1371 - Ordinance - Sewer Rates<G� )((6-6— 50RDINANCE NO. 1371
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT
ORCHARD, WASHINGTON AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1294, S1; ORDINANCE NO.
1250, S1; ORDINANCE NO. 1106,
ORDINANCE NO. 1075, ORDINANCE NO.
947, AND ORDINANCE NO. 817 (CHAPTER
13.08 OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL
CODE)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
1. THAT Section 1 of Ordinanace No. 947, as last
amended by Ordinance No. 1294 (Section 13.08.190 of Port
Orchard Municipal Code) be amended to read as follows:
'13.08.190 Sewer Rates. The following flat rates
per month are established for the classifications of users
indicated below within the city limits, which rates shall
become effective and charges beginning March 1, 1985.
(1) Class I, separate family residence
(including mobile homes on private property) whether occupied
or not; fourteen dollars ($14.00) per month per unit;
(2) Class II, business, commercial, and
professional service: a basic fee of fourteen dollars
($14.00) per month, plus fifty cents ($.50) per employee over
three, plus the following per month:
(A) An amount of ten dollars and fifty cents
($10.50) per establishment containing heavy -use public
restrooms, i.e., open to the public and readily available.
(B) An amount of eight dollars and fifty cents
($8.50) per establishment containing moderate -use public
restroom, i.e., not open to the general public but readily
available for use of customers.
(C) An amount of six dollars and fifty cents
($6.50) per establishment containing light -use public
restrooms, i.e., available if asked.
(D) An additional amount for unusual or extra
heavy useage, such amount to be determined by the City
Council.
(3) Class III, churches, a monthly charge of
fourteen dollars ($14.00);
(4) Class IV, hotels, rest homes, motels and
auto courts; a monthly charge of nineteen dollars ($19.00)
plus three dollars and eighty cents ($3.80) per unit.
(5) Class V, apartments (including duplexes,
triplexes, mobile home parks, condominiums, etc.): fourteen
dollars ($14.00) for each living unit.
(6) Class VI, public and private schools;
seventy cents ($.70) per month per each pupil, teacher,
maintenance and administrative personnel;
(7) Class VII, Kitsap County Courthouse: four
hundred dollars ($400.00) per month. (Ord. No. 1250 S1,
1983; Ord. 1106 S1, 1979; Ord. 1075 S1, 1978; Ord. 817 S1,
1968; Ord. 758 S1, 1966; Ord. 698 S19, 1962).
(8) In those instances where vacancies occur in
Class I or Class II and V, the following applies:
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(A) Upon proper application, the Treasurer shall
have the authority to make a billing adjustment of ten
dollars ($10.00) on the basic sewer service charges for any
full month in which an individual unit is vacant for such
calendar month.
(B) The property owner must complete the
appropriate application within the first ten days following
each calendar month period of vacancy to be eligible for a
billing adjustment of the sewer service charges. No sewer
service charges shall be adjusted on a pro -rated basis.
(C) Vacant properties will be subject to
periodic inspections. Any person who knowingly submits an
application containing false information shall be charged a
penalty twice the sewer service rate for that period for
which sewer service was credited. Any person charged such a
penalty may appeal the imposition of the penalty to the City
Council within fifteen (15) days of the penalty assessment.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port
Orchard, signed by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 9th day of March, 1987.
4LS IE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Patricia Hower, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ity Attorney