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ORDINANCE NO. 1761
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revising
light utility service fees and Public Works & Utility Department fees
and deposits, and amending Chapter 3.70 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 3.70 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code is hereby amended by
amending PAMC 3.70.105 to read as follows:
3.70.105 - Light Utility Service Fees. The following service charges shall apply to
service performed by the Light Utility:
A. Connection of previously unserved residential lot with underground
electric service $713.00
B. Connection of previously unserved residential lot with overhead
electric service $410.00
C. Installation and removal of a temporary service $145.00
D. Service calls on customer's equipment $145.00
E. Service calls on customer's equipment after regular working hours
$240.00 250.00
F. Labor billing rate for line crew personnel per hour $50.00 55.00
plus $25.00 27.00 billing charge
Double Over time per hour $8-0.00 85.00
plus $25790 27.00 billing charge.
G. Contract and administration charge
1. Projects less than 500 kw $390.00 405.00
2. Projects 500 kw and larger $1,,295.00 1,350.00
H. Paragraphs A & B above apply to all lots established after January 1, 2005, and
to lots established prior to January 1, 2000, with no prior history of electric service.
Section 2. Chapter 3.70 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code is hereby amended by
amending PAMC 3.70.110 to read as follows:
3.70.110 - Public Works & Utilities Department (Department) Fees and Deposits.
A. The fee for a permit for construction or excavation work in the City right -of -way
shall be as follows:
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1. Curb & gutter removal and /or replacement
2. Driveway installation
3. All other work
4. Street cut - alley
5. Street cut - other
B. Street Use Permit Fees. The application fees for a Street Use Permit and for a
renewal of such permit, when required by PAMC 11.12.120, shall be as follows:
$170.00
$170.00
$ 50.00
$270.00 290.00
$400 700 430.00
1. Benches
2. Litter receptacles
3. Bicycle racks
4. Private planters
5. Landscaping higher than 30 inches
6. "A" frame signs
6 7. Exhibitions sponsored by or promoted by civic,
or other non - profit organization
¥ 8. Sidewalk cafes
$ 9. All other exhibitions
9 10. Activities not specifically mentioned
+0 U. Ramps, steps, or any similar installation
12. Fences
+2 13. Retaining Walls
+314. Rockeries
charitable
$35.00
$35.00
$35.00
$300 35.00
$39-00 35.00
$35.00
No Charge
$70.00
$70.00
$70.00
$130.00
$130.00
$195.00 200.00
$195.00 200.00
+4 15. The application fee for a temporary street use permit shall be $70.00.
16. The application fee for a permit for obstruction of unopened streets shall
be $195.00 200.00 per year.
C. Move Permit Fees. The fee schedule for building move permits shall be as
follows:
1. Relocate a building on the same lot or parcel
(without use of public right -of -way) $35.00
2. Move building from inside City limits to outside City limits $130.00
3. Move building from one City lot to another City lot
(use City right -of -way) $130.00
4. Move building from outside City limits to inside City limits $130.00
5. Inspection fee $50.00 55.00 /hr.
D. Plan Review and Permit Fees for Grading, Filling, Clearing and Drainage
Activities:
1. Grading and Filling. The permit fee for grading and filling activities shall be
as follows:
Estimated volume of grading & fill Fee
250 cubic yards or less and less than 4 feet of cut or fill $30.00 35.00
251 to 1,000 cubic yards $35.00
1,001 to 10,000 cubic yards or more $35.00
plus $15.00 for each additional 10,000 cubic yards or fraction thereof.
Additional plan review required for changes, additions or revisions to the approved plans
shall be at the rate of $35.00 per hour, provided that the minimum charge shall be $35.00. The
hourly cost to the City shall include supervision, overhead, equipment, hourly wages and fringe
benefits of the employees involved.
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2. Clearing and Drainage. The permit fee shall be as follows:
Estimated area of clearing Fee
Less than one acre $40.00
One acre to five acres $70.00
Over five acres 14 /acre.
Additional plan review required for changes, additions or revisions to the approved plans
shall be at the rate of $40.00 per hour or the total hourly cost to the City, whichever is the
greatest, provided that the minimum charge shall be $40.00. The hourly cost to the City shall
include supervision, overhead, equipment, hourly wages, and fringe benefits of the employees
involved.
