HomeMy WebLinkAbout1871 0~DINANCE NO. 1871
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Municipal Water Supply and ~ewage Dis-
posal System of the City of Bremerton, regulating the use of water there-
from; providing for the sale of water and sewage disposal services; fixing
the price or rate thereof and providing a method of collecting rates;
providing penalties for the violations of this ordinance; Amending Ordin-
ance No. 1845 entitled, "An ordinance of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
combining the sewage system of the City with the Waterworks Utility of the
City, providing for the acquisition, construction and installation of cer-
tain additions and improvements to said combined system and declaring the
estimated cost thereof, proviming for the issuance of water anm sewer rev-
enue bonds of the City in an amount not to exceed ~$50,000.00 to provide
funds to pay the cost of s~e an~ to pay the balance of the cost due for
construction and installation of the improvements to the sewage system
constructed as authorized by ordinance No. 180~, ratifying the calls for
0ids for the construction and installation of certain said improvements
and declaring an emergency, repealing all ordinances, or parts of ordin-
ances, in conflict herewith;" declaring an emergency; repealing all ord-
inances and parts o~' ordinances in conflict herewith, and providing for
the saving of all provisions hereof not found to be invalid or unconstitu-
tional in the event that any provision hereof should so be found or held
by any court of competent jurisdiction.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. The words "Water Department" or "Water System", where ever
used in this ordinance, shall be held and construed to mean the Municipal
Water ~epartment of the City of Bremerton, ~cludin~ Sewage Oisposal Plants,
Sewage Lift Stations, Intercepter Sewer Lines, and no other part of the City
Sewer System - it being the intent to include only that part of the Sewer
System built anm constructed for sanitary Sewage Disposal purposes, by the
State Development Board Sewage Treatment Fund and the Charleston Sewage
Disposal Plant cZ' the System, as presently mesigned, and now under construc-
tion and/or any future additions -thereto for Sanitary Sewage Disposal pur-
poses only.
Section 2. Any act in this ordinance required or authorized t~ be
done on behalf of the Water Department may be don,e on behalf of the Water
Department by an authorized officer or employee of the Water Department.
The word "Person" whenever used in this ordinance, shall be held to mean
and include natural persons o±' either sex, associations, co-partnerships
and corporations, whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or
employee; the singular number shall be held and construed to include the
plural and masculine pronoun to include the feminine.
Section 3. Any person living within 0dr outside the City of Bremerton
and desiring to have premises connected with the water supply system of the
City of Bremerton, shall make application therefore, upon a printed form to
be furnished for that purpose, which application shall contain the name of
owner, description of the lot., 0lock and addition, and the official house
number of the premises on which the water is desired, or other legal descrip-
tion of such 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 o£ the Water Department, and at the
time of filing such application the applicant shall pay the fees for install-
ation of the water services hereinafter provided.
Section 4. The application described in the preceding section 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 contract~
and shall reserve to the City of Bremerton the right to charge and collect
the rates and enforce the penalties provided in this ordinance, to tempor-
arily 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 said contract is subject to all the provisions of this ordinance and of
any ordinance of the City of Brsmerton relsting to the subject, hereaI'ter
passed, and shall provide that ~e City of Bremerton shall not be held res-
ponsible for any damage by water or other cause resulting from defective
pl~abing or appliances on the premises supplied with water, installed by the
owner or occupant o£' said premises, and the fact that the agents of the City
have inspected the plumbing and appliances shall not be pleaded, as a basis
of recovery in case of d~age to premises, and shall provide in case the sup-
ply of water shall be interrupted or fail by reason of accident or any other
cause whatsoever, the City shall not be liable for damages for such inter-
ruption or ~ailure, nor shall such failure or interrupti5ns for any reason-
able period of time be held to constitute a breach of contract on the part
of the City or in any~'~lieve the consumer from perfo~ming the obligations
of his contract.
Ordinance No. 1871 (Con't)
Section 5. All contracts shall take effect from the day they~are sign-
ed anm rates shall be charged from the day the premises are connected with
the City's supply of water and the water turned on.
Section 6. All services and fees for the installation of water services
and taps shall be paid upon the signing of the application therefor, and shall
be as follows:
a. Tapping charges within the City Limits:
~ to 3/4 inch connection and meter $ 40.00
i inch connection anm meter 100.00
1~ " " " " 175.00
1~ " " " " 200.00
2 " " " " 250. O0
3 " ,, . i, 450. O0
4 " " " " 750.00
b. Tapping charges outside of the City Limits:
~ to 3/4 'inch connection and meter 55.00
i inch connection and meter 125.00
1-~ " " " " 200.00
l~Z ,, ,, ,,
225
00
2 " " " " 260.00
3 " " " " 475.00
4 " " " " 800. O0
c. In the event that it is necessary to break pavement or sidewalk, in
order to make such connections, there shall 'be an additional charge oF ~1.50
per lineal foot of concrete, brick or asphalt pavement or sidewalk it is nec-
essary to break and replace in installins~ such connections; and provided fur-
them, in the event it is necessary to excavate oiled streets in order to make
such connection the additional charge shall be ~1.00 per lineal foot of exca-
vating and repairing such oiled street.
