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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2288 ~ AN' ORD!~ANCE RELATING 120 THE MUNICIPAL ~V'ATER SUPPLY AND $mWA~E .DISPOSAL SYoTEi'~ OF THE CITY OF BRE~'iERTON: regulating the use of water 'therefrom; pro- viding for the sale of water and sewage disposal services; fixing the price or rate thereof and providing a method of collecting rates; Providing penal- ties for the'vi, ations of this Ordinance; and repealing Ordinances No. 2045, THE CITY OF EIIERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. word "Person"~ whenever used in this Ordinance, shall be held to mean and natural persons of either sex, associations, copart- nerships, and cur , wherever acting by themselves or by a servant, a- gent or employee; the ular member shall be held and construed to include the plural and mascull to include the feminine. Section 2. Any living within or outside the City of Bremerton and desiring to hav~ pr connected with the water supply system of the City of Bremerton, shall application therefore, upon a printed form to be furnished for that purp which application shall contain the name of owner, description of the ] block and addition, and the official house number of the premises, tog~ with 'the size of the service pipe, and shall be signed by the owner of th. see to be served, or his duly authorized agent, and shall be filed in office of the Water Department, and at the time of filing such applicati¢ applicant shall pay the fees for install- ation of water services herein provided. Section 3. The application e'd in the preceding section shall Contain a contract on the part the person making the s~e, to pay for the water applied for at the rate and n t~e manner s~ecified in such contract, and shall reserve to the City of ?ton the right to charge and collect the rates and enforce the penalties ~rovided in this ordinance, to temporar- ily discontinue the service at any I without notice to the consumer and to install a meter or meters to re er the water cons~aed and shall specify that said contract is subject to all ~e provisions of this ordinance and of any ordinance of the City of Bremerton g to the subject, hereafter pas- sed, and shall provide that the City oJ Bremerton shall not be held respon- sible for any d~nage by water or other use resulting from defective plum~- lng or appliances on the premises, and t fact that the agents'of the City or County have inspected the plumbing ppliances shall not be pleaded as a basis of recovery in case of damage to emises, and shall provide in case the supply of water shall be interrupted fail by reason Of accident or any other cause whatsoever, the City shall not liable for d. amages for such in- terruptionsor failure, nor shall such failur or interruptions, for any reas- onable period of time ~ held to constitute s breach of Gontract o~ the part of the City or in any way relieve the consume: from per2~rmlng the obligation of his contract. Section 4. (a) Ail contracts shall take fect from the day they are signed and rates shall be charged from the day t] premises-are connected with the water supply and the water turned on. (b) Twenty percent of all the rates and fees provided, except- ing those for tapping charges, new mains and main tensions, are hereby appropriated for the payment of interest on and red ~tion of bonds of the system, presently outstanding, and/or which may be i ~ued and become out- standing at some future date. The City Treasurer is ereby directed to place such portion of the revenues, as collected, into the s~cial bond redemption funds and/or their respective Reserve Funds for the sp~ifiG purpose of pro- viding for the payment of interest on and the redemptto~of bonds presently outstanding, as well as those of any future issue which ~ay become outstand- ing. The amount to be placed in each such fund or funds,~shall be the ratio which the annUal reqp~..rements of each fund and/or lts res~ve fund bears to the 'total requirements of all the funds and their respective reserve funds for each budget year. · ~ . When there is sufficient money in the respective Bond R~demption Funds and/or their reserve funds to pay the principal and the inte~st~on all out- standing bonds; then no further payments need be made into such I und~-or funds. Section 5. Ail fees for the installation of water servic~ and taps shall be paid as follows: (a) Tapping charges within the City Limits for a 5/8 by 3/4 inch con- nection shali be Seventy-five Dollars ($V5.00). (b) Tapping charges outside the City Limits for a 5/8 by 3/4 inch con- nection shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). (c) Taps and service connections larger in size than a 5/8 by 3/4 inch, in the city shall be charged for at actual material and labor cost thereof, plus fifteen percent (15%) of such costs for supervision and overhead. For areas outside the city, materials and labor shall be priced twenty-five per- cent (25%) higher than in the city ~nd to such cost shall be added fifteen percent (15~) for supervision and overhead. For the purpose of computing these costs the main to which it isproposed to make such connection shall be ORDINANCE NO. 2288 (Con't) considered as being located in the center of the street, or right of way or alley, whether or not such may or may not, be the actual case. Before such tap and meter shall be installed the applicant therefore will be required to put up a deposit equal to the estimated cost thereof· If, upon completion of the installation, the cost should be more than the amount of the deposit, the applic .