HomeMy WebLinkAbout2969ORDINANCE NO. 2969
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, permitting the use of submetering
and apportionment of electricity for
recreational vehicle parks and amending
Ordinance 2341, as amended, and Chapter 13.10 of
the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Ordinance 2341, as amended, and Chapter 13.10
of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending
PAMC 13.10.060 to read as follows:
13.10.060 Meters.
A. When any customer desires to use electricity for
purposes classified under different rates as established by Chapter
13.12 PAMC, separate meters must be installed to measure the
current supplied at each rate, and the electricity passing through
each meter must be charged for at the price specified in the rate
schedule for such separate uses.
B. The City Light Dcpartmcnt will make periodic tests and
inspections of meters and will make additional tests or inspections
of meters at the request of any customer. No charge shall be made
for any such additional test if there is a meter error of more than
two percent. If the meter error is two percent or less, the fee
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for a meter test shall be charged to and collected from the
customer. If any test shows a meter error of more than two
percent, a pro rata adjustment shall be made in the customer's
billing for a period of not more than ninety days prior to the date
of the test; provided, that in no event shall any adjustment be
made for any period prior to the date of any previous meter test.
C. The City Light Dcpartmcnt may install sealable locking
devices on certain enclosures containing unmetered conductors,
including but not limited to meter sockets, meter enclosures,
current transformer enclosures, test switch enclosures, wire
troughs, bus gutters, and terminal boxes.
D. New or enlarged services to a duplex or a multiple
dwelling building shall have common areas and common equipment
supplied through a separate house meter.
E. The customer shall not install or use equipment or
devices to submeter electricity for the purpose of reselling or
otherwise apportioning the costs of electric energy usage; except
that the City Light Dcpartmcnt shall permit the apportionment of
electricity for boat mooring establishments and recreational
vehicle (RV) parks under the following circumstances:
1. Electrical service to boat mooring
establishments and recreational vehicle parks3hallmay be master
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metered. The City Light Dcpartmcnt will not provide meters for
individual moorage— spaces nor directly bill individual boat mooragc
tenants at a boat moorage establishment or recreational vehicle
park for which a master metering arrangement has been established.
2. Apportionment of electricity by customer - operator
shall be considered a service provided by a boat mooring
establishment or recreational vehicle park. The charge for such
service shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory and shall not
exceed the operator's average cost per KWH as billed by the City
plus the operator's reasonable cost of providing such service, and
shall not exceed the proportion of the costs for which the boat
moorage or recreational vehicle park tenant is responsible.
F. Depending on the particular installation, the City
Light Dcpartmcnt may provide a portion of the customer's service
entrance equipment. The type of metering equipment (which may
include meter, current transformer and enclosures, meter bases and
junction boxes) shall be determined by the City Light Dcpartmcnt.
Meter sockets shall be placed only at those locations authorized by
thc City Light Dcpartmcnt and shall afford proper protection to
meters. In order that the meter can be easily read, the center of
the meter socket shall be located not less than five feet or more
than seven feet above finish grade. If, as determined by thc City
Light Department, the meter is inaccessible or improperly located
for reading, the customer shall be required to relocate his service
entrance to a suitable location or thc City Light Dcpartment may
install a remote metering device and all costs incurred shall be
borne by the customer.
G. Should the customer request additional metering
equipment, thc City Light Dcpartmcnt may install such equipment as
agreed upon. The cost of such additional equipment, including
necessary spares if any, shall be borne by the customer, including
labor, equipment rental, material and overhead charges.
The Cost of maintenance of such additional equipment
shall be borne by the customer. The charge for maintenance of such
equipment shall be sufficient to cover the City Light Dcpartmcnt's
costs as determined by the Public Works Director.
The -City Light Department may provide metering pulses
from existing metering equipment at the customer's cost.
Section 2 - Severability. If any provisions of this
Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstances, is
held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the
provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is
not affected.
Section 3 - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
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effect five days after the date of publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at
a regular meeting of said Council held on the
1997.
ATTEST:
0 Becky J.L\Upn, C ty Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
7th day of October,
PUBLISHED:
97.14
utson, City Attorney
October 12, 1997
By Summary
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Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
on October 7, 1997
Ordinance No. 2968
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles amends the City's Medic I ordinance by
applying the monthly Medic I charge to licensed care sleeping room units, provided
that the $3.00 per month per sleeping room charge for licensed care occupancies shall
not apply to the first five sleeping rooms. This Ordinance amends Ordinance 2274,
as amended, and Chapter 8.36 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
Ordinance No. 2969
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles permits the use of submetering and
apportionment of electricity for recreational vehicle parks and amends Ordinance
2341, as amended, and Chapter 13.10 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
Ordinance No. 2970
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles establishes a contract and administration
charge for power generating projects in the amount of $300.00 for projects less than
500 kw and $1,000.00 for projects 500 kw and larger. This Ordinance amends
Ordinances 2054 and 2932, as amended, and Chapters 3.70 and 13.12 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code.
The full texts of the Ordinances are available at City Hall in the City Clerk's office or will be mailed
upon request. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These
Ordinances shall take effect five days after the date of publication of these summaries.
Publish: October 12, 1997
Becky J. Upton
City Clerk