HomeMy WebLinkAbout2287 Sewage Service Rate IncreaseORDINANCE NO.
An Ordinance increasing the rates for sewage service for the City;
repealing Section 13.04.020 and amending Sections 13.04.030 and
13.04.035 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code and establishing an
effective date of March 15, 1992.
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 13.04.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
(Ordinance. 1508, Section 2, 1967) is herRby repealed.
Section 2.Section 13.04.030 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is
here and hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.030 Rates. The followinq monthly rates shall be charqed
by the City and collected by the City Treasurer for the use and
furnishinq of seweraqe service, all such rates and charqes to be
made and paid on a monthly basis:
A. Sinqle Unit Residential and Duplex Customers.
1.Averaqe Winter Water Use Cateqories.
For sinqle unit residences and duplexes, where each unit receives
separately metered water service, each unit shall be charqed a base
rage, plus a charge per 1,000 gallons of metered water used, up to
a fixed limit based on the customer's average water use Calculated
from meter readings actually taken during a four month period
between October 15 and March 15, or Average Winter Water Use
(AWWU). The AWWU shall be determined on April 1 of each year with
the customer's maximum monthly rate from April 1 to March 30 o~
the next year being established by the AWWU. The AWWUcateqorv for
determining monthly charges shall be established by averaging the
water meter readings taken during the specified four month perio~
and rounding them up or down to the nearest thousand gallon amount.
2. Monthly Rates. The base monthly rate for each metered
customer shall be $20.00/month plus $1.90 per 1,000 qallons of
water used as established through the AWWU process. For duplexes
with a single water meter, the charge shall be two times the base
rate, plus a charge of $1.90 per 1,000 gallons AWWU. Monthly sewer
charges where actual water usage in a particular month is less than
the AWWU shall be calculated as a combination of the base rate plus
a charge of $1.90 per thousand gallons of water actually used,
rounded to the nearest thousand gallons.
If the customer does not have a recorded four month use to
establish the AWWU or where during the four month period used {o
calculate the AWWU there is a circumstance which, in the reasonable
judgment of the City Clerk, would make the AWWU calculation
erroneous, the charge shall be set at the base rate plus the
monthly rate for 6,000 gallons AWWU If there is a change in
occupancy during the AWWU determination period for a particular
year, the charge shall be set at the base rate plus the monthly
rate for 6,000 gallons AWWU.
B. Multi-Family Customers.
1. Base Charges. For multi-family residences with three
(3) or more units , the base monthly charge shall be based on meter
size. The base charge shall be:
5/8-3/4" meter
1" meter
1 1/2" meter
2 - meter
3 '-- meter
4 "_ meter
6" meter
8" meter
$ 20.00/month
28.00/month
36.00/month
58.00/month
220.00/month
280.00/month
420.00/month
580.00/month
2. Total Charges. The total monthly multi-family charges
shall be the base charge plus a charge of $1.90 per thousand
gallons of water actually used, rounded to the nearest thousand
gallon amount, with the maximum per gallon charge capped at 6,000
gallons per unit~
C. Commercial Customers.
Commercial accounts shall be charged the same base rate,
based upon meter size, as multifamily customers. However,
commercial customers shall be charged an additional amount o~
$1.90 per thousand gallons of water used, rounded to the nearest
thousand gallons, with no maximum cap on additional charges.
D. Industrial and Contract Customers. The City may establish
rates and charges for industrial and large user customers that have
unique or special use characteristics. The rates and charges shall
be based on existing contract conditions, costs of service~.
including waste volume and strength, and such other factors deeme~
relevant in establishing reasonable rates and services in the
judgement of the Director of Public Works.
Section 3. Section 13.04.035 of the Port Townsend Municipal
Code is here and hereby amended to read as follows:
"13.04.035 Rates - Low-income senior citizens. A. For the
purposes of this section, "low-income senior citizen is defined as
a person sixty-two years and over of age, whose total income,
including that of his or her spouse or cotenant, does not exceed
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars per annum.
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 available to the low-income senior citizen for purposes of
spending the same.
D. "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 ~~ ......... ~ ............. - ~ ~^~
.... ~ ~ -~-~ ~-~ar-) a monthly base
charge of $8.00 plus a charge of $1.04/1,000 gallons under the
Average Winter Water Use system established in Section 13.04. 030 of
this chapter.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect on March 15, 1992,
after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
Read for the first, second and third times, passed by the City
Council of the
the City this
Attest:
Da~/dVA. ~rove, City Clerk
City of Port Townsend an,~a~proved by the Mayor of
~S~' day °f February' ~2' )1 ~ '
Approved as to form:
Dennis McLerran, City Attorney
Passed by the City Council:
Signed by the Mayor:
Published: ,
Effective Date: March 15, 1992
David A. Grove, City Clerk
1992
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