HomeMy WebLinkAbout1830 Amending Ordinance 1110 - Water RatesORDINANCE MO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22 OF ORDINANCE
1110, AS AMENDED, AND THEREBY CHANGING WATER
RATES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLED,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 22 of Ordinance 1110 is here and hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Section 22. Ail other services shall be by meter, and the rates for water
supplied by meter shall be for the quantity used in any one month as follows: (1)
a minimum rate of six dollars ($6.00) for eight thousand (8,000) gallons or less;
sixty cents (60¢) for one thousand (1,000) above the first eight thousand (8,000)
gallons; thirty cents (30¢) for the first one thousand (1,000) gallons above nine
thousand (9,000) gallons; and all over--ten thousand (10,000) gallons at a rate of
twenty-one cents (21¢) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons.
In computing meter rates as above provided, results ending in one and two
cents will be counted "zero", results ending three, four, six or seven cents will
be counted "five", and results ending in eight or nine cents will be counted "10".
Any inactive water tap located outside the city limits, whether there be
construction or improvements of any kind upon the premises or not, shall be charged
and shall pay a minimum monthly charge of six dollars, payable monthly in advance,
to be known as a "standby charge," and said standby charge shall apply to all taps
outside the city limits, whether or no~ said tap has ever been active. In the
event of nonpayment of standby charge for a period of three months or more, the
tap shall be deemed abandoned, and the city shall assume no further liability or
responsibility for supplying water to or through such tap, and the right of the
owner thereof to draw water from the city supply shall terminate."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on March 1, 1979.
Read for the first, second and third times, passed by the Council and approved
by the Mayor on February 6, 1979.
ATTEST:
City Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM: