HomeMy WebLinkAbout5275 ORDINANCE NO. 527.5
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 15.02.130 of the
Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Backflow/Cross-Connection
Control and Inspection".
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 15 02.130 of the
Bremerton Municipal Code to update provisions relating written backflow assembly test reports;
NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1. Section 15.02.130 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Backflow/Cross-Connection Control and Inspection" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.02.130 BACKFLOW/CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL AND INSPECTION.
Service from the water system may be contingent upon the installation of an approved
backflow prevention device for the protection of the water system from backflow.
The Department shall require the testing and inspection of all cross-connection control
devices within its system to prevent contamination of the City water system The Department
shall annually notify all property owners of this requirement. It shall be the responsibility of the
property owner to provide for testing and inspection by a Washington State certified backflow
assembly tester and to submit to the Department a written.backflow assembly test report form of
satisfactory completion of the testing and inspection within thirty(30)days of being notified
In the event the Department does not receive a satisfactory test report within thirty (30)
days, the Department will contact a certified tester to test the assembly, and the cost of the test
and any necessary repairs will be added to the Customer's next utility bill. The Customer may
be assessed additional charges to their bill to cover costs for time, expenses and other related
costs incurred by the City if reasonable access is not granted to the tester to test the assembly.
The Department shall inspect cross-comiection control devices, subject to a service fee.
Any cross-connection, without the appropriate control device, now in existence or
hereafter discovered or installed; shall be declared a prohibited act and shall be enforced
accordingly. The control or elimination of cross-connections shall be in accordance with
WAC 246-290-490. Water service shall be discontinued to any premises for failure to comply
with the provisions of this portion of the code.
SECTION 2. Severabih!y. 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.
SECTIONS. 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.
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Assembly Test Reports
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PASSED by the City Council the to day of ,2015
GREG tELER, Council President
Approved this day of 52015
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PATTY LEN or
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM-
SHANNON COR1N, City Clerk R GER A. LUBOVICH, i
PUBLISHED the day of , 2015
EFFECTIVE the day of , 2015
ORDINANCE NO.
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Assembly Test Reports
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
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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 an advertisement as it was published in
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State of Washington
TISHA SULLIVAN
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(Signat re of Principal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of May 26,2015.
ORDINANCE NO. 5275
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton,Washington,amending Section 15.02.130
of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled"Backflow/Cross-Connection Control and Inspection."
PASSED by the City Council on the 6th day of May,2015.
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office,345 Sixth Street,Suite 600,
Bremerton,WA 98337.
MAY 11,2015
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