E. Construction Inspection.
1. Inspections during normal business hours $47700 55.00 /hour
2. Inspections outside normal business hours
(the minimum charge shall be 2 hours) 47700 55.00 /hour
F. Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Fees
1. Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures: at cost
2. Fees for filing appeals: $35.00
3. Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction: at
cost
4. Fees for review of drawings, specifications and compliance schedules for
pretreatment facilities: at cost
5. Fees for issuance of industrial wastewater acceptance forms: $105.00
6. Other charges as the City may deem necessary to carry out the
requirements of Chapter 13.06 PAMC: at cost.
G. Water Service Connection Fees
1. The new residential water service connection fee, including the meter,
shall be:
Service Size
Meter Service Connection Fee
1" 5/8" $715.00 770.00
1" 3/4" $750-00 805.00
1" 1" $775.00 830.00.
2. The new commercial /industrial water service connection fee, including the
meter, shall be:
Service Size Meter Service Connection Fee
1" 1" $1,295.00 1,390.00
1 -1/2" 1 -1/2" $1,940.00 2,085.00
2" 2" $2,590.00 2,785.00.
3. The fee for special or emergency turn-ons or turn-offs shall be $60.06
70.00 during regular working hours and $115.00 130.00 outside of regular working hours.
4. The water quality test fee required under PAMC 13.36.080 shall be $70.00
plus the cost of the laboratory tests.
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H. The fee for a permit for sewer connection shall be as follows:
1. Single - family houses: $11.9:96 120.00
2. Multiple - family dwellings, including duplexes, apartment buildings, trailer
and auto courts, motels, and similar structures: $110.00 120.00 for the first dwelling unit and
$8.00 for each additional dwelling unit.
3. All other structures, including, but not limited to, hotels, apartment hotels,
office buildings, stores, churches, schools, hospitals, buildings accessory thereto, and
industrial /commercial structures of any kind and additions thereto: One -half cent per gross square
foot of area occupied by all floors of such structure for the first 100,000 square feet (exclusive
of areas devoted to single - family dwelling houses for multiple - dwelling structures); and one -
quarter cent per gross square foot for the remaining footage in excess of 100,000 square feet. In
addition thereto, $8.00 for each single - family or multiple dwelling unit combined therewith; with
a minimum fee of $110.00 120.00 and a maximum fee of $1,340.00.
4. The fee for additional direct connections to a public sewer shall be the
same as for an initial connection.
5. The fee for a reconnection to a public sewer using an existing side sewer
shall be the same as for an initial connection.
I. The fee for alteration or repair to existing side sewers installed and accepted under
a previous permit, other than normal clean -out or root cutting for which no permit is required,
shall be as follows:
1. Any repair of a side sewer: $40.00
2. The fee for capping side sewers shall be $290.00 300.00 and all work
performed to cap the side sewer shall be accomplished by the Department.
J. The fee for storm drain connections shall be as follows:
1. Installation of catch basins or similar interceptors: $55.00.
2. All connections other than for a catch basin: $-1 -39760 135.00.
K. The fees for various underground utility work performed by the Department shall
be as follows:
1. Tapping sewer or storm drain main lines to install a tee or wye: $179 700
180.00.
2. Hot tap water main:
Tap 2" on 6" or 8" main: $690 709 645.00
Tap 4" on 6" main: $909:00 970.00
Tap 4" on 8" main: $1,000.00 1,075.00
Tap 6" on 6" main: $950.00 1,020.00
Tap 6" on 8" main: $950.00 1,020.00
Tap 8" on 8" main. $1,250.00 1,345.00
Tap 8" on 10" main: fee based on actual time and material costs incurred
by the City.
3. Tapping sanitary or storm manhole: $3.90.00 405.00.
4. Install fire hydrant: $3,365.00 3,470.00.
All work to install the tap shall be performed by the Department. All excavation of
trench, exposure of the main, trench backfll, thrust blocking, and site restoration shall be
provided by the applicant.
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L. In addition to the water, sewer or storm drain fees required under this Section, any
person receiving a water, sewer or storm drain connection shall pay to the City of Port Angeles
the actual cost incurred by the City in the restoration of any street, alley, curb, sidewalk, utility
or other structure of the City of Port Angeles, which is in any way altered or damaged as a result
of construction pursuant to a sewer or storm drain connection permit.
M. Septic Hauler Fees.
1. Annual Fee -- Septic Hauler. The annual fee shall be $70.00.
2. Volume Fee. The monthly charge shall be as follows:
a. Fresh waste shall be charged at a rate of $0.02 per gallon of waste.
b. Other septic discharge shall be charged at a rate of $0.11 per gallon
of waste.
