HomeMy WebLinkAbout3752ORDINANCE NO. �9 7 5
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington regarding
maintenance of utility infrastructure amending Chapter 13.16, Utility
Accounts, of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 13.16 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to utility
accounts is hereby amended by adding the following new section:
13.16.005. Findings.
The City Council for the City of Port Angeles makes the following findings:
A. The maintenance of the City's utility infrastructure benefits all persons
who own residential and commercial property located within the City's
limits.
B. The cost of maintaining and repairing the utility infrastructure is currently
being borne solely by those property owners that are connected to and
registered with the utility. Utility rates in the City are composed of two
parts. One part is the base rate, which is a charge used to pay a portion of
the costs of maintaining the utility system. The second part is the
consumption rate, which is the charge that pays for the amount or quantity
of utility service consumed by a customer in a given period.
C. Currently, property owners in the City who do not consume utility
services, do not pay the base rate even though the owners' property is
benefited by connection to a functioning utility service system.
D. Owners of property located within the City who do not currently consume
utility services nonetheless benefit by being connected to the City's utility
systems and having the ability to begin consuming utility services at any
time they choose.
E. Base rate fiends will be used solely for the payment of the cost of operating
and maintaining the City's utility infrastructure.
F. The funds collected pursuant to the base rate for each utility will be
deposited into a fund limited to that utility.
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G. A Cost -of -Service Analysis (COSA) has been performed for each utility
to determine the fees to be charged for base rates and for consumption
rates.
H. The fees charged pursuant to the COSA will not generate any excess
revenues but represent the minimum amounts collectable from rates to
maintain the utility infrastructure for that utility.
Section 2. This ordinance applies only to the electric, water, sewer, and Medic I
Section 3. Ordinance 2055 as amended, and Section 13.16.010 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code relating to utility accounts are hereby amended to read as follows:
13.16.010 - Utility accounts - Fees.
A. The City Manager will keep separate accounts for each of the City's utilities. The amounts
paid by every utility account within the City shall be deposited into the respective account for each utility.
B. All rates, charges, and fees for each City utility service are set forth in a resolution
authorized by Chapter 1.25 PANIC, see Appendix B for rates, charges and fees.
C. EvM property located within the City's limits that has a residential and commercial
electric meter, water meter, or connection to the sewer, shall pay the base rate, as approved in the Utility_
Master Rate Schedule, for each available utility and for the Medic I utility without regard to whether
service is being utilized at that property
D. The base rate fees will be deposited into the separate fund for each utility, and those funds
may only be used for the purposes of maintaining and operating that particular utilitx
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Section 4 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance or its applications to any persc
or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance or application of the provisioi
of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
Section 5 - Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to,
the correction ofthe scrivener's/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection
numbers and any references thereto.
Section 6 - Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take
effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting
of the title.
PASSED byte City Councilof the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the C� day ofj fJ14 2025.
Kate Dexter, Mayor
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Kari Martinez -Bailey, City C r
PUBLISHED: , 2025
B Summary
Summary of Ordinances Adopted by the Port Angeles City Council on September 2. 2025.
ORDINANCE NO.3752
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington regarding maintenance of utility
infrastructure amending Chapter 13.16, Utility Accounts, of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the City legislative body,
is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take effect five (5) days after passage and
publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the title.
The full texts of Ordinances are available at City Hall in the Clerk's office, on the City's website
at www.cityofpa.us or will be mailed upon request.
Kari Martinez -Bailey
City Clerk
Published by summary: Saturday, September 6, 2025