HomeMy WebLinkAbout5321ORDINANCE NO. 5321
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, amending Title 15 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code entitled "Municipal Utilities" by amending
sections of Chapter 15.01 entitled ``General Provisions," Chapter
15.02 entitled "Water," Chapter 15.03 entitled "Wastewater,"
Chapter 15.06 entitled "Assessments, Rates, Fees and Charges,"
and Chapter 15.07 entitled "Utility Billing."
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to update sections of Chapter 15.01,
Chapter 15.02, Chapter 15.03, Chapter 15.06, and Chapter 15.07 relating to definitions and to
make related changes; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 15.01.020 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Definitions" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.01.020 DEFINITIONS.
The terms used in this title shall mean the following, except where the context otherwise
requires:
(a) Definitions "A":
"Active account" shall mean an account that has current usage, billing and payment
activity.
"Active water service" shall mean that the water meter for the service location has
registered consumption.
"AKART" shall mean all known, available, and reasonable methods of prevention,
control, and treatment. See also the State Water Pollution Control Act, RCW 90.48.0 10 and
90.48.520.
"As -graded" shall mean the extent of surface conditions on completion of grading.
"Average daily" shall mean the total quantity divided by the number of days of waste or
stormwater discharge or water use by the typical user in a user class.
(b) Definitions "B":
"Backflow" shall mean the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances into the
distribution system of the public water supply from any source or sources other than the intended
source.
"Backflow prevention device" shall mean a device to counteract back pressure and
prevent back siphonage or backflow.
"Best management practices (BMPs)" means the schedules of activities, prohibitions of
practices, maintenance procedures, and structural and/or managerial practices, that when used
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singly or in combination, prevent or reduce the release of pollutants and other adverse impacts to
waters of Washington State.
"BOD (biochemical oxygen demand)" means an indirect measure of the concentration of
biologically degradable materials present in organic wastes. The amount of free oxygen utilized
by aerobic organisms when allowed to attack the organic material in an aerobically maintained
environment at a specified temperature (20°C) for a specific time period (5 days), and thus stated
as BODS. It is expressed in milligrams of oxygen utilized per liter of liquid waste volume (mg/1)
or in milligrams of oxygen per kilogram of waste solution (mg/kg = ppm = parts per million
parts). Also called biological oxygen demand.
"Bulkhead" shall mean a seawall or rock embankment constructed along the waterfront to
protect the land behind it from erosion by waves and tidal action of the sea.
(c) Definitions "C":
"Capital costs" shall mean the total costs of physical system improvements (exclusive of
repair and replacement costs covered under operation and maintenance costs), including, but not
limited to, the costs of direct construction, engineering, financing, legal fees, real estate, right-of-
way, debt service, and other costs associated with such improvements.
"City" means City of Bremerton.
"Clearing" shall mean the destruction and removal of vegetation by manual, mechanical,
or chemical methods. This definition shall include grubbing vegetation.
"Clearing and grading permit" shall mean the written approval of the City of Bremerton
building inspector to proceed with the act of clearing property within the City limits of
Bremerton. The clearing and grading permit includes the associated approved plans and any
conditions of approval as well as the permit form itself.
"Combined sewer" shall mean a sewer intended to convey sanitary sewage, industrial
wastes, and storm and surface water in a single system.
"Genifner-eial 1" shall mean any aser- whose business or- nonresidefftial wastewate
disehafge-S ;1A.,hose. total suspended -se-lids —;;;;d- NAWAR-M-ieeal A_ El i S 10 S Oh
hundfed one (201) fng�L—.
"G.A-m-m-eqrvvial 2
shall Mean any user. ;.vhesea business or nonresidential wastewater-
disehafges whose total suspended solids and bieehefflieal e� 4 ranges ffem four -
hundred one (4 0 1) to six hundred (600) fng/b.
"Gammer-eial 4P shall mean any user- whose business or- neafesidential wastewater-
diseharges whose total suspended solids and No P-Aheaffl-lic -A i e Xygen demand ranges from two
one (201) to feuf hundred ( 0) Fag/L. The eemmer-eiA Mus r ..hall have some figrmvi
sized, prepefly installed, regulafly maintained and suffleiefAly dersufnented type of tfeatment
d-e-wip-me in plaeo to help r-eduee the strength of their- sewer- disehar-ge.
"Commercial P' shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharges whose total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand is less than two
hundred one (201) mg/L.
"Commercial II" shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharges whose total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand ranges from two
hundred one (201) to four hundred 400) mg/L.
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"Commercial 111" shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharges whose total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand ranges from four
hundred one (401) to six hundred (600) mg/L.
"Commercial IV" shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharge whose total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand ranges from six
hundred one (601) to eight hundred (800) mg/L.
"Commercial V" shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharge whose total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand ranges from eight
hundred one (801) to one thousand (1000) mg/L.
"Commercial VI" shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharge whose total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand ranges from one
thousand one 0 00 1) to one thousand two hundred 0200)mg/L.
"Commercial Vll" shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharge whose total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand ranges from one
thousand two hundred and one (1201) to one thousand eight hundred (1800) mg/L.
"Commercial account with high conductivity" shall mean an account that discharges
conductivity greater than N 6.0 mS/cm for any interval equal to or exceeding five (5) minutes
three (3) times during any thirty (30) day period. The account will be billed the Commercial
Special rate as published in the City of Bremerton utility rates and fee schedule.
"Commercial agriculture" shall mean those activities conducted on lands defined in RCW
84.34.020(2), and activities involved in the production of crops or livestock for wholesale trade.
An activity ceases to be considered commercial agriculture when the area on which it is
conducted is proposed for conversion to a nonagricultural use or has laid idle for more than five
(5) years, unless the idle land is registered in a federal or state soil conservation program, or
unless the activity is maintenance or irrigation ditches, laterals, canals, or drainage ditches
related to an existing and ongoing agricultural activity.
"Commercial business with living units" shall mean a business with residential living
units attached; the utility rates will be based on the business type and the number of residential
units.