Section 7. At the time an applicant signs the application for water
service, the applicant shall deposit with the City Treasurer a Consumers
Utility Deposit which shall not bear interest, to secure payment of water and
utility charges for services furnished to any such applicant, as follows:
a. Consumers Deposits within the City limits:
~ to 3/4 inch meters 7.50
1 inch meters 10.00
l~ " " 17o00
l~x " " 20.00
2 " " 30.00
b. _C.ons.umers..Deposi.ts outside the City limits:
i to 3/4 'inch meters 10.00
I inch meter 12.50
1!~ " " 20.00
1~- " " 25.00
2 " " 40. O0
c. Nothing herein contained sl~all prevent 'the water depaz'tment from re-
quiring that such consumers deposit shall be equal to 2½ times the estimated
consumption oi' water anm other utilities for one month, at the time such ap-
plication is received, multiplied by the rate herein provided, and further
provided that, ii' at the enm oI' any 'two month period, the actual consumption
or water should exceed 'the estimated constuapCion, at thetime o~' such appli-
cation for water anm sewage disposal service, by more than 10[~, 'ohen the ap-
plicant may Oe required to add such s3~oun~ to his consumers meposit as may be
necessary to make up such deficiency. In uhe event of his rallure to comply
with this provision, the Water Accotunting Department may add such amount to
his water bill and enforce collection thereof in the manner p~ovided by this
and existing ordinances.
The consumers deposits herein provided shall be held by the City
Treasurer until severance or the contract, smd shall be paid to the consumer
after all claims against the premises for waver or other service, si~all be
fully paid, provided that the Water Department, except as hereinafter provided,
may waive the requirements oz' such deposits in the cases oi' property owners,
upon the premises where water is consumed inside the City.
Section 8. After an application for water servi~:e has been duly executed,
signed, approved and service sDarted~- as hereinabove provided, the charge for
such service through a/5/8" x 3/4" meter shall ce as follows~ for one month
or a fractional part thereof:
a. Domestic meter rates within the City limits:
~'0~ cubic' fee"t or less 2.00
The next 1200 cu. ft. per 100 cu. ft. .20
The next 3000 cu. ft. per 100 cu. ft. .1V
The next 10,000 cu, ft. per 100 cu. ft. .16
In e~xcess of ~15,000 cu. ft. per 100 cu. ft. .15
Ordinance No. 1871 (Con't)
b. Domestic Meter Rates outside the City limits:
800 cu. ft. or les~'~ 2.50
The next 1200.cu. ft. per 100 cu. ft. .25
The next ZO00 cu. ft. per 100 cu. ft. .2125
The next 10,000 cu. ft. per 100 cu. ft. .20
In excess of 15,000 cu. ft. per 100 cu. ft. .1875
c. Multiple Users on One ~eter: Where two or more separate buildings
or premises, under separate ownership, or management are now supplied with
water through, one meter, the minimum rate for each such separate building
or premises regardless of the size of the meter shall be ~.O0 per month
within the City Limits and ~2.50 per month outsime the City Limits. The
payment of such rates shall entitle each such building or premises to 800
CU. ft. O£ water per month. Water in excess of 800 cu. ft. of water per
month per unit shall be at the domestic rates prescribed in Section 8 here-
of.
Section 9. The minimum rate per month for meters oi' sizes below indi-
cated and used in supplying water shall 0e as follows an~ computed to the
nearest amount ending in naught or five:
a. Meter Rates within the City Limits:
mm to 3/~' inch meter 2.00
1 inch meter 2.75
1~ " " 3.45
l~ " "
4.OO
2 " " 5. O0
3 " " 8.00
4 " " 12.50
b. Meter Rates outside the City Limits:
2-m to 3/~' i~ch meter 2.50
1 inch meter 3.45
I!~ " " 4.30
1~ " "
5.00
2 " " 6.25
3 " " 10.00
4 " " 15.75
Section 10. The monthly rates for the use of water other than that
measured by meter shall be Xnown as "Flat Rate" an0 the charge for such
service for each building or premise under separate ownership, through a
regular 3/4" domessic tap only, shall be as follows, for one month or frac-
tional part thereof:
a. Domestic Flat Ra'tes within the City limits:
Minimum rate, payable monthly in advance, per month 2.25
b. Domestic Flat Rates outsime the City limits:
~fini'mum rate, payable monthly in advance, per month 2.75
c. Other puFposes within the City anm without reference to the size of
2he tap:
Earthwork-for settling, per 100 cu yds. earth 3.75
d. Other purposes outside the Cit~ limits without reference to the
size of the tap:
Earthwork-for set~ling, per 100 cu. yds. earth 4.00
Paving and Concrete, per 100 sq. yds. or less for
six inch base or less 8.50
Section 11. Industrial Rates: Consumers using in excess of 50,000 cu.
ft. per month may make application for Industrial Rates on forms to be sup-
plied for such purpose, which Industrial Rate shall 'be a minimum fixed charg
of i~52.50 per month for water up to 50,000 cubic feet and .15~ per 100 cubic
feet for water in excess of 50,000 cubic feet per,month.
Section 12. The rate for water supplied to public school districts bet
within and without the City limits shall be .18~ per 100 cuOic feet o±' water
consumed,
Section 13. The rate for water supplied through master meters, other
than public schools, incorporated water districts, the Naval Shipyard, and
that part of the Federal Housing Project .Xnown anm styled as Westpark, more
specifically designated as Wash.3-1, and containing 600 family units, more
or less, but not excluding all other Federal Housing Projects, shall be
$t.75 per occupied unit per month for 800 cubic feet of water per unit per
month and .15~ per 100 cubic feet in excess of 800 cubic feet per month per
unit consmner,
Section 14. The rate for water supplied to Westpark Federal Housing
Project, more~specifically designated as Wash. 3-1 an~ containing 500 f~nily
units, more or less, shall ce ~1.50 per month for 800 cu0ic feet of water
per occupied unit per month and .15~ per 100 cubic feet in excess of 800
cubic feet per month per unit consumer.
Ordinance No. 1871 (Con't)
Section 15. The Water Department shall install anm maintain all nec-
essary fire hydrants within the City and on its system of mains and shall
charge the Fire Department a yearly rental of ~20.00 per hydrant.
a. Upon proper application fire hydrants may be installed within or
without the City by private individuals and/or water districts. Ail such
fire hydrants shall be installed in accordance with the standard specifi-
cations of the City of Bremerton and the entire cost oi' all labor and mater-
ials necessary to install and maintain such hymrants shall be borne by the
applicant for same, who shall pay a regular service charge of ~1.38 per month
per hydrant.
Section 16. The special rate for sprinkling or irrigating tracts of
land between the regular meter reading dates of ~[ay and September of each
year shall be:
a. Sprinklin$ and Irrigating within the City limits:
~500 cu.-'ft, or less per month $.~
In excess of 2~00 cu. ft. per mo. per 100 cu.ft..15
b. Spri.nklin~ an¢! ..Ir.r. igating outside the City limits:
2~500 Cu. ft. or l~ss per month
In excess of 2500 cu. ft. per mo. per 100 cu. ft..187~
c. Flat rate users will be permitted one single hose per user for
sprinkling and irrigation.
Those desiring to take advantage of the reduced metered rate shall
sign an agreement, same to be kept in the Water ~partment of the City of
Bremerton at the City Hall, before any such reduction shall be granted.
Section 17. Water for all other purposes not herein entunerated shall
be furnished and charged for at either meter rates or flat rates to be fixed
by the Water Superintendent with the approval oi' the ~o~mnissioner of Public
Works and City Council.
Section 18. Ail existing and new water service connections or sprink-
ling systems, used for fire protection, shall be metered at the expense of
the owner, lessee or occupant, of the premises servec$. Pay~nent for meter-
lng service connections for fire protection purposes which are not now meter-
ed, shall be made within ninety (90) days after receiving notice from the
Water Department or in accordance with a satisfactory arrangement made for
payment of such charge~. Any delinquency in payment of the expense for fire
protection service shall be deemed sui'ficient cause for discontinuance of
fire service by turning off such service to the premises.
Section 19. The rates for water supply, for fire protection purposes
exclusively, as enumerated in the immediately preceding section, shall be
termed service charges and shall be for any one month, or fractional part
thereof, as follows:
Size Service Service Charge
3 " 1.75
4 " 2.50
6 " 3.50
8 " 4.50
The service charges hereinabove set forth shall Oe granted only during
such times as there is no appreciable registration by meter maintained by the
City for~such fire protection 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 douOle
the domestic rate provided by this ordinance.