~ill be required to pay the difference between actual cost and the amount the depoist; provided, however, that if the amount of the de- posit s than actual cost, such excess amount shall be refunded to the applicant. (d) In e event it should be necessary to break pavement in order to install a tap Ld service connection, an additional charge of Fifth Dollars ($50.00) shall made for breaking and replacing such street, in case of concrete, and ty-five Dollars ($25.00) in the case 'of Blacktop. (e) In the it should be necessary to set the meter box for such service connectio~ a concrete sidewalk, an additional charge of Five Dol- lars ($5.00) shall made. (f) The size each water service and tap shall be det~mined in ac- cordance with the pfc isions of the plumbing code of the City now in effect, or which may be formu ~ted at some future date· In the absence of Such pro- visions, Section 1009, tnd Appendix "A" of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1955 Edition, as adopted by Western Officials Association in October, 1955, shall govern· (g) Where a de le water supply cannot be assured to any premises because of low pressure zng periods of peak demands for water, or where property is situated at au.an elevation that it cannot be assured of de- pendable service, the owner :ay, at his expense, install an auxiliary stor- age tank or pump to furnish auxiliary supply· Section 6. Premises - f¢ the purpose of this ordinance the word "PRENISES" shall be defined as continuous tract of land, building or group of adjacent buildings under a le control with respect to use of water and responsibility for payment refore. (a) Subdivision of such use r responsibility shall constitute a div- ision into separate premises as ~inaoove defined. (b) When two or more buildin on the same premises are being served unsatisfactorily by one water connection, the Water Department shall have the right to require the inst tion of additional service connecuions from 'the water main to the premises served. (c) When additional water servic connections are provided for any pre- mises, all water service to such ~ emis. shall be metered and installed at the expense of 'the owner. (d) Whenever excessive consumption ~riodically overloads the capacity of a meter s~pplying service to any premi ~s, the Water Department shall notify th~ owner and after.determining the ze of the service pipe from the main and the size of the meter necessary to lye proper service without dam- age to t~e me~er, ~he owner will be notified nd requested to change the size of service and meter at his expense, ute on the part of the owner to comply with ~he request within 50 days will ;ause the water to be shut off and not turned on again until such change h been made. Section ?. At the time an applicant signs application for water ser- vice, the applicant sh~ll deposi~ with the City asurer a Consumer's Util- ity Deposit which shall not bear interest, to payment of water and u- tility charges for services furnished to any such a~ .licant, as follows: ~a) Consumer's Deposits within the City Limits 1/2 to 3/4 inch meters $ 7.50 I " " lO. O0 V". ::,, " 30.00 J ,(b) Consumer's Deposits outside the City Limits: ~ ,%'1/2 t~"~/'4 'inoh meters $10.00 4 '¢ " O0 e " " oo . " " iOO ~yC) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the water dep from iring that such consumer's deposits shall be equal to 2½ times the est- imated consumption of water for one billing, at the time such application is received, multiplied by the rate herein provided, and further provided that, if a~ the end of any two billing periods the actual consumptian of water should exceed the estimated cons~aption at the time of such application for water and sewaEe disposal service, by more than 10%, then the applicant may be required to add such amount ~o 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 ~epa~ment may add such amount to his water ORDINANCE NO. 2288 (CON'T) bill and enforce collection thereof in the manner provided by this and exist- ing ordinances. The Consumer's Deposits herein provided shall 0e held by the City Treas- ur~ until severance of the contract, ~nd shall be paid to the consumer after all aims against the premises for water or other services, shall 0e fully paid, rovided that the Water Department, except as hereinafter provided, may waive e requirements of such deposits in the cases of property owners upon the p ses where water is consumed inside the City. Sec n 8. After an application for water service has been duly execut- ed, signed, ~pproved and ~ervice ~tartcd as hcreinabove provided, the charge for such