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Home My WebLink About3501 ~' ~ ~stribution: · Attorney ,~' Water Dept.~/ Water Superintendent ~ Bremerton Sun ~.~ O DINANCE NO'. :3 0_1 AN ORDINANCE amending Section 3D of Ordinance 3147 which is codified as BMC 15.04.050 and relating to Publicj Water Service and the fees for the installation and maintenence thereof. THE CITY OF BREbIERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN: SECTION 1: Section 3D of Ordinance 3147 which is codified as BMC 15.04.050 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 and installing water service within the city limits shall be as follows: Three-fourths -inch tap and connection, one hundred eighty- five dollars; One-inch tap and connection, two hundred fifty dollars. B. 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, two hundred thirty-five dollars; One-inch tap and connection, three hundred dollars. C. Taps and service connections larger in size than one inch in the city shall be charged for actual material, labor and other costs thereof including overhead charges. For areas outside the city, materials, labor and other costs shall be priced fifty percent higher than in the city. For the purpose of computing these costs, the main to which it is proposed to make such connection shall be considered as being located in the center of the street, or right-of-way or alley, whether or not such may be the actual case. Before such tap and meter is installed, the applicant therefor will be required to deposit an amount equal to the estimated cost thereof. If, upon completion of the installatior the cost computed as above described should be more than the amount of the deposit, the applicant will be required to pay the difference -- 1 -- between such cost and the amount of the deposit; provided, however, that if the amount of the deposit is more than actuai cost, computed as above described, such excess amount is 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 article upon application and the payment of twenty percent down and not less than five dollars per month or within twelve months, said deferred payments to include interest at the rate set by city council on the unpaid balance of said charges. D. In ;the event it should be necessary to break the pavement of any street, sidewalk or other public thoroughfare in order to install a tap and service connection, there shall be an additional charge equal to the cost of said breaking and re- paving. 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 shall be made. F. The size of each water service and tap shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the plumbing code of the city now in effect, or which may be formulated at some future date. In the absence of such provisions, the Uniform Plumbing Code shall govern. G. Where a dependable water supply cannot be assured to any premises because of low pressure during periods of peak Qemands 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. A general facilities fee shall be charged on all new service connections to the water system: 1. The fee for multiple dwelling units such as condo- miniums, apartments, duplexes, etc., shall pay the general facilities fee of three-fourths cent per square foot for seventy-five - 2 - 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. la. The fees for all non-residential buildings shall be the same as for multiple dwellings as described above, and each 1200 square feet of floor space shall be considered one dwelling unit for the purpose of determining fees. 2. The general facilities fee for single family dwellings outside the city limits shall be based upon the property description ~bmitted with the service application by the owner and shall be one and one-fourth cents 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 one and one-fourth cents per square foot or one hundred twenty-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. 3. Owners or developers of approved plats within the city limits shall pay %he general facilities fee of three-fourths cent per square foot or seventy-five dollars per approved lot, whichever is greater; the computation of the area within said plat shall include greenbelts, parking and other aesthetic, collateral and accessory building uses and shall include publicly owned roads and streets and right-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 and the developer or owner paying the standard front foot charge. Developers or o%~ners 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 - 3 - plats larger than ten acres shall pay the general facilities fee for ten acres at the time of conveyance with the balance of payment, if so desired by the owner or developer, to be paid on a contract not to exceed one year. Any fire, hydrants installed in the plat shall be at the developer's expense. 4. Owners or developers of approved p~ats outside the city limits shall pay the general'facilities fee of one and one- fourth cents per square foot within the plat served or one hundred twenty-five dollars per lot, whichever is greater; the computation of the area within said plat shall include greenbelts, parking and aesthetic, collateral and accessory building uses and shall include publicly owned streets and right-of-way. Owners or developers shall have the alternatives of installing the plat's interior water system at their expense and to the city's specifications, or the city installing the interior water system with the owner or developer paying the standard front footage charge. Any fire hydrants installed in the plat shall be at the developer's expense. Plats or subdivisions of plats, ten acres or less, shall pay the total general facilities fee at the time of conveyance of the interior water system to the city. Developers or 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 fee herein provided shall be in addition to rates, tapping fees and other charges established for water service. 6. The general facilities fee, installation fee, and front footage fee for the construction of new water mains, shall be adjusted on January 1st of each year based on the Consumer Prise Index~for November of the year preceding for all items as reported in "Economic Indicators" prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers. - 4 - 1.1 The installation or maintenance of a.cross-connection which will endanger the water quality of the potable water supply of the city is prohibited. Any cross-connection now existing or hereafter installed is declared a nuisance and shall be abated. The control or elimination 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 Health Services. The water supply will be discontinued to any premise for failure to comply with the provisions of this articcle. 2. Service from the city 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. 3. Furnishing of any service shall be contingent upon the installation of a backflow prevention device approved by the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services for the protection of the city water supply from backflow. J. The city reserves the right to enter or go upon any premises to make a reasonable inspection of installation and maintenance of cross-connections, to inspect backflow prevention devices and to make any inspection to prevent contamination of the public water supply. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this ~ day of ~ ..... , 19,~ PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication ~_~ ~¢H, I~V~. of such passage this day of ATTEST: R.ROSS, Deputy City Clerk - 6 -