3. In lieu of the fees prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, the City Manager
may enter into a contract with a Septic Hauler for fees to be paid on terms and conditions
established by the contract; provided that such contract must be for a term of at least one year and
that the method used to establish the fees set I the contract is fair and reasonable.
N. Whenever an application for a developer reimbursement agreement is submitted,
it shall be accompanied by a non - refundable flat fee of $1,500.00
in order to cover the City's expenses in processing the
application.
O. Right -of -Way License, Master Permit or Facilities Lease - Application and Review
Fee.
1. Any applicant for an initial, renewal or transfer of a right -of -way license,
master permit or facilities lease pursuant to Chapter 11.14 PAMC shall make an initial deposit
with the City, of one -half of one percent (0.5 %) of the estimated cost of the applicant's proposed
facilities, as certified by the applicant, up to a maximum of $5,000.00. The minimum deposit
shall be $500.00.
2. The deposit shall be made as part of the application filed pursuant to
Chapter 11.14 PAMC and shall be used to reimburse the City for its costs to process the
application, up to the amount of the applicant's deposit. The City may, as expenses are incurred,
draw upon the deposit to recover its actual administrative expenses that are directly related to
receiving and approving an application for a right -of -way license, master permit or facilities lease,
to inspecting plans and construction, and to the preparation of necessary studies or reports, such
as a detailed statement pursuant to Chapter 43.21C RCW, including, but not limited to, the
reasonable cost of outside consultants retained or required by the City related to the City's
consideration and processing of a master permit, right -of -way license, or facilities lease.
3. The Public Works and Utilities Director or designee, at any time, may
require the applicant to deposit additional sums if it appears that the initial deposit or subsequent
deposits will be exhausted prior to the final action by the City relating to the consideration by the
City of an application for issuance, renewal, transfer or modification of a master permit,
right -of -way license, or facilities lease. The applicant will not be entitled to further consideration
by the City of its requested action until such time as the additional deposit required by the
Director has been deposited with the City.
4. In the event the amount of the actual deposit of an applicant is in excess
of the amount of the administrative expenses of the City related to the action requested, then the
applicant shall be entitled to a return of any such excess amount.
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5. An applicant whose right -of -way license, master permit or facilities lease
application has been withdrawn, abandoned or denied shall, within sixty (60) days of its written
request, be refunded the balance of its deposit under this Section, less:
(a) $50.00 non - refundable filing charge; and
(b) All other ascertainable costs and expenses incurred by the City in
connection with the application.
P. Electric Utility Fees.
1. Inspection & Review Fees. The fee for inspection of the installation,
alteration, extension, and repair of electrical wiring, materials, appliances, apparatus, devices, and
equipment of services and feeders shall be as set forth in the current edition of the State of
Washington Department of Labor and Industries fee schedule as adopted in WAC 296 -46 -910
as amended.
2. Pole Attachment Rate.
The pole attachment rate shall be as follows:
Year 2006 $10.50
Year 2007 $11.00
Year 2008 $11.50
3. Turn-Ons /Turn -Offs
The fee for special emergency turn -ons or turn-offs shall be $80.00 during
regular working hours and $140.00 outside of regular hours.
Section 3 - 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 4 - 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 of the
scrivener's /clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any
references thereto.
Section 5 - Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
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delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This Ordinance shall take
effect on January 1, 2007.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 21st day of November, 2006.
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K. en A. Rogers, Mayor
ATTEST: APP OVED AS TO FO
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Becky J. U • ! n, ° y Clerk William E. Bloor, City Attorney
PUBLISHED: November 28, 2006
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Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
on November 21, 2006
Ordinance No. 3260
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, authorizes a 1 %, or $35,353,
over the highest lawful levy for 2006, increase in the regular property tax levy plus any
increase resulting from new construction, annexation, and other specified increases in
assessed valuation determining and fixing the amount to be raised by ad valorem taxes
for the fiscal year 2007, and directs the City Clerk to certify said amount to the Board of
Clallam County Commissioners.
Ordinance No. 3261
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises light utility service fees
and Public Works & Utility Department fees and deposits, and amends Chapter 3.70 of
the Port Angeles Municipal Code. This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2007.
Ordinance No. 3262
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises facility use fees and
Parks and Recreation fees, and amends Chapter 3.70 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2007.
Ordinance No. 3263
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises the benefits plan for the
City's Management, Administrative, and Non - Represented Personnel and amends
Ordinance 3219, as amended. This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2007.
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.
Unless otherwise stated, these Ordinances shall take effect five days following the date of
publication by summary.
Becky J. Upton, CMC
City Clerk
Publish: November 28, 2006