ce through a 5/8 x 3/4" meter shall be as follows for one month and double volume at the same price per 100 cubic feet fez~ bimonthly per- iods: (a) rates within the City Limits: ~00 ic feet or less $1,$0 The 9,700 cubic feet @ .50 The 10,000 cubic feet@ .25 In exce of 20,000 cubic feet ~ .20 (b) Meter outside the City Limits: 300 cubic et or less $2.00 The next 9, 0 cubic feet ~ .40 The next 10, 0 cubic feet @ .3~ In excess of 000 cubic feet .25 (c) The rate for a ractional month s~all be computed by the Water Ac- counting Department in sue manner as to ce ~quitable and fair to 0otb the consumer and the Water De tment. This subsection shall apply to both meter- ed and flat rate accounts hln and outside the City Limits. (d) Where two or more buildings or premises, under separate ownership or management, are w supplied with water ti~rough one meter, the minimum rate for each such sep ate building, regardless of the size of the meter, shall be $1.50 per month ithin the City Limits and $2.00 per month outside t.he City Limits. The pa ent of such amounts shall entitle each such separate building to 300' cubic fe of water per month per building. Water in excess of 300 cubic feet of war. per month per unit shall be at the dom- estic rates hereinabove listed, rate provided by this subsection shall apply to places of business, resid~ s, house trailers, tourist cabins serv- ing as permanent family units, and an~ other such premises used for' permanent human occupancy by the sam~. family or nant for periods of more than one month. The provisions of this subsection shall ~ply to eac~ unit of duplexes and sim- ilar buildings where ~the respective un 'thereof are separately or jointly owned more than one family or business Where two or more places of bus ss or family units, under a single roof, d under single ownership or mana t, are now supplied with water through sinii:ile meter, the minimum rate per shall be at the city or county prescribed herein for the size of he meter serving such premises. Wa excess of 300 cubic feet per shall be at ~he rates pre- scribed, rates provided by- this subsection hall apply to apartment houses, residences ~ting apartment~ and any other but or premise so used. Section The minimum rate ~er month for rs of sizes below indicat" ed and used in ~ water shall be as follows d computed to the nearest amount ending in ;ere or five: ~a) Minimum [eter Rates within the City Limits r month for 300 cubic feet or ss: 5/~'to 3 Meter 1" " 3.00 l~" " 4.50 2 Il ,I 6.00 4" O0 8~: " 36, l~" " 48~ (b) Minimum Meter Rate y Limits per month 300 cubic feet or less: 5/8" to 3/4" Meter $ 2.00 1" " 5. O0 l~" " 6. O0 2" " 8.00 3" "~ 12. O0 4" " 20 o O0 6" " 30.00 8" " 50. O0 12" " 75. O0 ORDINANCE~NO. 288 (CON'T) (c) Ail water consumed in excess 300 cubic feet shall be charged for as in Section 8 hereof. Section 10. The monthly rates for the ~e of water other than that meas- ured by a meier shall be known as "Flat Rate" nd the charge for such service for eac:~ building or premises, through a re 3/4" domestic tap only, shall be payable in advance at the rate of $2.95 per nth within the City Limits and $3.95 per month outside the City Limits. Sec~on 11. Industrial Rates: ConsUmers usin in excess of 40,000 cubic feet per ~nth may make application for Industrial ~es on forms to 'be sup- plied for s~ch purpose, which Industrial Rates shall b~ a minimum fixed charge of $80.00 pek month for water up to 40,000 cubic feet a~d 20~ per 100 cubic feet for water in kcess of 40,000 cubic feet per month, k Section 12.~ For the purpose of this Ordinance, a hou~ng project shall be construed to ce a~premises, as defined in Section 5 hereof, ~ccupied by 20 or more separate buildings or dwellings and under single controller m~nagement. The minimum ra~e for such existing housing projects shall~be ~1.50 per month per occupied u~it within the City Limits and $2.00 per mo~th per occupied unit outside the City~im~ts. he payment of such minimum ~ates~hall entitle each such occupied uni~to 300 cubic feet, of water per month. Wa~r in excess of 300 cubic feet per md~th shall be at the rates p~escribed in Section 8 here- Section 13. Effective~January 1, 1959, a special rate for the s pB~nkling or irrigating tracts of land,between the regular meter r.eading dates of~pril 15th and September 15th of ea~ year shall be as follows: ~ (a) 2500 cu. ft. or less~er month within the City ~mits $4.~0~ · In excess of 2500 cu.~. per month, per 100 cu.ft. .20 (b) 2500 cu.ft, or less pe~month outside the City Limits 5.00 In excess of 2500 cu.ft.\ ~er month, per 100 cu.ft. .25 (c) Those desiring to take antaoe of the above meter rates shall sign an agreement, the same to 0e kept i~ the Water Department, before any such re- duction shall be granted. ~tion 14. The Water Department 1 install and maintain all necessary fire h within the City and shall ~arge the Fire Department a yearly rental ;20.00 per hydrant. (a) .on proper application fire nts may be installed Without the City by ~iduals or water districts, such fire hydrants shall be install- ed in acc¢ ce with the standard specific of the City of Bremerton and the entire of all labor and material ;ary to install and maintain such hydrants shall paid by the applicant and in tlon shall pay a regular ser- vice charge of 35 per month per hydrant. Section 15. ter for all other purposes not erein en~umerated shall be FURNISHED and char for at either meter rates or at rates to be fixed by the Water It with the ap!