HomeMy WebLinkAbout1536 ORDINANCE NO. 1~6
AN ORDINANCE making rules and regulations regarding the use of water by cua-
tomers of the city water department, fixing rates and deposit fees for certain
services, granting emergency powers to the City Council, repealing ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREk~ERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Whenever an emergency exists affecting the water supply of the
City of Bremerton and it becomes necessary to curtail the use of water through
regulation an~ control of the use thereof, notice of such emergency shall be
published in the daily newspapers by the Superintendent of the Water Department,
~etting forth rules under which water shall be used, providing for such zones for
use of water as may be necessary or advisable, and setting forth hours during
which sprinkling for lawn or garden i~rigation may be done, and setting forth any
other restrictions on the use of water as may be deemed necessary for the welfare
of the Gity of Bremerton and other users of city water. Such notices and the
regulations established thereby shall be subject to chs~ge but shall be in full
force and effect throu~'~out the emergency and shall continue until notice is pub-
lished that the emergency has passed.
Section 2o In case of an emergency, from whatever cause, whenever the public
health, safety, or necessity for equitable distribution of water so demands, the
Co~mmissioner of Public Works and Utilities of the City of Bremerton, who will
hereafter in this ordinance be referred to as the "Commissioner," may direct the
Superintendent of the Water Department to change, reduce, or limit the time for,
or tem.oorarily discontinue the use of water. Water service in s~ emergency may
be temporarily discontinued, without notice to the customers, for the purpose of
making repairs, extensions or any other necessary work, and the City shall not be
held responsible for any damage resulting from interruption of service or the fail-
ure of the water supply, or failure to give water users notice thereof. The ~
Superintendent of the '~ater Department shall notify all customers to be affected
by any interruption of service which shall be planned in advance, by publishing
notice of such interruption of service in the official city newspaper or by a
canvass of the areas affected by employees of the ~¥ater Department.
Section 3. Ail existing and new water service co.mnections used for fire
protection shall be metered at the expense of the owner, lessee or occupant, of
the premises served. Payment for metering existing service connections for fire
protection purposes which are not now metered, shall be made within ninety (90)
days after receiving not,.ce from the Superintendent of the Water Department, or
in accordance with a satisfactory arrangement made for payment of Such charges. . ~
Any delinquency in paymeflt of the expense for fire protection service shall be
deemed sufficient cause for discontinuance of fire service by turning off such
service to the premises.
Upon petition or application the City Council may approve the installation
of fire hydrants outside the City iimlts, or to serve special or private property
within the city limits.
Ail such fire hydrants shall be installed under the supervision of the Water
Department and shall be in accordance with standard specifications of the City of'
Bremerton. The e~tire cost of all labor, and materials necessary to install and
maintain the hydrants shall be borne by.the applicants for same, who shall pay a
reg~lar monthly service charge as follows:
4-inch hydrants $4.00 per month
5-inch and larger 5.00 " "
Section 4. The rates for water supply for fire protection purposes exclusively
shall be te~ed service cha~ges, and shall be for any one month, or fractional
part thereof, as follows:
Size of service, oerv~ce charge,
2 inches $1.00
3 " 1.65
4 " ~. 35
6 " 3.35
8 " 4.35
The service charges herelnabove set fcrth shall be granted only during such times
as there is no appreciable registration by the meter maintained by the City on
such fire protection service.
Water used for any other purpose than for extinguishing fires, through a fi~-,re
protection service, shall be charged at a rate not less than double the common rate
provide~ for by Oity ordinance.
ORL}INANCE NO. 1536 (cont)
Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than properly auth-
orized employees of the water, fire and public works departments of the Oity of
Bremerton, to operate fire hydrants foz' other' purposes than extinguishing fires
and hose outlets unless proper arrangements have been made with the Commissioner
of Public Works and Utilities, for payment for such water and permission has been
granted by the said Com~nissioner.
Persons desiring water service from a fire hydrant or hose connection shall
make application therefor to the Water Department and mak~ a deposit in the sum
of One Hundred (~$100.00) Dollars with the Oity Treasurer, to protect the City of
Bremerton against possible damage to the hydrant or appurtenant equipment.
When it is deemed necessary, the Water department will furnish an inspector
to operate a fire hydrant, or hose connection, 'to avoid damage and to obtain the
necessary information for computing the volume of water cons~sned. Water supplie~
together with the expense for the services of the inspector and equipment f~rnished
is classified as Special Service. In no case shall the charge be less than Two
(:~2.00) Dollars.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use water for
lawn or garden sprinkling and irrigating purposes on any premises receiving water
from the Bremerton water system during the progress of a fire or conflagration
within the city limits.
Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to install or maintain a
cross-connection between any private water supply within or adjacent to any pre-
raises, and the public water supply of the City. Any such cross-connection or
inter-connection now existing or hereafter installed, is hereby declared to be a
nuisance and may be abated at once without notice by the Department of Health, or
by the Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities, by disconnecting such cross-
connections, or by cutting off the supply of city water to the premises affected.
The owner of any private water system desiring to use city water on the pre-
mises on which such private system is maintained, may have water supplied from
the system of t~e city through a pipe discharging at the top and above the over-
flow of a tank or standpipe or as may be prescribed an~ approved by' the ~ity
Health Officer and the Superintendent of the V~ater Department.
Section 8. In areas outside the cf ty limits all mains and services must be
installed in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the City of
Bremerton, Kftsap 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 diameter
serving areas outside the city limits, are hereby defined as temporary mains.
Applications for extensions and services to temporary mains may be disapproved
wherever pressure and capacity are considered inadequate for additional service.
Section 9. In the interest of national defense and to conserve critical
materials, permission may be granted to persons to temporarily connect to exist-
ing services whereby city water is being supplied under the following conditions:
Whenever it is desired to extend water service to one or more premises,
through one meter and service corunection, a temporary permit may be issued to
make extension or extensions with the consent of the one responsible for the
payment of the bill for water to the Water Department, and in whose name the
account is registered with the Water Department; a temporary permit must be
applied for in such case on forms furnished by the Water Department, setting
forth the nature of the service required and beari~g the signed approval of the
person'responsible for payment to the City of Bremerton, and a deposit of ~4.50
will be required as a guarantee that the charge against the applicant by the owner
of the premises will be paid; said deposit shall be refunded when service to the
permitt~e ceases or permanent individual service c8~] be provided.
The City water department shall shut off water service from any premises
where these regulations are being violated until such time as t.~e regulations
have been complied with.
Section 10. Authorized employees of the Water Department, properly identi-
fied, s hall have free access at proper hours of the day, to all parts of the
premises or within buil.~ings thereon to which water is s~pplied from city water .,.
mains, for the purpose of checking conformity to these regulate, one and to the
ordinances of the City of Bremerton.
Section 11. In the event the owner or occupant of any premises connected
with the city water mains, restrains or prevents authorized city employees from
ORDINANCE NO. 1536 (cont)
making city inspections, water service shed. 1 be discontinued until such inspection
is completed.
Section 12. Whenever a number of persons desire water service and permanent
mains are not availa,.le for individual service or circumstances prevent the install-
ation of permanent mains, a temporary permit may be issued by the %~ater Department,
allowing such group of persons to receive service through one master meter. The
persons desiring such service shall petition the City Council on a form provided
by the Water Department. Such form to be so prepared that the petitioners will be
bound by an agreement to appoint one person, in whose name the water account will
be posted with the Water Department and who v~ 11 be responsible for all bills again.'
the account.
Each and every service connection on such a service shall be provlde~ with a
shut-off valve and will be subject to shut-off for non-pay~ent of water bills and
non-co~p!iance with the rules and regulations of the Water Departmeat and the
ordinances of the City of Bremerton.
The charge for installing such service shall be the actual cost of labor an5
material plus fifteen (15[/o) per cent for overhead.
Section 13. The Cor.~nissioner of Public Works and Utilities, on the recommend-
ation of the Superintendent of the Water Department and w~th the approval of the
City Council, shall have the right to temporarily furnish city water to persons
or groups of persons owning or occupying premises outside the city limits, where
emergency needs and extraordinary conditions exist due to overcrowding and war
conditions, under special rates and special contracts, for the purpose of conservin~
critical materials, and furthering the war effort d~ring the continuance of the
present war emergency period.