"Commercial property" shall mean a parcel of property which is developed for
nonresidential purposes.
"Commercial special" shall mean any user whose business or nonresidential wastewater
discharge whose total suspended solids (TSS) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) exceeds
one thousand eight hundred 0 800) six hundred one (6 mg/L and /or has a conductivity
discharge greater than N 6.0 mS/cm.. These users will be charged for wastewater services on
the basis of their specific discharge, which provides equitable recovery of the City's cost of
conveying, owning, operating, and maintaining the wastewater treatment system, rather than
average class strength.
"Condominium (condo)" shall mean an apartment that is individually owned but the land
is jointly owned by all homeowners.
"Conductivity" shall mean the measurement of electrical conductivity as an indicator of
water quality. Conductivity data can determine concentration of solutions, detect contaminants
and determine the purity of water. A conductivity sensor measures conductivity by AC voltage
applied to nickel electrodes. These electrodes are placed in a water sample (or other liquid),
where the current flows through the electrodes and the sample. Current level has a direct
relationship with the conductivity of the solution. The basic unit of conductivity is the Siemens
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(S), sometimes referred to as mho. Since celleg ometry affects conductivity values, standardized
measurements are expressed in specific conductivity units (S/cm) to compensate for variations in
electrode dimensions. Conductivity measurements, along with temperature, also allow for
Salinity values to be calculated through algorithms.
"Connection fee" shall mean charges made for connection to the utility system. The
connection fees will include the costs of tapping the water main, sewer main or storm main,
installing the service and meter, restoring the surface, and all other costs associated with the
physical connection of the customer system to the City utility system.
"Construction charge and special fees" shall mean those charges made by the City to
cover its unreimbursed construction costs for installing special facilities not covered by
connection fees and general facility fees.
"Contract user" shall mean any user who, by virtue of the amount, strength, or location of
its discharge or the conditions of service, requires a contractual basis for service to be equitably
served.
"Creek" shall mean those areas where surface waters flow sufficiently to produce a
defined channel or bed. A defined channel or bed is indicated by hydraulically sorted sediments
or the removal of vegetative litter or loosely rooted vegetation by the action of moving water.
The channel or bed need not contain water year around. This definition is not meant to include
stormwater runoff devices or other entirely artificial watercourses unless they are used to store
and/or convey pass-through stream flows naturally occurring prior to construction.
"Critical area" shall mean any area designated as a critical area pursuant to RCW
36.70A.170 and Chapter 20.14 BMC.
"Cross connection" shall mean any physical arrangement whereby the City water system
is connected, directly or indirectly, with any other water supply system, sewer, drain, conduit,
pool, storage reservoir, plumbing fixture, or other device which contains or may contain
contaminated water, sewage, or other waste or liquids of unknown or unsafe quality that may be
capable of imparting contamination to the City water system as a result of backflow. Bypass
arrangements, jumper connections, removal sections, swivel or changeover devices, and other
temporary or permanent devices through which or because of which backflow could occur are
considered to be cross connections.
"Cubic feet (CF)" shall mean cubic feet of measure.
(d) Definitions "D":
"Deactivated meters" shall mean utility accounts where the customer requests the water
meter to be shut off and locked, and the water/wastewater services and associated billings be
temporarily suspended. The account will continue to be billed for stormwater until the meter is
reactivated.
"Degradation" shall mean deterioration of an area including, but is not limited to, impacts
such as sedimentation, erosion, and loss of shading, light, and noise.
"Department" shall mean the Department of Public Works and Utilities.
"Developed lot" shall mean a lot or parcel of land upon which a structure(s) is located,
which cannot be more intensively developed pursuant to the Bremerton zoning code, and which
cannot be further subdivided pursuant to City subdivision regulations.
"Development" shall mean any new development and/or redevelopment activity that
requires federal, state, or local approval for the use or modification of land or its resources.
These activities include, but are not limited to, subdivision and short subdivisions; binding site
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plans; planned unit developments; variances; shoreline substantial development; clearing
activity; excavation; embankment; fill and grade work; converting fallow land or undeveloped
land to agricultural purposes; activity conditionally allowed; building or construction; revocable
encroachment permits; and septic approval.
"Development area" shall mean an area where the movement of earth or a change in the
existing soil cover (both vegetative and nonvegetative) and/or the existing soil topography occurs
as a result of an applicant's development plans.
"Director" shall mean the Director of Public Works and Utilities or any other duly
authorized representative designated by the Director as the person responsible for technical
direction of this code.
"Driveway drain" shall mean a drain typically located below street grade at the bottom of
a sloped driveway.
"Duplex" shall mean a residential unit containing two (2) separate dwelling units with
any configuration or two (2) dwelling units located on one parcel.
(e) Definitions "E":
"Earth" shall mean the natural mineral and organic material forming the soil and its
underlying substance. For the purposes of this chapter, earth shall include sand, gravel, and ledge
rock.
"Ecology" shall mean the Washington State Department of Ecology.
"Emergency" shall mean a situation demanding immediate action with threat to life,
property or environment.
"Engineered fill" shall mean soil fill, which is wetted or dried to near its optimum
moisture content, placed in lifts of twelve (12) inches or less and each lift compacted to a
minimum percent compaction as specified by a geotechnical engineer.
"Engineering Design and Construction Standards" shall mean the City of Bremerton's
Standards for Work in Rights -of -Way.
"Equivalent residential unit (ERU)" shall mean a unit of measurement equivalent to an
average single-family residence. This measurement shall be used to determine sewer general
facility charges. ERUs cannot be transferred from one property or account to another property or
account.
"Excavate" shall mean the mechanical removal of earth material, including soil, sand,
gravel, rock, concrete or asphalt.
"Existing service" shall mean a functioning water service line or sewer lateral that is
physically located at the parcel.
"Existing site conditions" shall mean:
For developed sites with stormwater facilities that have been constructed to meet the
standards in the minimum requirements of the ordinance codified in this title, "existing site
conditions" shall mean the existing conditions on the site;
For developed sites that do not have stormwater facilities that meet the minimum
requirements, "existing site conditions" shall mean the conditions that existed prior to local
government adoption of the ordinance codified in this section. If in question, the existing site
conditions shall be documented by aerial photograph records, or other appropriate means;
For all sites in water quality sensitive areas, "existing site conditions" shall mean
undisturbed forest for the purpose of calculating runoff characteristics; and/or
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For all undeveloped sites outside of water quality sensitive areas, "existing site
conditions" shall mean the existing conditions on the site.
"Expanded service" shall mean the increase in water service based on the addition or
increase in size in water meter(s) serving the customer, the increase in wastewater service based
on equivalent residential units or the increase in stormwater service based on impervious surface
units.
"Extended line" shall mean a privately financed water, wastewater or stormwater main
constructed with the written approval of the Director or their designee.
(f) Definitions "F":
"Facility" means any food processing establishment, food sales establishment, or food
service establishment.
"Fats, oils and greases" means organic compounds derived from animal and/or plant
sources that contain multiple carbon triglyceride molecules. These substances are detectable and
measurable using analytical procedures established in Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations Part 136 (40 CFR 136). Commonly referred to as "polar."
"Fill" means a deposit of earth material placed by artificial means to increase the ground
surface elevation or to replace excavated material.
"Food" means any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, ice, or ingredient used or
intended for use or sale in whole or in part for consumption.
"Food processing establishment (FPE)" means a commercial establishment in which food
is manufactured or packaged for consumption.
"Food sales establishment (FSE)" means retail and wholesale grocery stores, retail
seafood stores, food processing plants, bakeries, confectioneries, fruit, nuts and vegetable stores
and places of business and similar establishments, mobile or permanent, engaged in the sale of
food primarily for consumption off premises.
"Food service establishments (FSE)" means any establishment for the preparation and
serving of meals, lunches, short orders, sandwiches, frozen desserts, or other edible products
and/or are required to have a food business permit issued by Kitsap County Department of
Health. The term includes: restaurants, coffee shops, cafeterias, short order cafes, luncheonettes,
taverns, lunchrooms, places which manufacture retail sandwiches, soda fountains, institutional
cafeterias, catering establishments, food vending vehicles, and operations connected therewith;
and similar facilities by whatever name called.
"Force main" shall mean a sanitary sewer pressurized pipe system used to transfer
wastewater from a sewer lift station to the wastewater treatment facility.
"Fourplex" shall mean a residential unit containing four (4) separate dwelling units with
any configuration or four (4) dwelling units located on one (1) parcel.
(g) Definitions "G":
"General facilities charges (GFC)" shall mean the charge established to reflect the
proportionate cost share for existing source, treatment, distribution, transmission, collection,
interception, and storage facilities that will be paid on all new and/or expanded utility
connections to the City utility.
"Geologically hazardous areas" shall mean areas as defined in the City's critical areas
ordinance and includes areas that because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake or
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other geological events are not suited to the siting of commercial, residential or industrial
development consistent with public health or safety concerns.
"Geotechnical engineer" shall mean a professional engineer currently registered in the
State of Washington, qualified by reason of experience and education in the practice of
geotechnical engineering, and designated by the owner as the geotechnical engineer of record for
the project.
"Grading" shall mean the movement of earth material through mechanical or other means
to create the finished surface and contour of a project site.
"Grease" means rendered animal fat, vegetable shortening, and other such oily matter
used for the purposes of and resulting from preparing and/or cooking food.
"Grease interceptor" means an interceptor of at least seven hundred fifty (750) gallon
capacity whose rated flow exceeds fifty (50) gallons per minute (gpm) to serve one (1) or more
fixtures and which is remotely located underground and outside of a food service facility. It is
designed to collect, contain or remove food wastes and grease from the waste stream while
allowing the balance of the liquid waste ("gray water") to discharge to the wastewater collection
system by gravity.
"Grease removal unit" means a device designed to separate fats, oils, and grease from
liquid waste prior to the wastewater entering the wastewater system.
"Grease trap" means a device located inside a food service facility designed to retain
grease from one (1) to a maximum of four (4) fixtures whose rated now is fifty (50).gallons per
minute (gpm) or less. It is designed to collect, contain or remove food wastes and grease from
the waste stream while allowing the balance of the liquid waste to discharge to the wastewater
collection system by gravity or mechanical means.
"Grinder pump" shall mean a system that takes liquid wastes from a home/business and .
pumps the waste to the City's sewage conveyance system, located in the public right-of-way.
The grinder pump system includes a pump, pump basin, piping, and electrical controls.
"Ground cover" shall mean a dense covering of small plants and grasses with a trunk or
stem size less than four (4) inches in diameter and which normally cover the ground.
"Ground water" shall mean water in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the surface of
land or a surface water body.
"Grubbing" shall mean the act of removing vegetation by the roots.
(h) Definitions "H":
"Hard surface" means an impervious surface, a permeable pavement, or,a vegetated roof.
"Hazardous materials" means any material, including any substance, waste, or
combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or
infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or
potential hazard to human health, safety, property or the environment when improperly treated,
stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
"Health Officer" shall mean the Kitsap Health District Health Officer or designee.
"Hundred cubic feet (HCF)" shall mean hundred cubic feet of measure.
"Hyperchlorinated" means water that contains more than ten (10) mg/L chlorine.
(i) Definitions "I":
"Illicit connection" means any manmade conveyance that is connected to the stormwater
system without a permit, excluding roof drains and other similar type connections. Examples
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include sanitary sewer connections, floor drains, channels, pipelines, conduits, inlets, or outlets
that are connected directly to the municipal separate storm sewer system.
"Illicit discharge" means any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the City's
storm drain system, except as expressly exempted by this chapter.
"Impervious/hard surface unit (IHSU) (ISU)" shall mean a configuration or
conglomeration of impervious surface. One (1) impervious surface unit (IHSU) is equivalent to
two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.of impervious surface area.
"Improper stormwater inflow" or "improper connection" shall mean any kind of
stormwater connection or inflow to the wastewater system prohibited by this chapter including,
but not limited to: roof drains, parking lot drains, curtain drains, driveway drains and sump
pumps.
"Improved premises" shall mean any area which has been altered such that the runoff
from the site is greater than runoff prior to development.
"Inactive account" shall mean an account that has no current usage, billing or payment
activity.
"Inactive water service" shall mean that the water meter for the service location has not
registered any noticeable consumption. Some of the reasons for inactivity would be by a
customer's request, shut off for nonpayment, requested deactivation or the water meter has been
removed for non -usage.
"Industrial User"- (See "Commercial special..")
"Infiltration" shall mean ground water entering the wastewater or stormwater system
through open pipe joints, cracks in manhole walls, and cracked pipe.
"Infiltration (Stormwater)" shall mean the downward movement of water from the
surface to the subsoil.
"Inflow" shall mean rainwater or other clean water that enters the wastewater system
through roof leader connections, catch basins, yard and foundation drains, perforated manhole
covers, and other openings to the wastewater system.
0) Reserved.
(k) Reserved.
(1) Definitions "L":
"Lakes" shall mean natural or artificial bodies of water of two (2) or more acres and/or
where the deepest part of the basin at low water exceeds two (2) meters (6.6 feet). Artificial
bodies of water with a recirculation system approved by the Public Works Department are not
included in this definition.
"Land development permit" shall mean a preliminary or final plat for a single-family
residential development; a building permit; site plan; preliminary or final planned unit
development plan.
"Lateral sewer" shall mean a sanitary sewer constructed within a public right-of-way
between the standard gravity sanitary sewer and the right-of-way line in accordance with current
Engineering Design and Construction Standards.
"Low impact development (LID)" shall mean stormwater and land use management
strategy that strives to mimic pre -disturbance hydrologic processes 'of infiltration, filtration,
storage, evaporation and transpiration by emphasizing conservation, use of on-site natural
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features, site planning, and distributed stormwater management practices that are integrated into
a project design.
(m) Definitions "M":
"Mechanical equipment" shall mean all motorized equipment used for earth moving,
trenching, excavation, gardening, landscaping, and general property maintenance exceeding
twelve (12) horsepower in size.
"Minimum design capability" means the design features of a grease interceptor and its
ability to or the volume required to effectively intercept and retain greases from grease -laden
wastewaters discharged to wastewater system.
"Multifamily units" shall mean a parcel of property which has been legally developed
with more than two (2) residential living units.
"Municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)" means a conveyance or system of
conveyances, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs,
gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains, which are:
(1) Owned or operated by the City of Bremerton;
(2) Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater; and
(3) Not part of a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) and not a combined sewer.
(n) Definitions "N":
"Native Growth Protection Easement (NGPE)" shall mean an easement granted for the
protection of native vegetation within a sensitive area or its associated buffer. The NGPE shall be
recorded on the appropriate documents of title and filed with the Kitsap County Assessors
Office.
"Natural location" shall mean the location of those channels, swales, and other
nonmanmade conveyance systems as defined by the first documented topographic contours
existing for the subject property, either from maps or photographs, or such other means as
appropriate. In the case of outwash soils with relatively flat terrain, no natural location of surface
discharge may exist.
"New development" shall mean land disturbing activities, including Class IV -general
forest practices that are conversions from timber land to other uses; structural development,
including construction or installation of a building or other structure; creation of hard surfaces;
and subdivision, short subdivision and binding site plans, as defined and applied in Chapter
58.17 RCW. Projects meeting the definition of redevelopment shall not be considered new
development.
"Nonpolar (mineral origin)" means any water or waste which contains more than one
hundred (100) parts per million (1,000,000) by weight of fat, oil or grease as measured using
analytical procedures established in 40 CFR Part 136.
"Nonstormwater discharge" shall mean any discharge to the storm drain system that is
not composed entirely of stormwater.
"Notice of intent for construction activity" means the application form for coverage under
the construction stormwater general permit.
(o) Definitions "O":
"Occupied property" shall mean real property on which a structure exists that is being
served and being billed by an existing or temporary utility facility.
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"Open space" shall mean land set aside for public or private use within a development
that is not built upon.
"Operation and maintenance costs (O&M costs)" shall mean the total cost of operating
and maintaining the utility system, including, but not necessarily limited to, costs for labor,
supplies and materials, utility services, vendor services, equipment usage, testing, taxes and
assessments.
"Outfall" shall mean point source as defined by 40 CFR 122.2 at the point where a
discharge leaves the Permitee's MS4 and enters a surface receiving water body or surface
receiving waters. Outfall does not include pipes, tunnels, or other conveyances which connect
segments of the same stream or other surface waters and are used to convey primarily surface
waters (i.e., culverts).
(p) Definitions "P":
"Parcel" shall mean a distinct tract, section, or plot of a piece of land, usually a division
of a larger area.
"Parking lot drain" shall mean any drain or catch basin that collects stormwater runoff
located within the. confines of a parking lot such as those in pay parking lots, apartment
complexes, shopping centers, etc.
"Partially developed lot" shall mean a lot or parcel of land upon which a structure is
located and which is of sufficient area so as to be capable of accommodating additional
development pursuant to the Bremerton zoning code; or which may be subdivided in accordance
with the City of Bremerton subdivision chapter.
"Permeable" shall mean soil or other material that allows the infiltration or passage of
water or other liquids.
"Permeable pavement" shall mean pervious concrete, porous asphalt, permeable pavers,
gravel pave, or other forms of structural pervious or porous paving material intended to allow
passage of water through the pavement section. It often includes an aggregate base that provides
structural support and acts as a stormwater reservoir.
"Permit" shall mean a written legal authorization to conduct an action.
"Person" shall mean any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm,
corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner of a premises or as
the owner's agent.
"Pervious surface" shall mean any surface material that allows stormwater to infiltrate
into the ground. Examples include lawn, landscape, pasture, native vegetation areas, and
permeable pavements.
