HomeMy WebLinkAbout5314 ORDINANCE NO. 5 3 14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON AMENDING
AUBURN CITY CODE CHAPTER 13.20 ENTITLED "SEWERS", SECTION
13.20.440 ENTITLED "FEES AND CHARGES"
WHEREAS', it is in the public interest to simplify the adopted guidelines
for the governing of sanitary sewer issues within the City pursuant to the
authority provided 35A.80 RCW entitled "Public Utilities" and Chapter 35.67
RCW entitled "Sewerage Systems- Refuse Collection and Disposal"; and
WHEREAS, changes to the Auburn City Code for the collecting of
sanitary side sewer permit fees are required to clarify the non-reimbursable
permit application fee as a non-refundable deposit to be credited against the
permit fee at the time the permit fees have been calculated and the permit is to
be issued.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section '1. Purpose. To amend Auburn City Code Chapter 13.20
entitled "Sewers," Section 13.20.440 Entitled "Fees and charges" as set forth
herein and attached hereto as Exhibit "A" which is by this reference made a part
hereof as though set forth in full herein.
Section 2. Constitutionality or Invalidity. If any section, subsection,
clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
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unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity
. or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, as it being
hereby expressly declared that this Ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed,
adopted and approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more
section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 3. Implementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to
implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out
the directions of this legislation.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
'force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law.
INTRODUCED: November 15, 1999
PASSED: November 15, 1999
APPROVED: November 15, 1999
· TH,
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
Damelie E. Daskam,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Michael J. Reynolds,
City Attorney
PUBLISHED:
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ORDINANCE NO. 5314
EXHIBIT "A"
.13.20.440 Fees and charges.
A. Sewer Rates
The monthly sewer charge to City of Auburn sanitary sewer customers consists
of two separate fees. Aubum sanitary sewer utility imposes a charge to
maintain, expand and operate the utility's sewer conveyance facilities, and King
County imposes a separate fee for the service King County provides. No
charge shall be imposed, by the City, on the amount charged by King County,
which amount the City shall pass directly onto the customer as the cost of the
service that King County is providing.
Effective January 1, 2000, the monthly sewer rates for Auburn residents shall
be as follows:
Single-family residential rate inside city limits per month$28.00
King County Monthly Rate $19.50
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 8.50
Single-family residential rate outside city limits per month$31.15
King County Monthly Rate $19.50
, City of Auburn Monthly Rate $11.65
Non-single family residential rate inside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month $28.00
King County Monthly Rate $19.50
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 8.50
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter $ 3.45
King County Monthly Rate $ 2.60
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 0.85
Non-single family residential rate outside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month $31.15
King County Monthly Rate $19.50
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $11.65
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter $ 3.76
King County Monthly Rate $ 2.60
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 1.16
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Exhibit "A"
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Effective January I, 2001, Auburn's portion of the monthly sewer rates shall be
as follows, (King County's rates have not yet been established, but will be
passed on directly to the customer):
Single-family residential rate inside city limits per month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 8.75
Single-family residential rate outside city limits per month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $11.99
Non-single family residential rate inside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 8.75
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter
' City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 0.88
Non-single family residential rate outside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $11.99
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 1.21
Effective January 1, 2002, Auburn's portion of the monthly sewer rates shall be
as follows, (King County's rates have not yet .been established, but will be
passed on directly to the customer):
Single-family residential rate inside city limits per month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 9.00
Single-family residential rate outside city limits per month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $12.33
Non-single family residential rate inside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 9.00
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 0.90
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Non-single family residential rate outside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $12.33
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 1.23
Effective January 1, 2003, Auburn's portion of the monthly sewer rates shall be
as follows, (King County's rates have not yet been established, but will be
passed on directly to the customer):
Single-family residential rate inside city limits per month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 9.25
Single-family residential rate outside city limits per month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $12.67
Non-single family residential rate inside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 9.25
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 0.93
Non-single family residential rate outside city limits per month
for the first 750 cubic feet of water used each month
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $12.67
Plus for each additional 100 cubic feet thereafter
City of Auburn Monthly Rate $ 1.27
Non-single family accounts will be allowed to average winter
water consumption for the billing dates falling between
December through May to determine the summer sewer rates
for the billing dates falling between July and October. Said
allowance shall be upon application and with appropriate
justification that additional summer usage does not enter the
sewer system. The months of November through June shall be
billed per water used, at the rates noted above.
Non-single family accounts without city water service shall be
charged at the rate as noted above for inside-the-city or
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outside-the-city non-single family customers. The customer
shall have installed an approved city water meter or other
acceptable means of recording water use, by applying for a
permit under ACC 13.04.110, which shall be read by the water
department to determine sewage charges on non-single family
private water systems.
B. Permit Fees.
Permits for side sewer repair, replacement, inspection, or tapping side sewers
will require a non rcimburcablc pormit application foonon-refundable deposit of
$50.00. Thc application foc shall bc paid to thc Diroctor of FinanceThe deposit
shall be paid to the Director of Finance at the time an application is filed. The
permit application shall be reviewed and a permit fee isshall be estimated
based upon thc, ostirr~tc of craft labor and t-hereauired materials, staff time and
current labor rates effective in accordance with ACC Chapter 3.18 entitled
"Reimbursable labor rates." Permit fooc 3ro duo and payablo on the datc of
.pcrmit iccuance. The estimated permit fee shall be credited with the deposit and
the remaining fee shall be paid to the Director of Finance prior to issuing the
permit. The City Engineer shall review and approve the permit fee for each
permit.
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Exhibit "A"
Monday, November 01, 1999
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