Section 14. In the event of excessive registration of water meters, caused
by broken or leaking water service p~.pe within or abutting upon the premises of any
customer of the City water department, without the knowledge or fault of the
customer, an~ adjustment may be made upon written application, for one month only
during any period of twelve months and after repairs have been made. The basis of
adjustment in such case shall be the normal consumption under similar operating
conditions.
Section 15. The Commissioner of Public ~orks and Utilities shall have the auth
ority to decide on behalf of the 0ity of Bremerton any question that may arise,
through the necessity of interpretation of this or other ordinances of the Oity of
Bremerton relating to the ~ater Department, and his decision in such case shall be
final, subject to the right of any person aggrieved thereby to appeal from such
decision to the City Council, by giving written notice of such appeal within ten
days from the date such person is notified of such 5ecision.
Section 16. Section 29 of Ordinance No. 63~of the City of Bremerton, as
amende¢~ by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 909 of the City of Bremerton, is hereby repeal
Section 17. Ail new services shall be metered and the fees for the ins ta].latio
of w~r services shall be as follows:
0ne-half inch. to three-fourths inch. co~znection, ~30.00, provided that in the
event it is necessary to break pavement or sidewalk, in order to make such connec-
tion, there shall be an additional charge of ~.~1.50 for each lineal foot of concrete,
brick or asphalt pavement or sidewalk it is necessary to break and replace in !n-
stalling such connection; and providing further that 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 for excavating and repairing such oiled street.
For any size larger than a three-fourt'hs inch connection, an applicant, in
applying for service, shall deposit with ~e City Treasurer the amount estimated
to cover the cost of furnishing the labor and material necessary for the installa-
tion, plus fifteen per cent (15~o/) for overhead, providing that if the said deposit
shall not fully cover the cost of such installation, the applicant shall pay the
difference to the Oity Treasurer prior to the turning on of the water, and if the
deposit shall prove more than necessary, the surplus shall be returned to the sppli-
cant.
When it is desired to have the meter removed or reinstalled., the owner of th~
premises supplied, or to be supplied, by such meter shall file an application in
the office of the ~ater department, on forms provided for that purpose and shall
Pay the cost in full of such removal or reinsta].lation.
The charges referred to herein shall not make the person paying such charge
the owner of the water meter installed, which shall at all times be and remain the ~
property of the City of Bremerton.
ORDINANCE NO. 1536 (cont)
Section 18. Where water districts shall have been regularly organized, pur-
suant to the laws of the State of Washington, and desire to purchase water from
the City of Bre~ertc, n, surplus water may be sold to such regularly organized
water districts pursuant to contract, under such terms and under such arrangements
as shall be deemed fair and equitable by the City Council; provided however, that
in such case written contracts shall be drawn and shall 'be executed on behalf of
the City only after reading and approval by the City Council. The ~ity Council
shall be authorized in such cases to apply a percentage of the amount collected
for water, if regular rates are charged to the conmnmers and paid direct to the
City of Bremerton, to the credit of such water district by setting up a trust
account, in whichsuch percentage shall be deposited.
Such arrangements shall be made only where it would be ~mfair for the City
of Bremerton to collect and retain the entire amount received from the delivery
of such water on account of the use of extonsive mains or other facilities
stalled by and at the expense of such water district in accordance with plans
and specifications approved by the ~ity of Bremerton.
Section 19. Any person violating the provisions contained in this ordinance,
or the rules and regulations herein referred t o, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Three Hundred ('.~300.00',
Dollars, or imprisonment in the City jail for not more than ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 20. Any ordinance, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with the
provisions hereof, are hereby repealed. If any section or part of this ordinance
shall be found to be invalid or unconstituti:.nal, such invalidity or unco~stitu-
tional,~ shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 21. An emergency exists affecting the public peace, health and
safety, and this ordinance shall take effect in~edlately following passage and
publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the t~Iayor,
and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this fourth
day of August, 1943.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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'City Clerk