HomeMy WebLinkAbout2290 Public Works Fees and ChargesORDINANCE NO. ~q~
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES AND
CHARGES FOR SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS BY REPEALING SECTION 13.12.250
AND AMENDING SECTIONS 3.36.020, 12.04.180,
13.04.050, 13.04.060, 13.04.070, 13.04.080,
13.08.115, 13.08.315, 13.12.080, 13.12.170,
AND 13.12.240 AND BY CREATING A NEW SECTION
3.36.040 AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
MAY 1, 1992.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3.36.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
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3.36.020 Public Works Service Fee Schedule. The fees and charges
listed hereinbelow for services of the Public works Department are
hereby established. The fees and charges shall be paid in advance
unless an alternate method of payment is specifically approved by
the Director of Public Works. The continuance or establishment of
water and/or sewer service by the city shall be contingent upon
payment of all fees and charges contained herein. The following
schedule of fees and charges shall be used:
Fees and Charges Summary
Description
Charges
ae
Developer Application and
Preapplication Fee Under
Section 12.04.180
Water, Sewer, Storm Drainage
and Street Development Permit,
$ 100.00,
*This fee shall be credited
against the charges for a
Building Permit application for
the same proposal which is filed
within twelve months after the pre-
application is acted upon.
Be
Street Development
Permit Variance Under Section
12.04~ 180
City CVo~cil Appeal Under Section
12.04. 180 ~
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
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Description
Latecomers Administration Fee:
Water or Sewer
Street
Charges
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
De
Testing - Fees
Pressure (Inspector)
Bacteria (Lab)
$ 18.00
$ 30.o0
Contractor's Underground
License Under Section 13.08.085
$ 35.00
Limited Hydrant Use Charge and
Permit Fee Under Section 13.12.160
Contractors
Permit Fee
Monthly Fee (Bulk Water)
Cash Deposit for Meter
Penalty for Failure to Obtain
Permit - Daily
Fire Dept./Districts
Port Townsend Fire Dist.
Cape George Fire Dist.
Chimacum Fire Dist.
**If City maintains all fire
hydrants and hydrant tests,
contract with fire districts
will be negotiated separately.
$ 50.00
$1.10/1000 gal.
$ 100.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00**
$ 500.00**
$ 500.00**
Ge
Water Meter Installation Charges
Under section 13.12.080
5/8" x 3/.4" - Dig
City
County
1" - Dig
City
County
$ 680.00
$ 745.00
$ 790.00
$ 918.00
Description
Charges
1 1/2" - Dig
city
County
2" - Dig
City
County
$1759.00
$1824.00
$2176.00
$2240.00
4" - Dig
6" - Dig
8" - Dig
5/8" x 3/4" - Drop In
City
County
1" - Drop In
city
County
Manifold Tap
Customer Requested
Downsizing of Tap
Charges Based On Actual Cost
Established by Public Works
Director at Rates Contained
In SUbsection U Below
$ 97.00
$ 105.00
$ 154.00
$ 161.00
Charges Based On Actual Cost
Established by Public Works
Director at Rates Contained
in Subsection U Below
Charges Based On Actual Cost
Established by Public Works
Director at Rates Contained
in Subsection U Below
He
Request to Locate Water or
Sewer Lines Received Less
Than 48 Hours Before
Excavation
$ 33.00
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Description
Charges
Side Sewer Tap Under Sections
3.36.030 and 13.04.050
Residential (per unit)
Non-Residential
**(plus .01 sq. ft. of floor
space, not to exceed $150)
Pump/Lift Station Agreement
$ 100.00
$ 1010.00**
Charges Based on Actual
Cost Established by Public
Works Director at Rates
Contained in Subsection
U Below
Hot Taps/Main Line Extensions
Main Line to Main Line Tap
Extension of Main Line
$ 259.00
Charges Based on Actual
Costs Established by Public
Works Director at Rates
Contained in Subsection
U Below
Turn-On/Turn-Off Charge
Weekdays 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
All Other Times
Lien Charges
Removal & Reinstallation of
Water Meter
City $10/County $15
City $20/County $25
$ 25.00
$ 35.00
Me
Water Meter Testing Charge
(Customer Request)
City
County
Water Meter Re-Read
City
County
$ 52.00
$ 65.00
$ 13.00
$ 19.oo
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Description
Charqes
Ne
Water Meter Tampering Charge
Under Section 13.12.170
$ 500.00
Oe
Side Sewer Connection Without
License Under Section 13.08.315
$500.00
For Each Violation
Pe
Final Readinq/Disconnect
City
County
$ 18.00
$ 24.00
O. Returned Check Charqe
$ 15.00
Re
Document Reproduction Charge
Copy Machine
Computer Generated Report
Staff Time
$ .10/copy
$2.50 minimum or $10.O0/hr.