>roval of the Council. Section 16. Ail ting and new water service ctions or sprinkling systems, used for fire ~, shall be metered at expense of the owner, lessee or occupant, of th. ~remises .served. Payment for tering service con- nections for fire [ >oses which are not now me red, shall be made within ninety (90) days receiving notice from the Department or in accordance with a satisfactor~ ement made for payment such charges. Any delinquency in payment of expense for, fire protection ervice shall be deemed sufficient cause for di ~tinuance of the fire service ~y turning off .such service to the premises. Section 1V. The rates for wa supply, for fire protection ~rposes, shall Oe termed service charges and ~ll oe for any one month, or fractional part thereof, as follows: Size of Service Fire Service Charge 2 inches $ 2.00 3 inches 2.50 4 inches 3.50 6 inches 5.00 8 inches 8.00 The service charges herinabove set forth ~ll be granted onlyd uring such times as there is no appreciable registration b ~eters maintained by the City for such fire protection service. Water used for any other purpose than for ~uishing fires, through a fire protection service, shall be charged at a rate ~-t less than double the domestic rate provided by this Ordinance. ORDINANCE NO. 2288 (CON'T) Section 18. Where the ~cy of the reading of a water meter is ques- tioned, it shall be removed at consumer's request and shall in his pres- ence be tested in the shops of ater Department, by means of the appara- tus there provided, and a report th eon duly made. Both parties must accept the findings so made. If the test scloses an error against the consumer of more than three percent (3%) in ~eter's registry, the excess of the consumption the three previous r s shall c.e credited to the consumer,s meter account anu~ the Water Department ll bear the entire cost of the test, and the depo required as hereinafter scribed shall be returned. On the other hand, no such error is found, person who has requested the test shall pay cost of such test, and up any deficiency in the depos- it, i~ecases the cost exceeds such depo t. Before making a test of any meter the person ting such test shall, the ~ime of filing his requ&st make a deposit of cost, or estimated cost, such test, subject to the conditions her in s d, which costs for testing ~re fixed as follows: Si~e Cost 1" 3.50 ~" 4. O0 " 5.00 2 6.00 Actual No meter shall be )r in any way disturbed, t by or in the presence of a representative of ~he Water Department. Section 19. When it is desi d to have a meter removed talled, the owner of the premises supplied; ~or to be supplied, by such ~er shall file an application, in the Office o~ the Water Department, on ~s provided for that purpose and shall pay the ac%ual cost for such removal or 'einstall- ation plus 15% for overhead and acc~ lng. (a) The regulations governing and reinstallation of meter, ~shall govern in cases requiring the ~,l and reinstallation of a fi hyd- ~nt, and/or any other facility or apourt :qance of the system. ~The charges referred to herein s~all ~t make the person paying such\ cha~es the owner o[ the meter or hydrant in~4talled, which shall at all times be anR~remain the p~operty of the City of Bre erton. kSect~on 20. Upon the payment= of install fees and the execution of the contra as hereinbefore provided, the described in the applica- tion, ii-' th ame abuts on a street on which is a city water main, shall be connected th the city water main by a servic ,ipe and stop-c&ck extend- ing at right es from the main to a place wi he lines of the street curb, which ;ion shall thereafter be by and kept within the exclusive control the City. In cases where the ises do not abut on a street in which is a City wa~er main, the City lay its connections from the main toward premises for a distance ~ual the distance from the main to the curb i said distance in no Case to forty (40) feet, and permit connections th th by means of a union and ~es laid at the expense and maintained by owner' of the service, or may the discretion of the Superintendent upon payment of actual cost thereo extend the service to the premises of the ~ ant along and beneath an c street or alley of the City of Breme but not otherwise; where is a water main in front of any premises; house under separate supplied with city water must install its eparate service connection th the city main, and the premises so suppli will not be allowed to su y water to any other premises, provided that restrictions shall not ap .y to services already installed except as h~ provided, unless in the ~dgment of the Superintendent for 'the good of the e or to settle dis , it is found necessary to enforce such provi as to connections alread made. Section 21. V~henever the owner or occup ,f any premises connected with the City's Water Supply SyStem shall desire use water, he shall not- ify the Water Department and re .