HomeMy WebLinkAbout1789 Amending Ordinance 1110 - Water Rates ORDINANCE NO. !789
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21 OF ORDINANCE
1110, AS A~NDED, AND SECTION 22 OF ORDINANCE
1t10~ AS A~ENDED, 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 21 of Ordinance 1110, as heretofore
amdended, is here and hereby amended to read as follows: "Section
21. The monthly rates for the use of water, other than measured by
meter, shall be known as fixed or flat rate, and shall be as follows:
(1) Minimum rate for domestic, family and household purposes or con-
struction only, payable monthly in advance, ~ix dollars.
(2) Multiple unit dwellings, apartment houses, and light housekeeping
rooms, ~six dollars, payable monthly in advance, for each unit, or by
meter for each unit at the option of the owner. The owner shall be
liable for payment for all such charges.
(3~ Sprinkling, One dollar per lot or fraction thereof, over and
above the residence lot. For "extra" lot sprinkling, and sprinkling
during a stated month shall be considered sprinkling for the entire
month, provided, however, that whether by reason of water shortage, or
other good reason, the superintendent may regulate the hours of
sprinkling."
Section 2. Section 22 of Ordinance 1110 is here and hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 22. All 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 for ~ ~
thousand gallons or less; Sixty cents for one thousand gallons above
~b~.~i~,~ousand gallons; Thirty cents for the firs.t~one ....... thousand
over ~~housand
~.~~~.~.~..~%~sand gallons; and all
gallons at the rate of twenty-one cents per thousand gallons.
In computing meter rates as above provided, results ending
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 "10'2"
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 not 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 3. This ordinance shall take effect oncJa~ary ~:;~1978.
Read for the first, second and third times, passed by the
Council and approved by the Mayor on December 6, 1977.
STEVE
Rog~/S. French, Sr.
City'Cle'~'k
APPROVED AS T~ FORM:
G~ENN AB.RA AM
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