Section 20. Where the accuracy of record or awater 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 oi' the apparatus there
provided, and a report thereon duly made. Both parties must accept the find-
ings so made. If the test discloses an error against the consumer of more
than three per cent in the meter's registry, the excess oi' the consumption
on the three previous readings shall be credited to ~he consumer's meter ac-
count, an~ the Water Oepartment will bear the entire expense o f the 'test,
and the deposit required as hereinafter prescribed shall be returned. On
the bther hand, where no such error is found, the person who has requested
tke test shall pay 'the charge fixed for such test. Bei'ore making a tes~ of
any meter the person requestino such test shall, at the time oi' filing
request make a deposit of tt~e amount charged for such test, suoject to the
conditions herein stated, which charges are fixed as follows:
For testing 3/~ inch meters ~2.50
" " 1 " " 3.50
" " 1!~ " " 4. O0
,,
~" 1~ " " 5. O0
" " 2 " " 6.00
" " large sizes Actual cost.
Ordinance No. 1871 (Con't)
No meter shall ce removed or in any disturbed, excePt by or in the
presence of, a representative o~' the ~.~'ater ~partment.
Section 31. When it is desired to have the meter remo'ved or rein-
stalled the owner of the premisos supplied, or to be supplied, by such
meter shall file an application in the office ol~ the ~'¥a~er Departme~t,
onforms provided, I'or that purpose and sha±l pay the cost in full for
such removal or reinstal±ation.
The charges referred to herein shall not make the person paying such
charges the owner o~' the meter installed, which shall all times be and re-
main the property of the City of Bremerton.
Section 22. Upon the payment of installation fees ano the e~ecution
of the contract hereinbefore provided, the premises c~escri'bed in the ap-
plication, .if the~[%~t upon a s~reet upon which there is a city water main
shall be connected with the City water main by a service pipe eno stop-cock
extending at right angles from the main to a place within the lines o~° the
street curb, which connection shall thereafter be maintained by eno kept
within the e~clusive control of the City. In case the ~application for wat-
er service on premises not abutting upon a street upon 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
curb line; said distance in no case to exceed forty (40) feet, and oermit
connection therewith by means of a union and pipes laio at the expense and
maintained by the owner oI~ the service, or may in the d~scretion oi' the
Superintendent upon the payment of actual cost thereof, extend the service
to the premises of the applicant along and beneath any public street or
alley of the City of Bremerton, but not otherwise, Where there is a water
main in front of any premises, every house unOer separate ownership sup-
plied by the City water must install its own separate service con~.ection
with the City main, ano the p~emises so supplied will not be allowed to
supply water to any other premises, e~cept as hereinafter specil'ied, pro-
vided, that such restrictions shall no~ apply to service already install-
ed except as hereinafter provided, unless in the judgement of the Super-
intendent for the good o~' the service or to settle disputes, it is lo,md
necessary to enforce such provisions as to connections already made.
Section 2~. ~Vhenever the owner or occupant of any premises connected
with the City's water supply system shall desire to use the water, he shall
notify the ¥~ater Department and request that the water be turned on at
sai~ premises.
Section 2~. Before water will be turned on to any premises connected
with the City's mains, the service pipes upon such premises must be
to conform to the following regulations: The service pipes must be so loc-
ated that the supply i~or each separate house or premises shall be control-
led by separate stop and waste cocks of the best s~andard make, approved
by the Superintendent, with the extension hanOle properly protected from
the lrost, and so placed within the premises that all service pipes and
fixtures may be thoroughly draine¢~ du~ing the freezing weather. Stop and
waste cocks on ~he premises fronting on ungraded streets shall be placed
at least six (6) feet inside the property line of saim premises. The
connection between the City's pipes and the service pipes on the premises
must be made with a union. Every e~xisting service or branch of service
not already equipped as required in this section must be so equipped at
the owner's expense as soon as the defect is noted.
Section 28. A collection charge of .2~ shall be added to each and
every water bill which is not paid on or before the date 'such bill
comes delinquent. The '~ater Department shall have the right, at i~s op-
tion to turn off the water from the premises on which said bill is de-
linquent, and water service shall not be resumed until 'the amount due, to-
gether with ~he collection charge eno an additional fee of ,1.00 for shut-
ting ol'~f and ~urning on such water is paid in full.
Section 26. Ail water rates will be charged a~ainst the premises for
which the service was installed. Ail charges for ~'~ater, 'when the same
comes ¢lelinquent and unpaid shall be lien against ~he premises to which
the same has been l~urnished and in such event ~he wa~er shall be shut off,
and not resumed, until such charges are paid.
Section 27. It shall be the duty of the ~,~ater Accounting ~epartment
to keep accoumts with all con~aers 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.