~uest thaC water be .rned on at said premises. Section 22. Each and e. cry building, place of ~ess, tourist cabin, duplex, house trail=r and separate dwelling, when conn, d to one meter, must oe provided with separate shut off valves, in good lng order, so that such u~it may be shut off without disturbing service to the ~maining units. Failure to provide such valve, or to shut o[-f the water at unit when un- occupied, will be considered to be sufficient reason to deny an~adjustment in tha waoer bill in the event of leakage due t.o these causes. E~a~ry such separate service not already equipped wi th a shut-off valve, as~her~k~n~ provid- ed, must be so equipped at the owner's expense as soon as the defect is found to exist. Section 23. A'collection charge of 25~ per month and 50~ bimonthly shall be added to each and every water bill which is not paid on or before the date such bill becomes d~inquent. The Water Department shall have the right, at its option, to turn off the water from the premises on which said ORDINANCE NO. 2288 (CON'T) bill is delinquent, and water service not be resumed until the amount due, together with the collection charge an additional fee of $2.00 for shutting off and turning on such water is paz in full. In the event it be- comes necessary to shut off the water at a me serving more than one prem- ises, the fee for shutting off the water shall increased 50~ for each ad- ditional premises being served through such met, Section 24. (a) All water rates will be ~d against the premises which the service was installed. All charges for in this 0rdin- when the same becomes delinquent and unpaid sh be a lien against the ~es to whic~ the same has Oeen furnished. ) In cases where the occupant of a premises mo~ to anot?~r location within system ~.nd applies for water at the new loc services may be denied such location until and unless any 'bill for against the first location fully paid; or the amount due is transferred to s account at the new loca and paid. (c) ~ever any provision of this Ordinance is vioiat~ by consumers residing outs e the City Limits the water shall be shut oi'f hours after notice has iven to the consumer, of the violation, and tk consumer has not made the ~sary corrections to comply with this Ordin~ce the Wat- er shall not be ned on until the consumer h~s fully complied wi this Ordinance and paid ~15.00 turn on charge. Section 25. It all be the duty of the ~ater Accounting nt to keep accounts with all ~nstm~ers of water and to enter on' such ac ~all charges and penalties a ~icable, and to render bills to all consumers o~wat- er from time to time as ~e~ein provided. ~ ~a) For accounting pu~o~es and the payment of water bills, -the terr~ tory served by the Water Dep~'tment of the City sahll be divided into Zones~ 1 and 2. ~ Zone No. 1 shall include territory between Montgomery and Snyder Ave-~ nues and the waters of Dye's Inl and Sinclair Inlet, but shall not include water connections on said I¥Iont and Snyder Avenues. Water bills for all water connections in Zone 1 shall ;one due on the 15th day of the month and shall become delinquent if not paid or 'before the ls~ day of the month fol- lowing. Zone No. 2 shall be comprised of t Bremerton and all area East of Dye's Inlet together with ~,~Iontgomery and Snyde Avenues in the City of Bremerton, and all territory West of said avenues, ter bills for all water connections in Zone 2 shall become due on the 1st of month, and shall become delin- quent if not paid on or before the 15th day the same month. Se~,~ion 26. Adjustments: In the event ~xcessive registration of wat- er m~:~terskcaused by broken or leaking water set ~ce pipe within or abutting upon the lo.raises of any custom,er, without knowled~e or fault of the customer,' an adjustmefl~ may Ce made upon written application ~ lng any period of twelve months ~a~n~d,.~.~a~f~ repairs have Seen made. The basis o such adjustment shall be the normal ~sumption under similar operating con ~ions. Section 27, \ t shall be unlawful for any person to y use water for lawn or ~ ~rinkling and irrigating purposes on premises receiv- ing water from the emerton Water System during the pro of a fire con- flagration or other ~rgency within the City Limits. Section 28. Ail ers shall ce and remain the property _.the City and will not be removed the use of water on the premises is t0kbe entirely stopped or the service ~ction discontinued or aoandoned. In t~ event of the meter getting out o~~ or failing to register properly the consumer shall ioe charged on an estima of the average monthly consumption during the last three (3) months that th~ nme was in good order, or from what may be considered the most reliable or method by the Water Accounting Department. Section 29. Whenever an em~ exists affecting the water supply of the City of Bremerton an¢t it cecome~ essary to curtail the use of water through regulation and control of th ~se thereof, notice of