Se
Separation of Existinq Water
Service
Charges Based on Actual
Cost Established by the
Public Works Director at
Rates Contained in
Subsection U Below
Special Review and Inspection
(Other than side sewer)
Charges Based On Actual
Costs Established by the
Public Works Director at
Rates Contained in Sub-
Section U Below
U_~. Hourly Labor and Equipment Charges:
Description
Charges
Personnel
Enqineer
Superintendent/Supervisor
Equipment Operator
$ 25.00
$ 22.50
$ 18.oo
Maintenance Personnel
Administrative Staff
Draftsperson
15.00
1o.oo
20.0o
Equipment
Tractor Mounted Mower
1-Ton Truck w/Utility Box
John Deer Grader
John Deer Loader
Street Sweeper
5YD Dump Truck
Street Roller
John Deer Backhoe
Inqersoll-Rand Compressor
Vactor Sewer Jet and Truck
$ 24.00
$ 11.00
$ 95.00
$ 75.oo
$ 100.00
$ 32.00
$ 27.00
$ 33.00
$ 16.00
$ 100.00
Section 2. Section 3.36.030 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
3.36.030 Fees--Sewer connections. The fee for connection to the
sewage system of the city and the connection charge therefor shall
be (cnc~~~-~^~ ~v~,~^~ established under the schedule of fees and
charqes contained in Section 3.36.020 hereinabove.
Section 3. A new Section 3.36.040 of the Port TownSend Municipal
Code is hereby established and shall read as follows:
3.36.040 Utility Deposits. The Clerk/Treasurer may require
reasonable advance deposits for utility fees and charges where it
is reasonable and prudent to do so to assure collection of such
fees and charges.
SeCtion 4. Section 12.04.180 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
12.04.180 Permit Required For Improving Streets Or Sidewalks.
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any
person required or wishing to grade, lay or construct any street,
alley or roadway, or make any kind of improvements in or upon any
street, alley or roadway, or use any unopened or undeveloped
street, alley or roadway for vehicular traffic within the city
shall, before commencing the same, procure from the public works
director or its designee of the city a permit specifying the number
of the lots and blocks in front of, or through which, the work is
proposed to be performed, the name of the street, alley or roadway,
a particular designation of the proposed improvements, and the
length of time allowed for the completion thereof. All such
streets, alleys and rOadways shall be constructed to the grade
established by the public works director, shall be surfaced with
asphalt paving installed over base specified by the public works
director, with paving extending from curb to curb or shoulder to
shoulder, and shall have installed therein storm drains and catch
basins or aPproved drainage ditch system, and water and sanitary
sewer lines. Standards of construction shall be as set forth in
Table 12.04.180A and Figures 12.04.180B, C and D, and as specified
in the latest revision of the APWA/DOT Standard Specification,
provided that in the case of any conflict the provisions of this
section shall control.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the public
works director is authorized to issue a permit for the development
and opening of a street to be constructed to the minimum interim
street standards as defined in Section 12.04.175J, and which shall
be sufficient for the issuance of a building permit for the
residential construction to be served by said street, but only if
each of the following criteria is satisfied:
1. The proposed
residential units; and
development is four or fewer
2. The property owner enters into a no-protest
agreement in form and substance acceptable to the public works
director, agreeing not to protest or object to information of
a local improvement district to complete development of the
street at a later date by assessment of property owners. Such
no-protest agreements shall run with the land and be
enforceable and binding upon the successors in interest to the
property;
3. Any such street permitted to be'opened pursuant to
this subsection shall be developed as a twenty-foot wide
gravel road, properly constructed with base and crushed
surfacing top course in accordance with specifications set
forth by the public works director. Drainage ditches,
together with water and sewer lines, shall also be installed
where required.
