HomeMy WebLinkAbout2466ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
eliminating certain references to a
repealed criminal code provision, and
amending Ordinances No. 2285 and Sections
13.18.050, 13.18.060, and 13.18.070 of
the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ANGELES as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2285 and Sec-
tions 13.18.050 through 13.18.070 of the Port Angeles Municipal
Code are each hereby amended to read as follows:
13.18.050 - Obtaining Utility Services With Intent to
Deprive - Theft. It is a- . -kreft -cri ktit- the- ttteetirritg- ro4 -PAMG
9ri6 7996 unlawful for anyone to knowingly obtain utility
services, including but not limited to electricity, water or
sewer services, with the intent to deprive the utility of the
full payment for said services by:
A. Secret or unauthorized connections to any utility; or
B. Bypassing or diverting around the utility's meter; or
C. Obtaining services through a meter which has been
tampered with, altered, replaced, or operated backwards so that
the meter does not measure the full amount of the service
supplied to the person or the person's premises, or another
person or premises; or
D. Falsification of payment, consumption or any other
utility recores; or
E. Any other method or combination of methods, including
methods in subsections A, B, C and D, above, which deprives the
utility of full payment for supplying its services without the
utility's permission.
13.18.060 - Intent to Deprive - Rebuttable Presumption.
For the purposes of Section 13.18.050, there shall be a
rebuttable presumption that the recipient of unauthorized,
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unmetered or incorrectly metered utility services intended to
deprive the utility of proper payment for its service- withsn -the
mean #ng --e -i C- -9 . This
presumption does not apply if the diversion of the utility's
service or the tampering, alteration, or replacement of the
utility's metering equipment is reasonably attributed to acciden
or accidental malfunction of the utility's metering equipment.
13.18.070 - Criminal Penalties. Violation of Section
13.16.050 shall be punished as a Class I misdemeanor under-PAM
9.46 7999 by either fine or imprisonment, or both, up to the
maximum sentence allowed under the jurisdiction of the court in
which the charge is filed.
Section 2 - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect five (5) days after date of publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the Rik day of
LI10-1)-Eind WA'' , 1987.
ATTEST:
Sherri L. An erson, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Craig Ijr-Knutson, City Attorney
PUBLISHED: croeyY h
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