HomeMy WebLinkAbout2815ORDINANCE NO. 2 815
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, pertaining to fees and deposits for
the connection and disconnection of utility services,
repealing PAMC 13.12.091, and amending Title 13
of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2457 and Section 13.12.091 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
Section 2. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2055, as most recently amended by Section
2 of Ordinance No. 2274, and Section 13.16.010 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are
each amended to read as follows:
13.16.010 Authorized Officers Designated.
A. The City Manager, or his designee, shall keep an account for electric current,
water, sewer and solid waste service used by any person, business, or other entity within the
City, and for the monthly Medic I Program charge to be paid by every utility account within
the City.
B. The City Manager, or his designee, shall place against these accounts all
charges for electric current, water, and sewer and solid waste service used by that person,
business or other entity and for the monthly Medic I Program charge to be paid by every
utility account. Such charges shall be made in accordance with the terms of those ordinances
of the City establishing the rates and fees for those services.
C. The City Manager, or his designee, shall also place against these accounts any
service charges or other charges connected with the provision of utility service, in accordance
with the terms of those ordinances of the City establishing the rates for those types of
services.
D. Utility connections or reconnections during regular working hours
(8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) $ 22.00
Field collection charge (when City employee makes arrangement
for payment in the field in the process of disconnection for
nonpayment) $ 22.00
Section 3. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2276, as amended by Section 3 of
Ordinance No. 2349, and Section 13.16.015 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby
amended to read as follows:
13.16.015 Creation of Accounts - Deposits.
A. At the time an account is requested and before it is authorized, the City
Manager or his designee shall require the person requesting services to either make a deposit
with the City of Port Angeles or present a copy of a verifiable prior utility credit rating
deemed suitable to assure with certainty that the account with the City of Port Angeles will
not become delinquent. A deposit, if required, will normally be based on sixty days of
average residential/electrical utility charges for the unit type for which services are requested
indicated in the following schedule:
1. Single - family, $- 160.00 $250.00
2. Multi- family, $125.00
For the purpose of this Section, single - family units are defined as structures designed for
occupancy by a single family only, containing a complete kitchen unit. Structures which are
not single- family residences include, but are not limited to, duplexes, fourplexes, apartments
and condominiums. Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent the City requiring additional or
new deposits when conditions such as chronic delinquencies warrant.
B. A deposit, once established, may be refunded with interest at the standard
passbook savings rate in whole or in part to the person or credited to the account of that
person upon receipt by the City of the person's prior utility credit rating deemed suitable by
the City Manager or his designee to assure with certainty that the account with the City of
Port Angeles will not become delinquent. In the absence of such assurance, the deposit may
be retained by the City of Port Angeles until an account is ordered off or otherwise
discontinued. The City may then, at its option, apply such deposit to fully pay any remaining
charges on the account. Under no circumstances shall any part of the deposit be used as
payment for charges until an account has been finalized and all services been discontinued.
If circumstances such as timely payment history warrant, the City Manager or his designee
may, by determining that the City is assured with certainty that an account will not become
delinquent, release all or part of the deposit with interest at the standard passbook savings
rate to the depositor at their request; provided, however, that no such refund will occur for
at least 12 months from the time of deposit.
C. A deposit may be required on commercial accounts, in a manner consistent
with the procedure set forth in this Section, when the City Manager or his designee
determines that such deposit is necessary, based on utility credit rating and /or payment
history.
Section 4. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 2055, as most recently amended by Section
1 of Ordinance 2792, and Section 13.16.050 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are
amended to read as follows:
13.16.050 Disconnection or Field Collection of Utility Services.
A. Should a delinquent account not be paid pursuant to Section 13.16.040, the
City Manager or his designee shall immediately cause the utility service to be field collected
or cut off from the premises, and such utility service shall not be reconnected to the premises
until all arrears, delinquent charges, service charges and unpaid charges are paid, together
with a reconnection fee, and deposit pursuant to Section 13.16.015.
B. The fee for field collection of utility services shall be $22.00.
C. The fee for collection by certified mail shall be $16.00.
D. €7- Fees for reconnection shall be those in effect for regular connections of water
and electric service and may vary if reconnection is made during regular office hours or after
office hours.)
Section 6. Section 1 of Ordinance 2294 and Section 13.36.015 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows:
13.36.015 Turnon - Regular Hours and Scheduled. After written application or
verbal request, any water service will be turned on at a time convenient to the Dept
City for a charge of $5.
Section 5. 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 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect five days after
publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 21 s t day of
June
, 1994.
ATTEST:
jb4A—.-Ck M P O R
Becky J. Upt n, City Cler
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Craig D. Knu`+son, City Attorney
PUBLISHED June 26 , 1994
(By Summary)
15 -94
Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
on June 21. 1994
Ordinance No. 2809
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles rezones approximately 1.6 acres located between Laurel and
Lincoln Streets south of Lauridsen, legally described as Lots 1 - 10 inclusive, Block 24, Puget Sound
Cooperative Colony's Second Addition to Port Angeles, Washington, as per plat thereof recorded in
Volume 4 of Plats, Page 161, records of Clallam County, State of Washington, from RS -7, Residential
Single - Family, to CSD, Community Shopping District.
Ordinance No. 2812
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles establishes the Law Enforcement Firearms Range Fund for
administration of funds in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of a law
enforcement firearms range and further provides for the setting of fees for use of the firing range.
Ordinance No. 2813
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles pertains to an exemption from the solid waste collection tax
whereby the landfill tonnage rate shall be reduced by 4.6 % for the federal government, its agencies and
instrumentalities, and all refuse service contracts for such shall be exempt under WAC 458 -20 -250 from
payment of the 4.6 % solid waste collection tax, so that the rate for same shall be $73.27. This Ordinance
amends Ordinance No. 2317, as amended, and Chapter 13.56 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
Ordinance No. 2814
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles revises the solid waste rate schedule to allow for the excise tax
exemption for federal accounts, and amends Ordinance No. 2317, as amended, and Section 13.54.040 of
the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
Ordinance No. 2815
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles pertains to fees and deposits for the connection and
disconnection of utility services, by establishing a fee of $22.00 for utility connections or reconnections
during regular working hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), a fee of $22.00 for field collection (when City
employee makes arrangement for payment in the field in the process of disconnection for nonpayment), a
utility deposit of $250.00 for single - family residences, and a fee of $16.00 for collection by certified mail.
This Ordinance repeals PAMC 13.12.091 and amends Title 13 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
Ordinance No. 2816
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles revises the restriction against peddling without an invitation to
do so by prohibiting peddling at private residences for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods
or services where such private residence has been posted with signs indicating that peddling, soliciting or
trespassing is not allowed. The Ordinance redefines peddler to include those individuals who sell services
from house to house or place to place, and amends Ordinance No. 2050 and Chapter 5.56 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code.
Ordinance No. 2817
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles revises the City's criminal code to comply with recent statutes
and court decisions, amends Ordinance Nos. 2129, 2149, 2188, 2194, 2213, 2220, 2241, 2404, 2442,
2445, 2447 and 2612 and Title 9 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code, and repeals PAMC 9.16.180,
9.34.040, 9.34.080 and 9.34.085.
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: June 26, 1994
Becky J. Upton
City Clerk