HomeMy WebLinkAbout2055 Sewage Service Rate IncreaseORDINANCE NO. 2055
AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE RATES FOR SEWAGE
SERVICE FOR THE CITY, BY AMENDING SECTION 3
OF ORDINANCE 1508 AS AMENDED, A~D ORDINANCE
1873, AS AMENDED, TOGETHER WITH SECTIONS
13.04.030 AND 13,04.035 OF THE PORT TOWNSEND
MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLED, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1
Section 3 of Ordinance 1508; Section 1 of Ordinance 1657;
Section 1 of Ordinance 1791; Section 1 of Ordinance 1872; Section 3
of Ordinance 1942; Section 2 of Ordinance 1980; and Section 1 of
Ordinance 2026; together with Section 13,04.030 of the Port Townsend
Municipal Code, are each here and hereby amended to read as follows:
13.O4.030 Ra_~es. As to all classes of sewage service, as defined
in Section 13.04.020, the monthly rate of (~%ee~-~e~S) twenty
dollars shall be paid; provided, that any commercial user using in
excess of ten thousand gallons of water per month, the majority of
which is being introduced into the sanitary sewer system, Shall pay
an amount equal to (~e-h~e~-se~e~-~ve) .t~o..~Dd~d twenty.-
five percent of the monthly water bill.
In the event any property owner or owners shall require an
unusually large use of the sewer system, special rates for such
user may be fixed by agreement with the city without the necessity of
amending this chapter.
The rates provided in this section may be made subject to
such discounts, reductions or revisions as may be provided by ordin-
ance and state law for elderly or handicapped citizens.
Se,c~iqn .2
Ordinance 1873; and Section 2 of Ordinance 2026; together
with Section 13.04.035 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code, are
each hereby amended to read as follows:
13.0.4.035 Ra. tes_ r_-. LOW incgm,e. ,s.e,ni~or~_c~i_t.i.,z~eAs. A. For the pur-
poses of this section, "low income senior citizen" is defined as a
person 62 years and over of age, whose total income, including that
of his or her spouse or cotenant, does not exceed the sum of ten
thousand dollars per annum.
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B. For the purposes of-~this section, a "cotenant" is defined
as any person living in or upon the same premises as those occupied
by the low income senior citizen.
C. For the purposes of this section, the term "total income"
includes but is not limited to all pensions, whether from private
or government sources, any disability payments, interest, dividends,
annuity proceeds, and all and every other amount which may be avail-
able to the low income senior citizen for purposes of spending the
same.
Low income senior citizens, as defined in this section,
upon application and proof of their status to the city Clerk,
shall be subject to a monthly sewage sewer charge pursuant to
Section 13.04.030, as amended, of (s~-~e~a~s) 9.~ght_do!lar~s.
Section 3
The increased sewage rates set forth in Sections 1 and 2
of this Ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 1987.
Until such date, the existing sewage rate shall continue in effect.
Section 4
This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage, approval
and publication in the form and manner provided by law, except as
provided in Section 3 hereof.
Read for the first, second and third times, passed by the
City Council for the' City Of Port Townsend and approved by the
Mayor this 2nd day of December, 1986.
Dave G~ove, city Clerk
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~pp~.~e d"~s to~/form:
Reith C¥~ ~'arper, ~Ci~y Attorney
MAYOR, Brent Shirley
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