C. Developments of five or more residential units,
commercial developments or other developments as determined by the
public works director, are required to conduct master planning
studies for transportation, drainage and water and sewer systems in
order to provide and assure that such public services are
coordinated and compatible with existing or proposed public
services and facilities. Such plans shall be developed in
accordance with criteria established by the public works director,
who shall be responsible to review and approve or disapprove all
such plans. An approved plan is required prior to any permit to
proceed with construction of any public services or facilities
required by this subdivision.
D. In addition to the standards set forth in this section,
the following additional requirements shall apply:
1. Reverse curves on all streets shall be separated by
tangents of at least one hundred feet in length;
2. Ail changes in street grades shall be connected by
vertical curves of a minimum length of two hundred feet,
unless otherwise specified by the pubic works director;
3. Street curbs at intersections shall be rounded by
radii of at least twenty feet, or as directed by the public
works director;
4. Property or subdivisions which adjoin existing
streets may be required to dedicate additional right-of-way to
meet the above minimum right-of-way requirements. Where any
part of the subdivision is on both sides of the street, one
entire right-of-way shall be provided; where it is located on
one side only, one-half of the required right-of-way shall be
provided;
5. The number of local access streets intersecting with
major and secondary arterials shall be held to the minimum;
6. Street jogs must have a minimum centerline offset of
one hundred twenty-five feet;
7. Ail permanent dead-end and cul-de-sac streets shall
be no more than six hundred feet long and shall terminate in
a circular turnaround having a minimum right-of-way diameter
of one hundred feet, or such other turnaround as set forth in
the latest revision of the APWA/DOT Standard Specifications;
8. For temporary dead-end streets, cul-de-sacs or
hammerheads may be provided. Cul-de-sacs shall meet the
standards set forth in subdivision 7 of this subsection, and
hammerheads must be a minimum in depth of one hundred twenty
feet "T";
9. Storm drainage ditches and/or curbs and gutters, and
water and sewer lines, where required, shall be installed upon
any street development;
10. Ail street improvements shall be from the nearest
existing opened street right-of-way to and through the
property to be served by such street to the next intersection
unless an approved cul-de-sac or other fire apparatus
turnaround is provided;
11. If the street to be opened and improved connects to
an unpaved or substandard street, the public works director
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may require off-site improvements to be made to the connecting
street to make such street conform to at least the minimum
interim street standards;
12. Any lot abutting both an alley and other
intersecting city street, for which a building permit has been
issued for constructing upon such lot prior to the effective
date of the ordinance codified in this section, shall not be
deemed or treated for any purpose as a "corner" lot upon such
alley;
13. Ail curbcuts, driveways or other points of access or
egress to a street shall be located and conform to
specifications of the public works director of the city;
14. Ail driveways on lots which abut any arterial street
within the city shall either loop within the lot and provide
separate points of access and egress to the street, or shall
have an adequate turnaround within the lot so that vehicular
traffic onto the street from such lot may enter the street by
forward rather than backward movement;
15. Ail street or alley improvements shall be
constructed by a contractor or contractors duly licensed and
bonded under the laws of Washington State.