such emergency shall be published in the daily newspa ?s by the Water Department, setting forth rules under whichwater shall be ~d, providing for such zones for ase of the water as may be necessary or advi le, and setting forth hours during which sprinkling for lawn or garde~ irri ~n may Oe done, and setting forth any othe:~ restrictions on the use of water may be deemed necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of~ the City of Bre rton and other ~sers of city water. Such notices and the regua tions es d thereby shall be subject to change and shall be in full force and effect .roughout the :mmergency and shall continue until notice is published that the y has passed, and any changes in such regulations as published shall '.kewise be so published before taking effect. Section 30. Water service im an emergency of sh duration may be temp- orarily discontinued, without notice to the customers, the purpose of making repairs, extensions or any other necessary work. the City shall ~t ORDINANCE NO. 2288 (CON'T) be held responsible for any damage .ng from interruption of service or ~ ure of the water supply, or to give water users notice there- of. possible, and in cases where t has advance knowledge thereof, the r Department shall notify all custc s, to be affected by any inter- uption service, in the official city or by a canvass of areas affected, employees of the Water Department. Sec 1 No person, other than properly ;horized employees of the City of Breme~ n, shall operate fire hydrants proper arrangements have been made wit~ s Commissioner of Public Works and lities, for payment for such water, and sion has been granted by said ssioner. Persons desiring water fr.om a fire hydrant or hose conne ion shall make ap- plication therefore the Water Department and make a de' it in the sum of One Hundred Dollars ( I0.00) with the City Treasurer, to tect the City of Bremerton against po ible damage of the hydrant or a ~ant equipment. When it is deemed ~ssary, the Water Department will f~ ish an in- spector to operate a fire or hose connection, to avoid and to obtain the necessary on for computing the volume of er consum- ed. Water supplied together th the expense for the services of inspec- tor and equipment furnished, i lassified as Special Service. In ~case, shall the charge be less than lars (~2.00). Section 32. It shall be unll for any person to obstruct the access to any fire hydrant or water meter b lacing around or thereon any stone, 'brick, lumber, dirt, or other material, r to park or stand vehicles or any obatruction within fifteen (15) feet of fire hydrant, or draw or~ attempt to draw any water therefrom, or to wi or carelessly injure the same. Section33. (a) When the inhabitants xproperty owners of any speci- fied area desire to connect directly with the m~icipal water supply, and ~te: mains or main extensions are necessary i~_?~__d~r to connect to such m~dipal water supply, they may petition the City~o construct such new mains a~d~ main extensions providing they jointly and severally agree to ~eimburse the C1Niy for the cost thereof at the following rates ~r front foot bi pro- perty a~tting such new mains and/or main extensions an~ provided the depth of such a~tting property shal~ not exceed one hundred afl~ twenty (120) feet from_the ma>K$in of the right bi way in which the main o> m~n extension is to be located:~ Area~within City Limits - per front ~oot ~1.~ Areas ~tside City Limits -per front foo~ 2.75~ (b) For owne~ of irregular shaped areas, the charge shall~e One and 50/100 Dollars .(~1.5~ per hundred square feet'of area within the~ity Limits and Two and 75/100 Do~ - ' ~ ~^ - ~ ~rs (~2.75) per hundred square feet of area ~tside the City; providing th ~harge shall not extend to areas more than 1~0 feet from the margin of the t of way in which the main or main extensioflxis to be located. If the ar~ to b e served is 120 feet, or more, beyond the margin of the right of way, owners of such areas sh~ll 0e required to pay One Hundred Dollars (~100.00) apply on the construction of permanent mains to serve such area at some (c) If sixty percen~ of the p~p~rty owners of any specified area have signed the petition, as provided in ~bsection (~) hereof, the City may enter into agreements with Zhem providing fo~.such~new__ main construction and the payment therefore either in cash, or at ~e ~ate of Two Dollars (~2.00) or more p~r month, with interest at 5~ per an~m on unpaid balances, prOvided the term of such installments shall not exce~ thirty-six months from the other rates, tapp2ng fees and ~ther c~g~s est~ished by 'this cz any other ordinances for water service now (d) Ail mains constructed under the provision~hereof shall 'be of cast four (4)' inchea in.di~neter may, in the discretion of t~ Water Department, be installed of such length that any given point on the s~a~e is not more than three hundred fifty feet (350') fr_om a_ ma~n whose diameter.s six inches (6") or more, and further provided if, in the discretion of the W~er Department temporary mains would be more adva~a t~ne~ then, i~that event, such temporar{ mains