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ORDIKANM' NO. is /
AN ORDINANCE' of the City of Port Tormsend, Washington,
requiring the connection of buildi.rigs and residences
with the sewerage system of the city, determining and
establishing classes of users of scwerage service;
fixing rates and charges for sewerage service, and for
connections to the sewerage system., and providing for
the collection thereof; establishing penalties and liens
for failure to connect to the sewerage system, and for
failure to pay sewer rates and charged, and providing for
the enforcement of such penalties and liens, and repealing
Ordinances Nos. 1333, 1368 and 1401, and all other
ordinances or varts thereof in conflict herewith.
11HEREAS, the City of Port Townsend, Washington, presently
owns, maintains and operates a combined water and sewage system; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance Mo. 1506 passed and approved December 6,
1966, it was provided that the City should issue and sell its water
and sewer revenue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $950,000
for thepurpose of providing funds to acquire, construct and install
certain additions and improvements to and extensions of the sanitary
sewage collection and disposal portion of such system, the principal of
and interest on which bonds must be paid from rates and charges made
for water and for sanitary sewage disposal service; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable that the property owners
connecting to and using such additions and improvements to and extensions ,
of said system pay part of the cost of their own collection lines through
connection charges and increased sewer service charges; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council that said
increased charges be maintained onl as long as necessary to pay for
such additions, improvements and extensions; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and advisable that a schedule of
connections and sewer service charges be no.-, fixed;
I1011, THEREPORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of
Port Townsend, Washington, as follows: