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ORDINANCE NO. 5054
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 15.06.040 of the
Bremerton Municipal Code relating to municipal utility rates for
wastewater.
WHEREAS, the current provisions of Section 15.06.040 ofthe Bremerton
Municipal Code relating to municipal utility rates do not provide rates for summer wasterwater
usage for multi-family residential customers; and
. WHEREAS, the City Council desires to update the provisions of Section
15.06.040 of the Bremerton Municipal Code to provide rates for summer wasterwater usage for
multi-family residential customers; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 15.06.040 ofthe Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Rates-Wastewater" relating to municipal utility rates is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.06.040 RATES - WASTEWATER.
(a) Retail Wastewater Rates. A general retail wastewater rate shall be assessed of all
users of the Utility wastewater system. The retail rate shall be calculated on a periodic billing
with a minimum service charge and a commodity charge computed to the nearest HCF.
The retail rate shall be based on flow and strength of sewage discharged by the user of
the system.
Flow shall be determined by the metered amount of domestic water usage.
Flows for summer usage for single family, and-duplex, and multi-family residential
customers shall be determined based on the previous six (6) month average winter domestic
water usage by the customer, provided the account was active for at least two (2) billing periods
of the preceding six (6) months. The calculation period shall be determined by the Department
based on usage and billing cycles. In no case shall this calculation for summer usage result in a
volume less than two and one-half (2.5) HCF per month.
In the event the customer is not connected to a public water supply that utilizes domestic
water meter, the flow shall be determined by the Department based on the average flow ofthe
like customer class.
Strength shall be determined by the loadings discharged by the customer and shall be
segregated into like customer classes based on their respective sewage strengths.
SECTION 2. Severability. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
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BMC 15.06.040
Wastewater Rates
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council the d ().L.A..J day of
,2008
Approved this ~.i.bL day of
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CAROL GEN, City erk
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ORDINANCE NO. oSlJS~
, 2008
,2008
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BMC 15.06.040
Wastewater Rates
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I, Laura Wessels, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times
embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of
KITSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court
of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months
prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as
a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County,
Washington and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid
place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisemel}t as it was
published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date, to wit:
August 25, 2008 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said
period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of$28.45. The
amount has not been paid in full.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of September 3,2008.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5054 ' <( ':/:;!?:'~:"8'\.O
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AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section l5.06.04cr':\~S~-
of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to municipal utility rates for wastewater.
PASSED by the City Council the 20th day of August, 2008.
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton, W A 98337.
August 25, 2008.......................AD #20075180