0rdinance No. 1871 (Con't)
Section 28. Adjustments: In the event of excessive registration of
water meters, caused by broken or leaking water service pipe within or abut-
ting upon the premises of any customer, without knowledge or fault of the
customer, an adjustment may be mame upon written application during any per-
iod o~' ~welve months and a~'ter repairs have been made. The basis of such
adjustment shall be the normal consumption under similar operating conditions,
Section ~9. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use water
for lawn or garden sprinkling and irrigating purposes on any premises receiv-
ing water from the Bremerton Water System during the progress of a fire ~con-
flagration or other emergency within 'the City limits.
Section 30. All meters shall be ann 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 disconti'nued or abandoned. In
the event of the meter getting out oi' order or failing to register proper-
ly the cons=~er shall he charged on an estimate of the average monthly con-
sumption during the last three (3) 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.
Section 31. When several houses, buildings or premises are supplied
or to be suppled with water through one service co~nection with the City
main at flat rates, the Water Superintendent may in his discretion either
decline to furnish water until services are provided, or the service meter-
ed, or in case any one of the owners or occupants becomes delinquent or
violates any of 'the prov~sions bY ~his ~dinance, the Water Department may
shut oI'f the original or ~'~ain service until all delinquent charges and un-
paid charges s~d etcher charges, are paid ann 'the premises supplied by the
main service shall be held responsible for all delinquent and unpaid charges
against any one or all bY the separate oysters or users. No change of own-
ership or occupation snail affect 'the application of this section.
Section 32. In times o~' local, state or national emergencies an~i not
ot~erwise and in the interest of national dei'ense an~ to conserve critical
materials or other causes, permission may be granted to persons to
arily connect to existing servic es where City water is being supplied under
tae following con~iitions:
WheneFer it is desired to extend water service to one or more premises,
through one meter and service connection, a temporary permit may be issued
to make such extension or extensions with the consent of the one responsible
for the payment bi' the bill for water to the ~ater Department, ann in ~ose
name the account is registered with ~he Water Department; A temporary per-
mit must Se applied for in such case on fo~ns furnishem by the Water Depart-
ment, setting forth the nature o~' the service required and bearing the sign-
ed approval of the person responsiOle for payment to the City of Bre~rton,
and a deposit of ~V.50 for each consumer will 0e required as a gu~arantee
that the charge against the applicant will be paid; saim deposiv shall be
refunded waen service to the permi, tee ceases or permanent individual ser-
vice can be provided.
The City '~¥ater Department shall shut off watez' service from any pre-
mises where these regulations are being violated until such ~ime as the reg-
ulations ha?e been complied with. No'~ later 'than six mont~s al'ter condi-
tions creating the emergency herein above described shall ~ave ceased to
exist, such petrel'ts will automatically expire and such temporary service
shall be terminated ann permitee shall acquire and install a permanent ser-
vice connection as hereina0ove previewed.
Section 33. Whenever an emerhency exists azfecting 'the water sup-
ply of. the ClOy of Bremerton and it becomes necessary to curtail the use
of water through regulation and control of the use 'thereof, notice of such
emergency shall 0e published in the daily newspapers by ~the Water De?art-
dent, setting forth rules under which water shall be used, provi,~ing for
such zones for use oi' the water as may be necessary or advisable, and set-
ting forth hours durina~ which sprinkling for lawn or garden irrigation ma~
be done, and setting forth any other restrictions on the use of water as
may be deemed necessary Yet the welfare oi' the inhabitants oz' the City of
Bremerton and other users of City ~¥ater. Such notices and the regulations
established 'thereby shall 0e subject to change an,~ shall 0e in £~ull force
and effect throughout oh~ emergency an~i shall continue until notice is pub-
lis~ed that the emergency has passed, provided that any changes in such
regulations as pu01ished shall likewise be so pu01ished before talcing ef-
fect.
Section 34. Water service in an amergency bY short duration may be
temporarily discontinued, without notice to ~he customers, for the purpose
of maXing repairs, extensions or any other necessary work~ ann the City
shall not be held responsible i'or any damage resulti~-~ from interruptions
Ordinance No. 1871 (Con't)
of service or the failure or the water supply, or failure to give
water users notice thereof. Whenever possible and in cases ~here it
has advance knowledge thereof, the Water Department s~all notify all
customers to be affected by a~yinterrup~ion or service in the official
City newspaper or by a canvas of areas affected, by employees of the
Water Department.
Section 35. It shall be unlawful for any person, other 'than pro-
perly authorized employees of the water, fire anm public works depart-
ments of the City of Bremerton, to operate fire hydrants for other pur-
poses than extinguishing fires anm hose outlets unless proper arrange-
ments have been marne with 'the Commissioner of Pu01ic Works and Util-
ities~, for payment of such wa~er, and permission has been grante~ by
the~~ said~Commissioner. Persons desiring water service from a fire
hydrant or hose connection shall ma~e application therefore to the Wat-
er department and ma~e a deposit in the stun of One Hundred
Dollars with the City Treasurer, to protect the City of Bremerton against
possi01e damage of the hydrant or appurtenant equipment.