may Oe installed by the City', na d, in that ~yent, the property owners who contributed to t~e man,mt mains sha~k~ not be required 'to pay any additional cost invo~ abandormlent, ~e~ement and the replacement of such temporary mains with the permanen~ mains ' some future date. In the event at a later ~iate it should be decided to install such permanent mains by formation of a Local 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. (e) %f mains or extensions ~o mains be hereafter 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 ce required to pay One and 50/100 Dollars (~1.50) per front foot of property, within the City Llmi fronting such mains 'be- fore they will be permitted to connect to said~ In the case of property outside the City the front footage charge shall be Two and VS/lO0 Dollars (~2.V5) per front The front footage charge herein provided shall ,v .n addition to rates, tapping fees and :;r charges established for water se ,ice. Section 34. new buildings are to be erected on he site of the old ones and it is desired o increase the size or change the cation of the old service connection, or en the service connection to any 'sea is aband- oned or no longer used, Water Department may cut out or )d such ser- vice connections, after wh :h, should a service connection be ~quired to said premises, a new service be placed only upon the owner ~g an applica- tion and paying for a new ta in the regular manner. When a ~ain is laid in any street, owners of es on said street or within on( block on side streets, who are being s led with City water from a pri main or connection to a private service, make application for a tap shall connect up with a separate servic connection to the City main in f t of his premises. :. Section 35. No person or owner any premises connected with the Lty.s water supply system shall disconnect water on said premises unless shall first file, on forms provided, a 'itten request that water service said premises be discontinued, and shall ~ay all arrearages on water rates for said premises. Section 36. No person or owner shall m~e connections with any fiz;ure or connect any pipe with any water main or wa'5~r pipe belonging to the Munici- pal Water Supply System. ~ (a) No per,son,shall install or maintain a ~ross-connection between any ~rivate water supply within or adjacent to any pr~nises and the water supply ~stem of the City. Any such cross-connection or ~nterconnection now existing or, hereafter installed is hereby declared a nuisance. The City shall, without not~ce, shut off the service at 'the meter ar~ the wa~r will not be turned on untikthe cross connection has been removed to the sa%sfaction of the City. _\S~tion 37. No person or owner on 'F2~~es"~s~[~'\ waste wa~er, or al- low it t~ 'be wasted, by imperfect or leaking stops, valve~ pipes, closets, faucets o~other fixtures, or to use 'the water for purpose~kother than those named in t~application. Section~8. If any person violates any of the provisions~of the preced- ing section th~ Water Department may, without notice, cut off t~e water sup- ply and it shal~ not be turned on again until delinquent and unp~d charges have been paid a~ a meter has oeen installed in accordance with ~is ordinan- ce. k ' Section 39. Authorized employees of the Water Department, properly ident- ified, shalllhave fre~ access at proper hours of the ~P~'y, to all parts~f the premises or within buikd ~gs thereon to w~els suPplied from Ct~ wat- er mains, for the purpo~ of checking conformity to these regulations andre the Ordinances of the Ci Section 40. In the e nt the owner or occupant, of- any p~emises" connec - ed with the 0ity water restrains or prevents authorized 0ity employees from making City inspections, ater service shall be discontinued until such inspection is completed. Section 41. Whenever any .er user fails or refuses to comply with dir- ectives or regulations of the De of Health, or to obtain a building permit, the water service to such sea will be shut off. Section 42. In areas outside City Limits all mains and services must De installed in accordance with ~ns ~and specifications appro~d by the CitY of Bremerton, Kitsap County, and th~ County Health Department, and at the expense of the applicant. ~ Existin~ mains, other than cast iron a~d less than four inches in diamet- i er, servicing areas outside the Oity Limits,~are hereby defined as temporary mains. Applications for extensions and.