"Polar (animal and vegetable origin)" means any water or waste which has visible fats,
oils or grease floating on the surface or adhering to the sides of the sample containers.
"Pollution" shall mean contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical, or
biological properties of waters of the state, including change in temperature, taste, color,
turbidity, or odor of the waters, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive or
other substance into any waters of the state as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such
waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to the public health, safety or welfare, or to alter the
ecosystem so as to endanger domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other
legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life. Further
defined in the Washington State Surface Water Quality Standards (Chapter 173-201A WAC),
Ground Water Quality Standards (Chapter 173-200 WAC), Sediment Management Standards
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(Chapter 173-204 WAC), or human health -based criteria in the national Toxics Rule (Federal
Register, Vol. 57, No. 246, Dec. 22, 1992, pages 60848-60923).
"Pre -Treatment" shall mean any physical, chemical or bio -logical process to remove,
neutralize or modify one or more constituents of a waste stream prior to discharge into the public
sewers. Pre-treatment may b�quired to prevent deposition or adherence of substance within the
public sewers; to eliminate hazardous exposures of maintenance crews or the public to toxic,
noxious or flammable substances; to prevent cumulative or shook loadings that might interfere
with the normal performance of treatment processes; to remove substances that are present in
sufficient concentration to interfere with the advantageous use of treated sewage sludge as an
agricultural fertilizer or soil amendment.
"Premises" shall mean a single tract of land, building, or portion of a building under a
single control and ownership.
"Pressure line" shall mean a sanitary sewer through which wastewater must be forced by
pumping or gravity pressure to a point of collection.
"Public utilities construction agreement (PLICA)" shall mean an agreement between the
City, the developer, and the developer's contractor to construct utility improvements to serve a
proposed development.
"Publicly owned treatment works (POTW)" shall mean any device or system used in
treatment of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is publicly owned.
(q) Reserved.
(r) Definitions "R":
"Redevelopment" means conversion of an existing development to another land use, or
addition of a material improvement to an existing development.
"Reimbursement agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into between the installer
of a utility facility and the Department for the purpose of reimbursing the installer for all or part
of the costs for installation or extension of the utility system by subsequent development for the
facility defined in the agreement.
"Removal" shall mean the actual destruction or causing the effective destruction through
damaging, poisoning or other direct or indirect actions resulting in the death of a tree or ground
cover.
lieensed rendering and disposal eompany.
"Roof drains" shall mean any downspout, scupper or device that collects and conveys
stormwater runoff from a roof surface.
"Routine landscape maintenance" shall mean pruning, weeding, planting annuals,
mowing turf lands and ground cover management which is undertaken by a person in connection
with the normal maintenance and repair of property. This definition does not include falling or
topping of trees or removal of invasive plants resulting from lack of regular maintenance.
(s) Definitions "S":
"Sanitary sewage" shall mean the liquid wastes and all constituents therein that are
related to the use of such sanitation facilities, toilets, bathtubs, showers, sinks, dishwashers,
washing machines, garbage grinders, and other devices. However, any other water that enters
sanitary or combined sewers before or after discharge by a user shall thereafter also be called
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sewage. "Sewage" is essentially synonymous with the term "wastewater," except that wastewater
may also contain liquid wastes discharged from industrial operations or processes.
"Sanitary sewer" shall mean only those portions of the wastewater system which are
designated to carry, transport, or dispose of wastewater.
"Sedimentation" shall mean the process of gravity -induced settling, sinking and
deposition of fragmented rock, soil, or organic particles displaced, transported, and deposited by
erosive water-based processes.
"Septage waste" shall mean waste material pumped from an on-site wastewater disposal
system such as a septic tank or cesspool or holding tank.
"Siltation" shall mean deposition of soil, sand, and gravel on the surface or in stormwater
conveyance systems as a result of erosion. in tributary areas and transport by runoff water.
"Single-family parcel or unit" shall mean a parcel which has been developed with a,
single-family living unit.
"Site" shall mean the portion of a piece of property which is directly subject to
development.
"Slope" shall mean the inclination of a surface expressed in a ratio of horizontal run to
vertical rise measured as a numerical ratio, percent, or in degrees. Expressed as a ratio, the first
number is the horizontal distance (run) and the second is the vertical distance (rise), as 2:1. A 2:1
slope is a fifty (50) percent slope. Expressed in degrees, the slope is the angle from the horizontal
plane, with a ninety (90) degree slope being vertical (maximum) and forty-five (45) degrees
being a 1:1 or one hundred (100) percent slope.
"Standard construction costs" shall mean the total cost of installation of a utility piping
system, including the cost of all manholes, distribution system, or incidental work necessary to
place the utility system in service, meeting the minimum size and installation requirements of the
utility for the intended service.
"Standard gravity sanitary sewer" shall mean a sanitary trunk sewer conveying flow to a
point of collection without pumping and constructed in accordance with current Engineering
Design and Construction Standards.
"Standard gravity sewer connection" shall mean a connection made to a gravity trunk or
lateral sanitary sewer of the City, except those City sewer lines located on the waterfront or
pressure sewer line.
"Standard stormwater sewer" shall mean a stormwater line not less than twelve (12)
inches in diameter and constructed in accordance with current Engineering Design and
Construction Standards.
"Standard water main" shall mean a water distribution line constructed in accordance
with current Engineering Design and Construction Standards.
"Standards" shall mean the current Engineering Design and Construction Standards for
the City of Bremerton.
"Stormwater Manual" shall mean the manuals adopted in Chapter 15.04.020 BMC.
"Stormwater system" shall mean all facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping,
treating and discharging stormwater.
"Sump pump" shall mean a pump that conveys ground water or stormwater runoff away
from a sensitive area of a property to prevent flooding or property damage. A sump pump that
discharges into a sanitary sewer or wastewater system is an improper connection.
"SWMMWW" shall mean the current version of the Washington State Department of
Ecology's Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington.
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(t) Definitions "T":
"Total suspended solids (TSS)" shall mean materials that either float on the surface of, or
are in suspension in, water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering using the current accepted Standard Analytical Laboratory Methods Manual.