When it is deemed necessary, the V~ater Department will furnish
an inspector to operate a fire hydrant, or hose connection, to avoid
dsm~age and to obtain the necessary information for computing the vol-
ume of water consumed. Water supplied together with the expense for the
services of the inspector and equipmen~ furnished, is classified as spec-
ial Service. In no case, shall the charge be less than ~I~vo (~.00) Dol-
lars.
Section 36. I~ shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct the
access to any fire hydrant 0y placing around or thereon any s tone, brick,
lumber, dirt or other material, or to park or stand vehicles or any ob-
struction within fifteen (15) feet of any fire hydrant, or draw or attempt
to draw any water therefrom, or to willfully or carelessly injure the same.
Section 3V. In cases where individuals lay their private water mains
to connect with City water mains, such individuals shall be required to
use standard galvanized iron pipe up to and including two inches in size,
and all pipes shall be laim no less than three feet below the Surface of
the ground and/or the established grade of any public street or alley and
shall comply in all respects to the specifications and requirements of the
City Water Department for the laying of water mains. Owners of such pri-
vate mains shall maintain them at their cost an~ expense from ~he end of
the City service to and within their property, or in case of their failure
to do so anm the water department, finds it necessary to maintain them, 'then
in that event the title to such mains shall revert to the Water Department,
provided that nothing herein contained shall force the Water Department to
accept such ownership, its alternative being that it may shut off the water
at the end of its service main and refuse service to the owner of such pri-
vate mains until such repairs and maintenance as may be required have been
performed.
Section 38. In Ohe event several inmividuals of an area or neighbor-
hood should desire water service requiring several service connections and
in cases where they build 'their private distribution system to conform with
the specifications of the City Water 'Dep~rtment they may in -their discre-
tion deed such system to the City Water Department, and the Water Depart-
ment is hereby authorized to accept such system to maintain and operate the
same a~ any other part or its system as provided by ordinances, provimed
that such owners shall apply for individual taps and meters, pay for the
same as herein provided, and further comply with all ordinances and reg-
ulations of the Water Department.
Section 39. When 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 ~.~ater Department may cut out or remove
such service connection, after which, should a service connection be re-
quired to said premises, a new service shall be placed only upon the owner
making an application and paying for a new tap in the regular manner.
a new main is laid in any street, owners of premises on sai~ street or with-
in one-half block on sicie streets, who are being supplied with City water
from a private main or a connection to a private service, shall make appli-
cation for a tap and shall connect up with a separate service connection to
the City main in front of his premises.
Section 40. It shall se unlawful Z'or any owner of any ~oremises con-
nected ~ith the City's water supply system to disconnect the water on said
premises unless he shall first file a written request, on form provided,
that the service o~' water to said premises be discontinued, anm shall pay
all arrearages on water rates for sai~ premises.
Ordinance No. 1871 (Con't)
Section 41. Whenever any premises connected with the water supply sys-
tem of the City of Bremerton shall become vacant anm the owner thereof desire
to have the rates remitted for the non-u~e of water on said premises, he shal
file in ~heol~fice of the ~Vater Department a n'otice oI~ vacancy for the preced-
ing calendar month, giving the dare,premises were vacated, and ii' uoon inspec
tion it appears that the premises were vacant during the preceding month,:
the ~ates for the preceding month will be remitted, but no re~mission of rates
will be. made~ for less ~han one calendar month or without 't'he notice prescr'ib-
~'d' ih this section. This section app±ies to premises supplied at flat rate
only.
Section 4~. It shall be unlawful i~or any person to make connections
with any fixtures or connect any pipe with any water main or water pipe
longing to the ~unicipal ~ater Supply System, without first obtaining per-
mission to do so from ~h~ ~at~r D~partm~nt.
Section ~$. It shall be unlawful for any person on "Flat Rates" to
waste wacer or allow it to b~wasted by imperfect or ±eakings tops, valves,
pipes, closets, faucets or other fixtures, or Co use the water for purposes
other than those named in vhe application upon which the rat~s for water a r~
based, or for any othor purpose ~han ~hat for which his contract provided,
or to use it in violation of any provisions of this ordinance.
Section ~4. If any person violates any o~~ the provisions of the preced-
ing section the Wa~er Department may, without notice, place a meter on such
service where premises are supplied at flat rates, an~] may charge for water
measured at meter ra~es anm unless such person shall make' the .proper repairs
and stop waste, the water shall be cut oz'f and s~all not be turned on again
until delinquent and unpai~ ~:harges have paid anm repairs marne, an~ until
there has been ~id a charge of Two (~2.00) Dollars for shutting off and
turning on such water service.
Section 45. Authorized employees of the ~Vater Department, properly
identified, shall have free access at proper hours of the day, to all parts
of the premis~es or within buildings thereon to which~w ater is supplied from
City water mains, for the purpose of checXing, coni'ormity to these regulations
anm to the ordinances of the City of Bremerton.
Section 46. In the event -the owner or occupant oi' any premises connect-
ed with the city water mains, restrains or prevents authorized city employees
from making city inspections, water service shall bediscontinued until such
inspection is completed.
Section ~7. It shall be unlawful for any person to install or maintain
a cross-connection oetween any private water supply within or adjacent to
any premises, anm the public waCer supply of the City. Any such c~o ss-con
nection or inter-connection now existing or hereal'ter installed, is i~ereby
declared ~o be a nuisance anm may be abated at once ~ thout notice, by dis-
connecting saim cross-connection, or by cutting oI~f the supply of City water
to 'the premises affected.
The owner of any private water system desiring to use city water on
premises on which such private systenj is maintained, may have water sup~]ied
from the system o~' the City through a pipe discharging at 'bhe top and a0ove
the overflow of the tank or standpipe or as may be prescribed anm approved
by the Water Department.
Section ~8. In areas outsi~e the City Limits all mains and services
must be installed in accordance wioh plans and speci~'ications approved by
the City cT Bremerton, Kitsap County, and the County Health Department, and
at the expense of the applicant.
Existing mains, other than cast iron and less than four inches in
dis~eter servicing areas outside the City Limits~ are hereby ~fefined as tem-
porary mains. Applications for extensions and services 'to temporary mains
may be disapproved wherever pressure and capacity are considered inadequate
for additional service.
Section 49. The ~ater Departmer~t, with the approval of the City Council
shall have the right to temporarily furnisi~ city water to persons or groups
of persons owning or occupying premises outside the City Limits, where emerg-
ency needs and extraordinary conditions exist due to over'crowding, war con-
ditions, and other causes, under sp~cial rates and special contracts, for the
purpose of conserving critical materials, an~ furthering the war effort, or
other emergency effort.
Section 50. Where water dist~icts shall have been regularly organized,
pursuant to the laws of the State of ¥~ashington, an~ desire to purchase water
from 'the City of Bremerton, surplus water may be sold to such regularly organ-
ized water districts pursuant ~o contract, under such ~erms anm under such
Ordinance No. 18V1 (Cch't)
arrangements as shall ~e deemed fair and. equita'01e by the City 0ouncil;
provided, however, that in such case written contracts shall be ¢]rawn
ant shall be executed on behalf of the City only after reading and ap-
proval of the City Council. The City Council shall be authorized in
such cases to apply a percentage of the amount collected for water, if
regular rates are cha~ged to the consumers and paid direct to the City
of Bremerton, to the credit oi' such water district by setting up a trust
account, in which such percentage shall be deposited,, and payments made
therefrom to the district in accordance wi~h the terms of such contract.
Such pa~nents shall ~:e considered as rentals for the use of mains or
other facilities installed by and at the expense of such water district
in accordance with plans an~ specifications approved by the City of
Breme rtono
Section 51. In cases where it is necessary to operate either single
or mtultiple booster pumps to serve the area covered by any water district,
smch area may be dividecl into pressure zones an~ such zones be required
to pay different rates as compensation for the extra cost occasioned by
the operation oi' such booster pumps in supplying water 'to such area.
A low pressure zone shall be considered as any area where water
is supplied without the aid o~' booster ptm~ps.
An intermediate pressure zone shall be considered as any area
where water is supplied with the ai~ oI' one set of booster pumps.
A high pressure zone shall be consimered as any area where water
is supplied with the aid of multiple sets of booster pumps.
Section 52. The rates for water supplied to incorporated water dis-
tricts through master meters, shall be as follows for one month or fractio~
al parts thereof:
a. Rates in Low Pressure Zones:
FOr 800 cu. ft. per mo~th per user ~ 1.85
Over 800 cu. ft. per mo. per user-per t00 cu. ft.
b. Rates in Inter~ediate Pressure Zones:
For 800 cu. ft. per mo. per user 2.15
Over 800 cu. z't. per mo. per user per 100 cu. ft. .18
Co High Pressure Zones:
~'or 800 cu.ft, per mo. per user 2.50
Over 800 cu.ft, per mo. per user per 100 cu.ft. .21
Section 53. The Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities shall
have the authority to decide on behalf oi~ the City of Bremerton any ques-
tion that may arise, through thenecessity of interpretation of this or
other ordinances of the City of Bremerton relating to the Water Depart-
ment, anm his ~ecision in such case shall be final, su. bject ~o 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 oi' such decision.