~ervi~es to temporary mains may be disapproved wherever p essure and c~:~pa~ity arc,considered inadequate for addi- tional service. In area~ outside the City wher~ cons~'~ers are now connected to temporary m~ins, the City may require them to~ontribute towards the cost of permanent m~ins, as herein provided, by giving~ritten notice to all con- sum~rs involved that ninety (90) days from the dare, thereof the City ~ill cease to supply water to such temporary main.. Such notice~may be by publication, or by direct notice to all consumers, or both. Upon re~eipt of such notice, the constm~ers involved shall start making arrangements wit~the Water Department for the construction of permanen~ mains; consumers who ~ve heretofore contrib- uted towards the cost of existing 't~mporary mains shall b~ allowed a credit of fifty cents (50~) per lineal Ioot oi temporary mains onth~ cost of the perman-' ORDINANCE NO. 2288 (CON'T) Section 43. Where water di ricts shall have been regularly organized, pursuant so the laws of-the State Washington, and desire to purchase water from the City of Bremerton, surplus rater may be sold 5o such regularly org- anized Water Districts pursuant to tract, under such terms and under such conditions as shall be deemed fair a~ ~quitable by the City Council; provid- ed, however, that written contracts mu~ be read and approved by the City Council in session. !b Section 44. In cases where it is ne ary to operate either single or ple booster pumps to serve the area Ted by any Water District, such ay be ~iivided into pressure zones anti uN~h zones be required to pay dif- rates as compensation for the e..tra cost\ ccasioned by the operation coster pumps in supplying water to each ~rea. _ A~Qw Pressure Zone shall be considered as .n~ area where water is sup- ~plied wi~out the aid of ~ooster pumps. ~ · ~'~ An In~rmediate Pressure Zone shall be consider~ as any a rea where wat- er is suppled with the aid of one set of booster pum~ A High F~essure,Zone shall be considered as any aP a where water is sup- plied with the~id oI multiple sets of booster pumps. _ Section 45~ rates for water supplied to incor ;ed Water districts through master s, shall be as follows for one month or ractional part thereof; (a) Rates in Pressure Zones: For 600 cu, per month per user ~1.85 Over 600 per mo. per user per 100 cu. ft. ~ .18 (b) Rates in I liate Pressure Zones: For 600 cu. ft. month per user 2.~5 Over 600 cu.ft, mo. per user per 100 cu. ft. (c) Hi ~ressure Zones For 600 cu.ft, per per user ~.~0 Over 600 cu.ft, per per user per 100 cu.ft. .2~ Section 46. The Commissioner Public Works and 0tilites shall have the authority to decide on behalf ;he City of Bremerton any questions that may arise, through the necessity of erp~etation of this or other Ordinances of the City of Bremerton relating to Water Department, and his decision in such case shall be final, subject to right of the person aggrieved there by to appeal from such decision to the Council, by giving written notice of such appeal within ten (10) days from date such person is notified of such decision. Section 47. It shall be the duties of the tees of the Police, Fire, Engineers and Streets and Sewers Departments to ~e vigilant aid in the en- forcement of the provisions of this Ordinance and ~all report all violations hereof which come to 'oheir knowledge to '~he office the Superintendent. Section ~8. It shall be unlawful for any person, duly authorized to disturb, interfere with, or damage any water main, ~r pipe, machinery, tools, meters or any other appliances, buildings, im~ ~nts.or other appurt- enances belonging to, connected wi~, or under ~he control f the ~unicipal Water Supply System of the City of '~emerton. Section ~9. It shall be unlawful~r any person to 0athe ~, fish in throw any subsoance into any reservoi~ or place any foreign ~bsbance up- on ~y grounds belonging to, connected wi~h or under ~he control the Nuni- ci Water.Supply System of the City of Br~me~ton. .ion 50. A re~ard not to exceed Fift~?~ bkp ",'~I, °l~ars ($50.00) will aid to any ~on exceot a City employee, securin~ $~e conviction of any per~on for the ation of any of the provismons of thf~ Ordinance. Section Statements for charges shall be se~ monthly or bimonthly, as may be de~ by the City Council and shall he.me delinquent if not paid by ~he er within fifteen (15) days after daddy, thereof. Section 82. Water Department reserves the right at any time, with- out notice, to shut the water supply for repairs, extensions, non-pay- ment of rates, or mny ~er reason and the City shall not be responsible for any damage such as burst~g boilers supplied by direct p ~ssure, the break- ing of any pip~ or fixture'S, stoppages or the interruption of water supply or any other d=mage resulti~from the shutting off of water. Section 53. Any person v~Qlating the provision contained in this Ordin- ance, or the rules and regulatio~ks herein referred to, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction ~ll be fined in any sum not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($000.00), or impri~koned in t~e City Jail for not more than ninety (90) days or by both such fine. and imprisonment. ORDINANCE NO. 29.88 (CON,T) Sect~ 54° Except as otherwise specified h~ein, the provisions of this 0rdin~nce s~ecome effective as of September 1, ~ Section 55. ~ any section or parts of this Ordinan~ shall be found to be invalid or uncons'~tutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not invalidate the rem~ portions hereof. . ~ ' Section 56o Ordinance ~045, 1924 and 18~i _are ~er~eby repe~ PASgED on second reading by the C~ Co~meil of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, an~'~ attested by the ~y Clerk in authentication of such pass.ago~this .23r.~ day ..of July, 1958.