E. Any person or entity may apply for a variance or waiver
of any public improvement requirements by filing with the (e~
clcrk) Clerk-Treasurer a request for the same to be granted by the
Public Works Director. The application shall be accompanied with
a filing fee in the amount (of fifty ~cllar~) specified in the
schedule of fees contained at Section 3.36.020 of the Port Townsend
Municipal Code. The Public Works Director shall schedule a meeting
to be held within thirty days of the date of filing of the
application to hear the request and make a determination. The
Public Works Director may conduct a public hearing and may continue
the meeting one time or to any later date agreed to by the
applicant. The variance or waiver may be from any or all
requirements, or parts thereof; may require other standards to be
satisfied by the applicant; and may be subject to any conditions
which the Public Works Director deems necessary in th~ public
interest, health and welfare. No such waiver or variance ~hall be
granted unless the Public Works Director makes the fQllowing
findings: '
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1. That special conditions exist with respect to the
land or area such as size, shape, topography, location,
density, traffic, greenbelts, open space, character of
neighborhood, character of the environment or other factors
not generally applicable to other lands or areas, such that
the improvement requirements would be unnecessary,
inappropriate or unreasonably burdensome;
2. That the special conditions do not result from
actions of the applicant;
3. That granting the variance or waiver will not confer
a special privilege to the applicant denied to other similarly
situated landowners;
4. That it would not be materially detrimental to the
public health, safety and welfare, or to other properties or
improvements in the area;
5. That the reasons set forth by the applicant for the
variance or waiver justify the granting of the same;
6. That it will be in harmony with the general purpose
and intent of this section and will not be injurious to the
neighborhood; and
7. That the strict requirements of this section would
otherwise not be reasonable as applied to the applicant.
The decision of the Public Works Director may be appealed to
the City Council by filing of a request for an appeal (tcgcthcr
'-'~ - ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~---~ ~ars) within thirty days of the
Public Works Director's decision together with a filing fee in the
amount specified in the schedule of fees contained at Section
3.36.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code. The appeal shall be
conducted (as -^~ ~A~ ~ ~ .... ~~ i bli i
............................ ~ n a pu c hear ng
before the City Council with the council considering the merits of
the appeal on the basis of consistency with the criterion contained
above in subsections 1 through 7.
Any decision of the Public Works Director not appealed from,
or of the City Council on appeal, granting or denying a waiver or
variance, in whole or in part, shall be final at the time made.
Any appeal or review of such decision by any court or other
tribunal must be filed within thirty days of the date of such
decision or the same shall be barred.
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Section 5. Section 13.04.050 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.050 connection Charge. 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
connecting to the sewage system of the City a connection charge in
the amount ~~^~ ~" ~ .... ~ ...... ~ ~^ ~")
~ ............. ~ .......................... ~ set forth
in the schedule of fees set forth at Section 3.36.020 of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code. Such connection charge shall become due
and payable at the time each connection is completed, and if not
paid on or before such date, the same shall bear interest at the
maximum leqal rate (of -~ ...... ~
~ ~ ....... pcr ycar) from the date of
delinquency until paid.
Section 6. Section 13.04.060 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.060 Lien For Nonpayment. Ail rates and charges provided for
in this chapter together with.any penalties and interest thereon
(at thc ratc ~ ~ ...... ~ ~
.... ~..~ ~ ....... ~ ycar) at the maximum legal rate
from the date of delinquency and all costs and fees of collecting
or foreclosing upon the premises served to collect the same shall
be a lien upon the property and premises with which said connection
is made or sewage disposal furnished, superior to all other liens
or encumbrances except those for general taxes and special
assessments. Enforcement of such lien or liens shall be in the
manner provided by law.
Section 7. Section 13.04.070 of the Port Townsend Municipal COde is
hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.070 Water Shut-off For Nonpayment. In the event that any
(suck) bill for sewage service rates and charges, or connection
charges is not paid within sixty days from the date the same
becomes delinquent, the City may shut off the water furnished the
premises to which such service was rendered or connection made
without further notice. The water shall not be turned on again
until such bill, together with all penalties and interest due
thereon, plus a charge (cf t-~:c ~cllars) as established in the
schedule of rates and fees contained at Section 3.36.020 has been
paid. If a sewer bill against premises is outstanding and remains
unpaid when a new owner purchases property, the new owner must pay
that bill prior to having the water turned on.
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Section 8. Section 13.04.080 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.080 Collection Of Rates And Charges. The (city trcasurcr)
Clerk-Treasurer shall collect all the rates and charges herein
provided for and accruing from time to time, and all of such sums,
when collected, shall be paid by the (trcasurcr) Clerk-Treasurer
into the Olympic gravity water fund. In the event of tender of an
amount less than the sewer service charge owing hereunder and the
water charge, acceptance of such tender shall be conditioned upon
proration of the amount tendered between the sewer bill and the
water bill.