"Townhouse" shall mean a row of homes that share common walls but ownership
includes the land to each individual owner.
"Triplex" shall mean a multifamily residential unit containing three (3) separate dwelling
units with any configuration or three (3) dwelling units located on one (1) parcel.
(u) Definitions "U":
"Undeveloped parcel" shall mean any parcel of real property that has no structure or
improvement requiring utility service or has not been altered by grading or filling of the ground
surface, or by construction of any improvement or other impervious surface area that affects the
hydraulic properties of the parcel.
"Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC)" shall mean the latest version of the Uniform Plumbing
Code that has been accepted by the City of Bremerton.
"User" shall mean any person, business, or institution owning or controlling property for
which utility service is provided and who is responsible for an account.
"User parcel" shall mean any parcel of land within the utility service area to which water,
wastewater, or stormwater service is currently provided or to which a charge is imposed therefor,
or any other land with any significant manmade impervious surface.
"Utility" shall mean the water, wastewater, and stormwater utility systems of the City.
"Utility service agreement (USA)" shall mean an agreement that the person requesting
utility service signs, which constitutes a contract with the utility.
"Utility service rates" shall mean the rates charged for services. These will include the
zero usage fixed fees which are for the maintenance and repair of the utility infrastructure and
commodity charge for usage. Based on service location, other associated rates, fees and charges
may be applied to the customer's account.
(v) peed Definitions "V":
"Verified Strength" shall mean any wastewater discharge that exceeds the strength limits
of the Commercial I through VII'class as defined in Section 15.01.020 above, or who desires to
be charged for wastewater service on the basis of its specific discharge rather than average class
strength.
(w) Definitions "W":
"Wastewater" shall mean liquid wastes, and all constituents dissolved or suspended
therein, discharged by residential, commercial, or industrial users of the wastewater facilities
system. "Wastewater" is essentially synonymous with the term "sewage."
"Wastewater system" shall mean all facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping,
treating, and disposing of sewage, including biosolid utilization.
"Water meter" shall mean a device used to measure and record the amount of water
flowing through a pipe.
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"Water system" shall mean all facilities for treatment, storage, pumping, transmission and
distribution of water.
"Watershed" shall mean a geographic region within which water drains into a particular
river, stream, or body of water as identified and numbered by the State of Washington Water
Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs) as defined in Chapter 173-500 WAC.
"Wetlands" shall mean those areas as defined in the City's critical areas ordinance and
include areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and
duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of
vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include
swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.
SECTION 2. 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.
L,. ek flew v, o„*;,,,, deviee for- the .., �o .,, .'the water- system ffem L,aektlaw.
The Depai4ment shall require the testing and inspeetion of all or-oss raonfleetion e0fltFOI
devirees within its system tO ffevent eontamination of the City water- system. The DepaAment
shall annually notify all pr-opet4y A-A.Afflea-ns A-44hi t. it shall be the responsibility of the
assembly And- to submit to the Pepaftmeat a Nwiaefi baekAew assembly test r-epEH4 fe� of
satisfaeter-y eampletion of the testing and inspeefien within thifty (30) days of being notified.
in the event the DepaAment does not r-eceive a satisfaraor-y test fepoA within thifty (30)
days, the Depai4mefitwill eontaet a eeftified tester- to test the assembly, and the eost efthe test
and any neeessary r-epaks will bea admed- to the Gustemef:'s neX4 utility bill. The Customer- may
be assessed additional ehar-ges to their bill to eever- eosts for- time, expenses and other- related
raosts inewmd by the City if reasonable aeoess is not gr -anted to the tester to test the assembly.
Any e-eSs eonneE4iAn, without the te-eek tFoldwiv@, now in exisceflee 0
WAC 24 6 290 4 90. Water- sefviee shall be diseentinued to for- failure to eemply
with the provisions of this poftion ofthe, rVoide'.
Service from the water system may be contingent upon the installation of an approved
backflow prevention assembly for the protection of the water system from actual or potential
cross connections.
The Department shall require annual testing and inspection of all backflow assemblies
within its system to ensure proper function of assemblies and the level of protection is
commensurate with the degree of actual or potential hazard to the water system. The Department
shall notify property owners in writing3_0 days prior to the due date of their annual
test/inspection. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to provide the Department a
satisfactory test/inspection report completed by a Washington State certified backflow assembly
tester within 30 days of written notification.
In the event the Department does not receive a satisfactorytest within 30 days of
written notification, the Department will contact a certified tester to test the assembly, and the
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cost of the test, any necessary repairs, and an administration fee 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 Department if reasonable access is not
granted to the tester to test the assembly.
The Department shall inspect backflow assemblies for proper installation and protection
commensurate with the degree of hazard, subject to a service fee.
Any actual or potential cross connection, without the appropriate backflow protection,
now in existence or hereafter discovered or created, shall be declared a prohibited act and shall
be enforced accordingly. The elimination or protection from an actual or potential cross
connection shall be in accordance with WAC 246-290-490. Water service shall be discontinued
to any property for failure to comply with the provisions of this portion of the code.
SECTION3. Section 15.03.100 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Wastewater Sampling Stations" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.03.100 WASTEWATER SAMPLING STATIONS.
When required by the Department, the property owner shall install and maintain at their
expense a manhole in the side sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the
wastewater strength and flow. The manhole shall be located as approved by the Department and
constructed in accordance with the Engineering Design and Construction Standards.
Once each year, the Wastewater Manager shall assign a "typical" waste strength to each
Commercial I through VII class as defined in Section 15.01.020 above, except for a "Verified
Strength", for purposes of determining user charges.
Users in the Verified Strength class will have their strength determined by direct periodic
composite sampling and analysis. Composite samples shall be collected and analyzed at the
owner's expense.
To be eligible to be charged as a Verified Strength user, the owner must have the
discharge(s) to the wastewater system structured in such a way that sampling of the discharge(s)
can be reasonably achieved without contamination or dilution by other discharges. If special
provisions are required to achieve discharge sampling such provisions shall be made at the
owner's expense.
