed. The rates by this subsection shall apply to
apartment houses, residences renting apartments, and any other
building or premise so used.
Section 4. Section 9 of Ordinance ~o. 22~ is amended
to read as follows:
Section 9. 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:
(a) Minimum Meter Rates within the city Limits per
month for 500 cubic feet or less:
5/8" to 3/4" Meter $2.75
1" " 4.15
1 1/2" " 6.20
2" " 8.25
3" " 12 . 40
4" " 20.65
6" " 33.00
8" " 49.50
12" " 66.00
(b)
Minimum Meter Rates outside the City Limits per
month for 500 cubic feet or less:
5/8" to 3/4" Meter $4.15
1" " 6.25
1 1/2" " 9.30
2" " 12.40
3" " 18.60
4" " 31.00
6" " 49.50
8" " 74.25
12" " 99.00
(c) All water consumed in excess of 500 cubic feet
per month shall be charged for as in Section 3 hereof.
Section 5. Section 10 of Ordinance No. 2288 is
repealed.
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Section 6. Section 11 of 0Pdinance No. 2288 is
amended to ~ead as follows:
Section 11: Industrial Rates: Consumers usinK in excess
of ~0,000 cubic feet pep month may make application fop Industrial
Rates on forms to be supplied fop such purposes, which Industrial
Rates shall be a minumum fixed charge of $82.50 per month for water
up to q0,000 cubic feet and 20¢ pep 100 cubic feet for water in
excess of ~0,000 cubic feet pep month.
Section 7. Section 12 of Ordinance No. 2288 is amended
to read as follows:
Section 12. FoP the ~u~pose of this 0Pdinance, a housin~
project shall be construed to be a premises, as defined in Section 6
of Ordinance No. 2288, occupied by 20 or mope separate buildings or
dwellings and under single control or manaEement.
The minumum Pate fo~ such existing housing pPo~ects shall
be $2.25 pep month per occupied unit within the City Limits and
$3.q0 pet month pep occupied unit outside the City Limits.
The payment of such minumum Pates shall entitle each such occupied
unit to 600 cubic feet of water pep month. Water in excess of 500
cubic feet pep month shall be at the Pates DePscribed in Section 3
hereof.
Section 8. Section 13 of Ordinance No. 2288 is amended to
read as follows:
Section 13. Effective January 1, 1959, a special Pate for
sprinkling oP irrigating tracts of land shall be available for a
5-month period beginning with mid-AoPil meter reading date and
shall be as follows:
(a) 2500 cu. ft. oP less pep month within the City Limits
$5.50
In excess of 2500 cu. ft, ~er month,, per 100 cu. ft.
(b) 2500 cu..ft, oP less per mQnth outside the City Limits
8.2s
In excess of 2500 cu. ft. per month, per 100 cu. ft,
45¢
(c) 2500 cubic feet per month in Incorporated Water
Districts obtaining water through a master meter, the rate shall
be double the minumum rate.
(d) Those desiring to take adva~+a'~e of the above meter
rates shall sign an agreement, the same to be ke~t in the Water
Department, before any such reduction shall be ~ranted.
(e) In case of bimonthly billings, the minimum cubic
feet allowed shall be double the same Drice ~er 100 cubic feet.
Section 9. Section 17 of Ordinance No. 2288 is amended
to read as follows:
Section 17. The rates for water supplv, for fire
protection purposes exclusively, shall be termed service char~es
and shall be for any one month, or fractional part thereof, as
follows:
Size. . of Service. Fire.. .. Service. Charge
2 inches $2.75
3 " 3.45
4 " 4.80
6 " 6.90
8 " 8.25
The service charges hereinabove set forth shall be qranted
only during such times as there is no appreciable registration by
meters maintained by the City for such fire Drotection service.
Water used for any other ~ur~ose than for extinguishin~
fires, through a fire protection service, shall be charged at a
rate not less than double the domestic rate provided by this
Ordinance.
Section 10. Section 19 of Ordinance No. 2288 is amended
to read as follows:
Section 19. When it is desired to have a meter removed or
reinstalled, the owner of the premises supDlied, or to be sups!led,
by such meter shall file an application, in the Office of the Water
DeDartment, on forms provided for that Durpose and shall pay the
actual cost for such removal or reinstallation Dlus 20% for over-
head and accounting.
(a) The regulations governing the removal and
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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.
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 of tb~e City
of Bremerton.
Section 11. Section 31 of Ordinance ~o. 22~ is a~ende~
to read as follows:
Section 31. No person, other than properly authorized
employees of the City of Bremerton, 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 said Commissioner. Persons desiring
water service from a fire hydrant or hose connection shall ~ake
application therefore to the ~';ater Department and make a deposit in
the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) with the City Treasurer, to
protect the City of Bremerton against possible damage of the hydrant
or appurtenant equipment.
When it is deemed necessary, the Water Department will
furnish an imspector to operate a fire hydrant, or hose connection,
to avoid damage and to obtain the necessary information for
computing the volume of water consumed. Water supplied together
with the expense for the services of the inspector and e0, uip~7~ent
furnished, is classified as Special Service. in no case, shall the
charge be less than Three Dollars ($3.00).
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ect_on 12 Section ,~ of Ordinar~ce ~,~o ~s ame~-~de(~ to
read as follows:
Section 3~. (a) ~.',~hen the inhabitants or pro?,,erty o~.~ners
of any specified area desire to connect directly with the municipal
water supply, and water mains or main extensions are necessa~-~y in
order to connect to such municipal water supply, they ~'~;ay petitio~
the City to construct such new mains and/or main extensions
providing they jointly and severally a~ree to reimburse the
City for the cost thereof at the following rates ~er front foot
of property abutting such new mains and/or main extensions and,
provided the depth of such abutting Droperty shall not exceed one
hundred and twenty feet (120') from the mar~in of the riKht-of-
way in which the main or main extension is to be located:
Areas within City Limits - oep front foot $2.00
Areas outside City Limits - per front foot 3.25
(b) For owners of irregular sha~ed areas, the charge
shall be two dollars (52.00) ~er hundred square feet of a~ea
within the City Limits and three dollars and~25/100 (93.25) per hund-
~ed'square.feet'of-area~dutside t~e City; ~rovidin~ this charge' shatl
not extend to areas more than 120 feet from the marlin of the
right of way in which the main or main extension is to be loch. ted.
If the areas to be served is 170 feet, or more, beyond the mar~in
of the riKht-of-way, the owners of such areas shall be required to
pay One Hundred Dollars (9100.00) within the city, and ~}ne }~undred
Fifty Dollars (9150.00) outside the City to apply on the con-
structions of permanent ~ains to serve such area at some future date.
Para,rash (c), as amended by Ordinance 7329, ~assed 3-18-59
reads;
Paragraph (c). If sixty ~ercent of the pronerty owners of
any specified area have signed the petition, as provided in Sub-
section (a) Section 33, Ordinance bio. 2288, the City mav enter into
agreements with them providing for such new main construction and
the payment therefore either in cash, or at the rate of Ten Dollars
($10.00) or more per month, -with interest at. 6% per annum on
unpaid balances, provided that at teast 20%-shall be'-gaid 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 installment. Such payments shall be in addition to
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all other rates, tapping fees and other charges established by
this or any other ordinances for water service now in effect.
(d) All mains constructed under the provisions hereof
shall be of cast iron pipe or other approved material not less than
six (6) inches in diameter; provided pipe~four~(4)!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 hund-
red fifty f~et (350') from a main whose diameter is six inches (6")
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 proper%y 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 manins at some future date.
In the event at a later date it should be decided to install such
permanent mains by formation of a .L~aL Improvement District, then,
in such event, all payments made by reason of any contract as herein
provided shall be credited toward the payment of any Assessments
levied by the Local Improvement District.
Paragraph (e), as amended by Ordinance 2329, 3-18-59, reads:
(e) 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 ($2.00) per
front foot of property, within the City Limits, fronting such mains
before they will be permitted to connect to said mains.
In the case of property outside the City Limits, the front
footage charge shall be Three Dollars and 25/100 ($3.25) per front
foot.
The front footage charge herein provided shall be in
addition to rates, tapping fees and other charges established for
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water service.
Section 13. Section g5 df~ Ordinance No. 2288 is
amended as to read:
Section 45. The rates for water supplied to
incorporated water districts through master meters, shall be
as follows for one month or fractional part thereof:
(a) Rates in low Pressure Zones.:
For 600 cu. ft. per month pe~~ user $2.55
Over 600 cu. ft. per mon. per user per
100 cu. ft. .25
(b) Rates in Intermediate Pressure Zones:
For 600 cu. ft. per mo. per user 2.95
Over 600 cu. ft. per mo. per user
per 100 cu. ft. .25
(c) High PressureZones:
For 600 cu. ft. per mo. per user 3.45
Over 600 cu. ft. per mo. per user
per 100 cu. it, .30
Section 14, The rate changes, for construction or in-
stallations of sewer/or water lines established by this amending
Ordinance shall not be applied to those Local Improvement District
petitions outstanding and prepared by the City Engineer's office
prior to the passage date of this 0rdinance~ provided that such
petitions are completed by December 31, 1971.
Section 15. There exists, and is hereby declared to
exist.,~ an emergency, and this Ordinance is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of
the citizens of Bremerton, and shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon passage and publication.
PASSED on first readin~ by the City Council of the City
of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication of such passage thi, G~/~%y of July, 1971.
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Attest: ~."~
G. ~. Ye~on, sr', fitY-clerk
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