Section 9. Section 13.08.115 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.08.115 Permit Fee and Connection Charge. The permit fee and
connection charges, payable by each property owner seeking to
connect to the city system of sewers, imposed pursuant to R.C.W.
56.08,010, shall be as established in the schedule of fees and
charges set forth in Section 3.36.020 of the Port Townsend
ip (
Munic al Code as ........
Section 10. Section 13.08.315 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.08.315 Tampering With System Unlawful. It shall be unlawful to
break, damage, destroy, deface, alter or tamper with any structure,
appurtenances, or equipment which is part of the sewer system of
the city, or without authority from the superintendent, to bread,
damage, destroy, or deface any public walk, curb, or pavement, or
to make openings or excavations in a public area for the purpose of
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connecting to any public sewer. Notwithstandinq any other
provision of this chapter, any person violating this subsection
shall be guilty of an infraction and shall incur a civil penalty in
the amount of five hundred dollars for each such violation.
Section 11. Section 13.12.080 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
13.12.080 Fees for service connections. ~~ c~ --~..~t~ -~.,,~
..... ~"~ ~'~ ~ A. The fees for service connections are as
established in the schedule of fees and charges set forth in
Section 3.36.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code (a~ follow~:
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applicant. )
B.(D.) Outside the city limits, if a trailer, mobile home or
similar structure is moved upon property on which there is already
a house or other structure being served by city water service, and
the same is to be used as a permanent residence and is not
physically connected to the existing house or other structure, then
such trailer, mobile home or similar structure will require a
separate service and meter.
C.(~.) Outside the city limits, if a developer installs
watermains, service lines and meter boxes in a plat, he will be
charged (onc ~'-~ ~~
................ , the fees and charges identified in
Section 3.36.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code. (for thc
Section 12. Section 13.12.170 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.12.170 Unauthorized Tampering With Stopcock. If any person,
other than an authorized plumber or an employee of the water
department, turns the water on or off at the city's stopcock for
any reason whatever, the superintendent shall cause the water to be
shut off, the water meter will be removed by the city, and the
water will not be turned on again until all delinquent charges have
been paid and until there has been paid an additional charge
· ,.,,~ ~.~o~ as established in Section 3.36.020 of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code for turning on of such water service.
Section 13. Section 13.12.240 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.12.240 Water Shutoff and turnon Fees and Penalties. When water
has been shut off to any premises for nonpayment of water charges,
the same will not be turned on until said charges have been paid in
full, together with a penalty (of fiva dollars) as established in
the schedule of fees and charges established in SectiOn 3.36.020 of
the Port Townsend Municipal code for each shutoff and turnon;
providing, however, the water superintendent, upon payment of one-
half of the bill, may make arrangements with the customer by
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written agreement to pay off the balance of the bill in three equal
consecutive monthly payments, provided that current monthly water
bills are also paid in a timely fashion, such written agreement
shall be in the form of a promissory note signed by the customer
and, if different, the property owner if the city so elects, and
shall provide that the entire amount becomes due and payable if not
paid in accordance with its terms. In addition, the lien upon the
premises for unpaid water charges shall continue, and upon default
in payment, the city may shut off the water to the premises as
provided in this chapter, when, at the owner's request, the water
is shut off or turned on at any premises, there shall be a charge
made against the owner and the property and paid to the city in the
............. , amount established in the table of fees and
charges contained at Section 3.36.020 of the Port Townsend
Municipal Code for each of any such turnoff or turnon (in~idc tkc
Section 14. Section 13.12.250 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code
is hereby repealed.
Section 15. This ordinance shall take effect on May 1, 1992, after
its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
Read for the first, second an~ times, passed by the City
Council of the City of Port Town,nd, an~ ap~ved by the Mayor of
the City this ~ ~ day of ~ ~ , ~92.
AJphn Clise, Mayor
proved as to Form:
Dennis ~c~erran, City ~ttorney
Passed by the City Council:
Signed by the Mayor: ~[& .~
Published: , 1992
Effective Date:May 1, 1992
David A. Grove, City Clerk
, 1992
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