SECTION4. Section 15.03.110 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Preliminary Treatment Facilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.03.110 PRELIMINARY TREATMENT FACILITIES.
Preliminary treatment may be required by the City if the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) or
total suspended solids (TSS) of the sewage, industrial waste, or wastewater exceeds two hundred
(200) parts per million (1,000,000) by weight, exceeds local limits, or contains prohibited
discharges as defined herein, or exceeds other applicable standards or regulations. High
conductivity discharges will be carefully evaluated for discharge into the City's sewer system.
Saltwater discharges can cause corrosion, exacerbate odor problems in the treatment plant,
interfere with analysis of samples, and could affect the City's ability to reclaim the wastewater
for other uses. Such preliminary treatment facilities shall be approved by the Department and
constructed, operated, and maintained by the owner at the owner's expense.
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The daily maximum pollutants allowed into the wastewater system from any service shall
not exceed the following limits:
Arsenic
0.10 mg/L
Cadmium
0.10 mg/L
Chromium (total)
1.0 mg/L
Chromium (hexavalent)
0.25 mg/L
Conductivity
6.00 mS/cm
Copper (total)
0.75 mg/L
Lead
0.25 mg/L
Mercury (total)
0.010 mg/L
Molybdenum
1.0 mg/L
Nickel
0.60 mg/L
Selenium
0.10 mg/L
Silver (total)
0.20 mg/L
Zinc
2.0 mg/L
Cyanide (total)
0.64 mg/L
Cyanide (free)
0.20 mg/L
Ammonia
50.0 mg/L
Benzene
0.07 mg/L
Ethyl benzene
1.70 mg/L
Toluene
1.40 mg/L
TPH-G
1.00 mg/L
TPH-D
1.00 mg/L
pH.
6.0-10.0
Any commercial user that exceeds any of the above limits shall have an appropriately
sized, properly installed, regularly maintained and sufficiently documented type of treatment
device in place to help reduce the strength of their sewer discharge.
For the purpose of conductivity, exceeding the limit of 6.0 mS/cm shall mean, continuous
average equal to or exceeds 6.0 mS/cm for any thirty (30) day period.
Failure to comply with the installation of the required treatment device within ninety 90)
days of notification shall be cause of the discontinuance of the water service to the premise.
SECTION 5. Section 15.063.015 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Assessments, Rates, Fees And Charges — Established" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.06.015 ASSESSMENTS, RATES, FEES AND CHARGES - ESTABLISHED.
(a) Assessments, rates, fees, and charges for services relating to the Department for
water, wastewater, stormwater utilities, and other related services are on file with the City Clerk
and posted on the City of Bremerton's website. See Chapter 3.01 BMC for the link to the City of
Bremerton's website for rates and fees.
(b) Commencing on January 1, 2018, and on January 1st of each successive year
thereafter, the established utility rates, fees and charges identified in Chapter 3.01 of the
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Bremerton Municipal Code, not otherwise adjusted by the City Council during the previous six
(6) month period, shall automatically be adjusted as follows:
(1) The utility GFCs shall be adjusted upward to:the nearest dollar based upon
the most current Seattle Construction Index (SCI), and
(2) All other utility rates, fees and charges shall be adjusted upward to the
nearest dollar based on the most current Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, Seattle.
SECTION 6. Section 15.06.020 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Preliminary Treatment Facilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.06.020 SERVICE CONNECTION AND EXPANSION FEES
AND CHARGES.
(a) General Facility Charge.
(1) A general facility charge (GFC) shall be charged on all new or expanded
service connections to the utility system (water, wastewater, and stormwater). Existing
connections (including surface area impact for stormwater) within the system as of the effective
date of this Code shall be considered to have paid their proportionate share of the GFC for
existing use.
(2) Commeneing en janttafy 1, 2018,
year- thereafter-, the rates, fees and rahar-ges established in Ghapter- 3.01 of the -Br-efHerten
Munieipal Code, not other -wise adjusted by the City Couneil during the previous six (6) month
o
riod, shall atitematiGally be adjusted as followsit
iThe utilityy GFGs-shall be �S�0ca-apviio iv3+-circit Se atcro
Genstfuration Index (SCI), and
if. All other- utility fa4es, fees and ehar-ges shall be adjosted based en the Faest
ouffew Consumer- Priee Inder. for -ail -Urban C.ensumers, Seattle:The utility GFCs shall be
adjusted annually as set forth in Subsection 15.06.015 above in addition to any other adjustments
that may be made by the City Council.
(3) Parcels and/or facilities which have had utility services but have been
inactive can request to have the inactive account reactivated. When the account is restored and/or
expanded, the GFCs shall only be charged for the additional demand placed on the water,
wastewater, or stormwater facilities. All appropriate GFCs (water/wastewater/stormwater) will
need to be paid to reactivate the services.
(4) Parcels and/or facilities in which no utility services are present shall be
defined as new undeveloped parcels and shall receive no credits and shall pay all applicable
assessments, rates, fees, and charges.
(5) Parcels that have had their facilities removed and new facilities
constructed will not have to pay additional GFCs, unless the meter size is increased.
(6) Change of meter size for the parcel and/or facility which is a reduction in
GFCs will not be refunded or credited.
(7) Change of meter size for the parcel and/or facility which is an increase of
GFCs will require the customer to pay for the additional GFCs before work is performed.
(8) The calculation of the GFC for stormwater shall be based on the total
number of IHSUs added to the parcels.
(9) The calculation of the GFC for water shall be based on the meter size to be
installed for a new or expanded water service.
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(10) The calculation of the GFC for wastewater shall be based on the meter
size to be installed for the new or expanded water service.
(11) Additional loading or change of use is defined as an increased demand for
wastewater treatment from an existing building or structure. The additional loading may be the
result of replacement or addition to an existing structure or facility, a change in use, or a fifteen
(15) percent or greater increase above the permitted volume or character of the wastewater ,
constituents being discharged.