Section 54. It shall be the duties ok~ the employees of the Police,
Fire, Engineers and Streets and Sewers Departments to give vigilant aid
in the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance and to this end
they shall report all violations thereoI' which come to their knowledge
to the office of the Superintendent.
Section 55. It shall be unlawful ±'or any Person, unless duly auth-
orized, to disturb, interfere with, or damage any water main, water pipe,
machinery, tools, meters or ~y other appliances, buildings, improvements
or other appurtenances belonging to, connected with, or under the control
of' the ~.Iuni.~ipal. Water'Sd'pply System of the City of Br,emerton.
Section 56. It shall be' unlawful for any person to bathe in, fish
in, or throw any substance into any reservoir, or place any foreig~ sub-
stance upon s~y grounds belonging to, connected with, or under the con-
trol of the ~.[uniciapl Water Supply System of the City of'Bremerton.
Section 57. A reward not to exceed Fifty (t~50.00) Dollars will be
paid to any person except a city employee, securing the conviction of
any person for violation of any of the provisions of this ordlna~e
Section 58. From and after the 1st day of March, 1950, the territory
served by the ~¥ater Department of' the 0ity of Bremerton, shall be devided
into two zones for the purpose of accounting and the pa~vaent oi' water
bills, which zones shall be known as Zone 1 and Zone
Zone No. 1 shall include all 'territory between ~lontgomery and
Snyder Ave~ues anm the waters of Dye's Inlet and Sinclair Inlet, but shall
not include water connections on said ~dontgomery and Snyder Avenues. Water
bills for all water connections in Zone 1 shall become due on the 15th
day of each month anm shall become delinquent if not paid on or before the
1st day of the month followingo
Ordinance No. 18V1 (Con't)
Zone No. 2 shall be comprised of East Bremerton and all area East
of Dye's Inlet together with Montgomery and Snyder Avenues in the City of
Bremerton, and all territory west oI' said avenues. Water bills for all
water connections in Zone No. 2 shall become due on the'.lst of each month
starting I',~arch 1st, 1960 , and shall become delinquent if not paid on or be-
fore the 15th day oi' the same month.
Section $9. The Water Deparbment reserves the right at anytime, without
notice, to shut oI'f the water supply for repairs, extensions, non-payment of
rates, or any other reason and the City shall not be responsible for any dam-
age, such as bursting boilers supplied by direct pressure, the breaking of
any pipe or fixtures, stopages o~~ the interruption of water supply or any othe
ds~age resulting from the shutting off of water.
Section 60. I~ shall 0e unlawful for any person to deposit by any means
whatsoever into any plumbing fixture, floor drain, sand trap, sump, receptacle
or aevice which is connected to any drainage system or public sewer, private
sewer, septic tank or cess pool, any garbage, fruit, vegetable parings, ashes,
cinders, solims, rags, infla~able, poisonous, explosive liquids or g asses,
oils, grease or any other matter or thing which would, or could, cause any
damage ~o the drainage system or public sewer; provided, aowever, t~at gar-
bage disposal units may be installed in dwellings upon obtaining a special
permit from the plumbing inspector for .such installation and by compl~ing with
the provisions, of this ordinsnce; in addition to any punishment or penalty pro
vided by this ordinance any violation cz' this section may be prevented by im-
mediate discontinuance oi' water services to the premises from which the offen-
sive matter has been introduced into the drainage or sewer system.
Section 61. If any section or part of this ordinance shall be found to
be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect -the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 52. The following listed ordinances, anm all their provisions
are hereby repealed: Ordinance Number 633, 909, 1213, 1354, 1536, 1552-Bi-
monthly readings, 1620 and l?20-Excavation for services in County.
Section 63. Secti-ons 1, 2 and 3 of Ordinance No. 1845, entitled as re-
cited in the ~itle hereof, are hereby mue~ded as provided by Section 1 hereof
and all other ordinances, or parts ~hereof, in conflict with the provisions
hereof are hereby repealed.
Section 64. Any person violating the provisions contained in this ord-
inance, or the rules anm regulations herein referred to, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and npon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
Three Hundred (~300.00) Dollars, or imprisoned in ~he city jail for not more
than 90 days or by Ooth such fine and imprisonment.
Sect[on 65. This ordinance is declared to be one necessary for' the im-
mediate preservation or' the public peace, property, health and safety of the
people oi' Bremerton, ¥~ashington. An emergency is hereby declared to exist,
and this ordinance is hereby ~eclared to be in full force anm effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such pas-
sage this 17th day oi' [;'ebruary, 1950.
ATTEST: Mayor
City Clerk