HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980 Amending Ordinance 1508 - Sewage System Service ORDINANCE NO. /q~O
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS OF
ORDINANCE NO. 1508
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR
SESSION ASSEMBLED, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1508 is here and hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. It is hereby bound and declared to be necessary for
the public welfare, health and safety o f the city and its inhabitants
that the owner of each lot or parcel of real property within the
corporate limits of the city not already connected to the city's
sanitary sewage system, the property line of which lot or parcel
of real property is one hundred sixty feet or less from a public
sewer, and upon which lot or parcel of property there is now
situated any building or structure for human occupation or use,
shall install suitable toilet facilities therein and shall connect
such facilities, together with all other facilities therein the
use of which results in the existence of sewage, with the city's
sanitary sewage system at his own expense within ninety days after
the adoption of a resolution of the city council signifying that
the sewage systemis~-ready ~o~eceive sewage. Where such building
or structure has not been completed within ninety days after the
adoption of such resolution, such connection shall be made on or
before the completion of the construction of such building or
structure and before any use or occupation thereof.
If any such connection shall not be made within the time
herein provided, the water and sewer superintendents or such
other employee of the city as the council may hereafter designate
is hereby authorized and directed to cause such connection to be
made and to file a statement of the cost thereof with the city
clerk, and thereupon a warrant shall be issued under the direction
of the city council by the city treasurer and drawn on the Olympic
~a~i%y-~Water~Fund of the city. Such amount,.~together~-with the _ ~_
penalty of ten percent of such cost plus interest at the rate of
eight percent per year upon the total amount of such costs and
penalties shall be assessed against the property upon which said
buildings or structure is located and shall become a lien thereon
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as herein provided. Such total amount, when collected, shall
be paid into the Olympic Gravity Water Fund.
Where a public sewerlin is more than one hundred sixty
feet from the property line of any lot or parcel of real
property within the corporate limits of the City, the owner
thereof, upon approval of the Public Works Department, may
contract with a licensed contractor to extend the sewer system
to the street intersection beyond his property, and to construct
a sidesewer to such sewer extension, all at his own expense, and
in the manner provided by ordinance. The owner shall pay the
rate hereinafter provided. Minimum diameter of the sewer system
extension shall be 8-inches, and shall terminate with a manhole.
In addition to the above, the city shall charge a penalty
against all properties failing to connect to the sewage system
as above provided in the amount of the sewage charge that would
be applicable to such property if connected to the system."
Section 2. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1508, as amended by Ordinances
No.s 1657, 17~1, 1872 and 1942, is here and hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 3. As to all classes of sewage service as defined in
Section 13.04.020, the. monthly rate of twelve 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 150
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
ordinance and stat~ law for elderly or handicapped citizens."
Section 3. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1508 is here and hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 4. All sewage service rates and charges shall be billed
monthly, shall be due and payable not later that the first day
of each such month, and shall become delinquent after the tenth day
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of the month.
Ail rates and charges provided herein shall be billed
to the owner, contract vendee or authorized agent of the owner
of the particular premises to which the service is provided.
All permits which may be required by the city to be obtained
shall be obtained by and issued to such owner, contract vendee ~
or authorized agent, provided that tenants shall not be deemed
agents of the owner or contract vendee by virtue of their tenancy
alone, although such owner or contract vendee may in writing
authorize the billing of tenants and the issuance of permits to
such tenants directly."
Section 4. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 1508 is here and hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 5. In addition to the foregoing rates and charges, the
city shall charge the owner, contract vendee or authorized agent
of owner of the particular premises hereafter connection to the
sewage system of the city a connection charge of one-hundred
dollars. Such connection charge shall become due and payable at
the time each connection is completed and if not paid on or before
said date, the same shall become delinquent and shall bear interest
at the rate of eight percent per year from the date of delinquency
until paid."
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 1984,
after passage, approval and publication as required by law.
Read for the first, second and third times, passed by the
Council and approved by the Mayor on December 20, 1983.
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City Clerk
BRENT ~
Mayor
AP~ AS ~0RM:
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