(12) The calculation of GFCs for stormwater shall be based on the number of
impervious hard surface units (IHSUs) as defined in BMC 15.01.020. However, all single-family
residential parcels as defined in BMC 15.01.020 shall be one (1) IHSU.
(13) All GFCs shall be assessed and paid at the time of execution of the utility
service agreement and prior to occupancy of the new or expanded parcel and/or facilities and
shall be in addition to rates and other fees, assessments, and charges established for utility
service. A deferral of GFC fees for new building construction qn nay be approved by the
Director at his or her discretion through a written agreement with the customer. For those
properties located outside of the City's corporate boundaries, such written agreement shall be
recorded on the property. The agreement shall require that all deferred GFCs and related fees and
costs shall be paid prior to final inspection approval of the permit. In consideration for the
deferral, the customer shall pay the current GFC in effect at the time of payment, as set forth in
Subsection 15.06.015 above, as well as any outstanding recording fees and other fees and costs
related to the deferral agreement. whieh ineludes Emy inter -est on the eutst ding fes
(b) Administrative Rate Adjustment. The Director is hereby authorized to make
adjustments to the GFCs provided in this chapter and set forth in Chapter 3.01 BMC by
increasing or decreasing the amount up to fifty percent (50%) above or below the set charges in
accordance with the following provisions:
(1) Review. Upon written application to the Director, an applicant may
request review of an assessed GFC as applied to the specific developed property for which the
charge has been calculated. If the applicant disagrees with the Director's determination, the
applicant may request an additional review by submitting additional information along with a
two hundred dollar ($200.00) review processing fee. The additional information shall include an
analysis from a qualified engineer that is stamped and signed, specifying the reasons why the
development should qualify for a lower GFC. The engineer's analysis should include
information demonstrating:
i. That the impact of the proposed growth -related system costs of the
development to the City's utilities is less than the growth -related system costs of other similar
developments; and
ii. Why a reduced. GFC for the development is equitable in the
specific circumstance of the development.
(2) Final Determination. The Director may uphold the earlier determination,
revise the Director's earlier determination based on the new information or accept an alternate
calculation proposed by the applicant.
(3) Appeal. The applicant may appeal the Director's final determination to the
Administrative Hearing Examiner pursuant to Chapter 2.13 BMC. The appellant may pay the
GFC under protest during the appeal process. Appeals shall be filed within thirty (30) days
following the date of issuance of the Director's final determination: If an appeal is not timely
filed, the Director's determination shall become final. The appellant shall have the burden of
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proving that the Director's decision was not supported by substantial evidence. The
Administrative Hearing Examiner shall review and base his/her decision on the criteria
established in subsection (b)(1) of this section as well as other related information. The decision
of the Administrative Hearing Examiner shall be final.
(c) Connection/Inspection Fee. A connection/inspection fee shall be charged for all
service connections to the utility system. Additional fees may be charged if a reinspection is
required as a result of the property owner/developer's failure to comply with the correction
notice from a prior inspection, inaccessibility of facilities for scheduled inspections, or an unsafe
site. The connection/inspection fee shall be paid at the time of execution of the utility service
agreement, or before building permit issuance, whichever occurs sooner.
(d) Capital Reserves. The general facility funds collected under this chapter shall be
deposited in the Utilities Capital Reserve Fund and used only for utility system capital
improvements.
SECTION 7. Section 15.07.020 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Utility Service Accounts" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.07.020 UTILITY SERVICE ACCOUNTS.
The Department shall create a utility service account upon receipt of an executed utility
service agreement or an executed owner/tenant form as applicable.
The account shall be in the name of the owner and may be activated or terminated only
upon written notice by the owner and payment for services provided.
Billing for utility services shall commence for each service at the date of connection of
each service to the property or the date of the closing of sale for a property.
Billing for mandated wastewater service, as directed by the Health Officer or the Director
regardless of connection, shall commence sixty (60) days following written notice by the Health
Officer or the date of connection, whichever shall occur first.
All utility billing forms will be available on the City of Bremerton website. Electronic
signatures will be accepted for all utility billing online application submittals.
When it benefits the Utility to do so and at the discretion of the Public Works and
Utilities Director, a credit may be authorized for a Utility customer not to exceed fifty dollars
($50) year per account. A credit in excess of this amount requires City Council approval by
motion or resolution.
SECTION 8. The provisions set forth in Sections 1 through 7 of this ordinance
as amended herein shall become effective July 1, 2017.
SECTION 9. Severability. If any one 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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SECTION 10. ff ctive 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 / TL�- day of May , 2017.
ERIC YOUXGERf.Council President
MP
Approved this day of 2017
PATTY LE or
ATTEST:
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S1 ANNON CORN, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROGER A. LUBOVICH, City Attorney
PUBLISHED the day of �( , 2017.
EFFECTIVE the day of 2017.
ORDINANCE NO. 32
R:Tegal\Legal\ordinances\Public Works & Utilities\BMC Title 15 - Update 2017 - 4-24-17 Final.doex
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Account #342133 AD#1622355
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I; Teresa Hull, 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 publi-
cation 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 regular issues (and not in supplement form) of
said newspaper on the following date, to wit: And on
May 25, 2017
such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. The full amount of the fee
charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $79.92. This amount has not been paid in full.
(Signature of Principal Cleric)
Subscribed and sworn to beforeme this day of May 25, 2017.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5321
AN ORDINANCE of the City
Council of the City of Bremer-
ton, Washington, amending
Title 15 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code entitled
"Municipal Utilities" by
amending sections of Chap-
ter 15.01 entitled "General
Provisions," Chapter 15.02
entitled "Water," and Chap-
ter 15.03 entitled "Wastewa-
ter," Chapter 15.06 entitled
"Assessments, Rates Fees
and Charges," and Chapter
15.07 entitled "Utility Billing."
PASSED by the City Council on
the 17th day of May, 2017.
The full text of this ordinance
is available from the City
Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth
Street, Suite 600, Bremerton,
WA 98337.
MAY 25, 2017 AD# 1622355