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ORDINANCE NO. 1265
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revising
water service connection fees and charges, water rates, and
amending Chapters 3.70, 13.32, 13.44, and 13.69 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Ordinance 3226, as amended, and Chapter 3.70, Fees, of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Subpart G of Section 3.70.110. PAMC to read
as follows:
3.70.110 - Subpart G.
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
1" 3/4" $750.00
1" 1"
$775.00.
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 -1/2" 1 -1/2" $1,940.00
2" 2"
$2,590.00.
3. The fee for special or emergency turn -ons or turn-offs shall be $60.00
during regular working hours and $115.00 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.
5. Installation and removal of a temporary service $50.00.
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Section 2. Ordinance 2181, as amended, and Chapter 13.32, Water Service Connection
Charges, of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Section
13.32.040 PAMC to read as follows:
13.32.040 New Residential Service Connection Fee.
A. The fee for new residential water service connections, including the meter, shall
be as set forth in Chapter 3.70 PAMC.
B. Whenever residential water service connections are to be installed by the
Department at the same time a water main is being installed, the fee for new connections may be
reduced by ten percent for each such connection, when ten or more adjacent connections are
installed simultaneously. All excavations of trench, exposure of the main and trench backfill shall
be provided by the application..
C. This fee shall cover the cost of tapping the City's water main for the necessary
size of service, installing the copper tubing, type "K" or +60200 P.S.I.p.s.i. PVC or P.E. necessary
to reach to within two feet of the property line, to a maximum distance of sixty feet, and provide
and install a yoke, shut -off, meter and meter box. For any additional extra length of service pipe
beyond sixty feet, the customer shall be billed for the additional cost plus administrative
overhead.
Section 3. Ordinance 2181, as amended, and Chapter 13.44, Water Rates, of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Sections 13.44.010, 13.44.020,
13.44.025, 13.44.030, 13.44.040, 13.44.050, 13.44.070, and 13.44.090 PAMC to read as follows:
13.44.010 Monthly Residential Flat Rate. The monthly residential flat rate for each
service shall be as follows
.45$45.75 on bills beginning January 1, 20062007.
13.44.020 Monthly Residential Metered Rate - Within City.
A. The following monthly customer charges are applicable to water service to
single- family residences within the corporate limits of the City of Port Angeles. For the purposes
of this section, "single- family residences" are defined as structures designed for occupancy by a
single family only, containing a complete kitchen unit. Structures which are not "single- family
residences" include, but are not limited to, duplexes, fourplexes, apartments, and rooming houses.
The charge is based upon size of the service line, and not size of the meter, except as specified
below for the 5/8 -inch and 3/4 inch meters. The customer charges are as follows:
Service Size Customer Charge Per Month On Bills
Beginning January 1, 20062007:
with 5/8 -inch meter service
with 3/4 -inch meter
1 -inch service
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$x-77$021.20
19.3023.00
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1 1/2 -inch service
2 -inch service
40.0047.60
62.5574.75
B. Metered consumption shall be as follows:
1. $1.42$1.70 for each one hundred cubic feet consumed on bills beginning
January 1, 20062007.
13.44.025 Commercial and All Other Monthly Metered Rates.
A. The following monthly customer charges are applicable to commercial and all
other water services other than those provided for under Sections 13.44.010 through 13.44.040
of this Chapter, within the corporate limits of the City of Port Angeles. Except as specified below
for 5/8 -inch and 3/4 -inch meters the customer charge is based upon size of the service line, and
not the size of the meter. The customer charges are as follows:
Service Size Customer Charge Per Month On Bills
Beginning January 1, 20062007:
with 5/8 -inch meter service
with 3/4 -inch meter
1 -inch service
1 1/2 -inch service
2 -inch service
3 -inch service
4 -inch service
6 -inch service
8 -inch or 10 -inch service
$ 25.2530.05
$ 26.9032.05
$ 29. 7035.35
$ 52.3562.30
$ 79.7094.85
$143.05170.25
$233.85278.30
$460.70548.25
$732.75872.00
B. Metered consumption shall be as follows.
1. $1.1 5$1.37 for each one hundred cubic feet consumed on bills beginning
January 1, 20062007.
13.44.030 Monthly Industrial Metered Rate - Within City.
A. For the purposes of this section, "industrial customers" are defined as customers
whose average monthly potable water consumption is in excess of three hundred fifty thousand
cubic feet per month, where such average is computed by dividing total annual month period by
twelve; provided, that this rate shall not apply to public wholesale customers of the City, whose
rate shall be established by contract as set forth in PAMC 13.44.060.
B. Metered consumption shall be as follows:
1. $1.06$1.26 for each one hundred cubic feet consumed on bills beginning
January 1, 20062007.
13.44.040 Monthly Residential Metered Rate - Outside City.
A. The following monthly customer charges are applicable to water service outside
the corporate limits of the City of Port Angeles. Except as specified below for 5/8 -inch and 3/4-
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inch meters the charge is based upon size of the service line, and not size of the meter. The
customer charges are as follows:
Service Size Customer Charge Per Month On Bills
Beginning January 1, 20062007:
1 -inch service
(with 5/8 -inch meter)
1 -inch service
(with 3/4 -inch meter)
1 -inch service
1 1/2-inch service
2 -inch service
$26.2531.75
$29:-6634.50
$32.4538.65
$6070071.40
$93.75111.60
B. Metered consumption shall be as follows:
1. $2.12$2.52 for each one hundred cubic feet consumed regardless of size of
service on bills beginning January 1, 20062007.
13.44.050 Monthly Commercial Metered Rate - Outside the City.
A. The following monthly customer charges are applicable to commercial water
service outside the corporate limits of the City of Port Angeles. Except as specified below for
5/8 -inch and 3/4 -inch meters the charge is based upon the size of the service line and not the size
of the meter. The customer charges are as follows:
Service Size Customer Charge Per Month On Bills
Beginning January 1, 20062007:
1 -inch service
(with 5/8 -inch meter)
1 -inch service
(with 3/4 -inch meter)
1 -inch service
1 1/2-inch service
2 -inch service
3 -inch service
4 -inch service
6 -inch service
$37.9045.10
$40.3548.05
$44.6553.15
$7-8- 6093.55
$119.55142.30
$214.55255.35
$350.90417.60
69-H-0$822.40
B. Metered consumption shall be
1. $1.74$2.07 for each one hundred cubic feet consumed on bills beginning
January 1, 20062007.
13.44.070 - Rates - Temporary Water Use.
A. For billing purposes where two or more premises are served on a temporary basis
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through a single meter, each shall be considered a separate premises.
B. The use of water for construction purposes shall be allowed, where available; to
construct or reconstruct any building or structure or settle trenches or fills. Before commencing
such usage, application therefor shall be made to the Department and a temporary service fee
shall be paid in the following amount: accordance with 3.70.110.G.5 PAMC. .
January 1, 2006. Water used shall be paid for at a rate described in Section 13.44.060025.
C. There shall be no monthly customer charges for wastewater until a final inspection
of occupancy is approved if temporary water use is provided.
13.44.090 Service Charge. Whenever the Department responds to a request outside of
regular working hours for assistance to investigate a deficiency in water service to any premises
and it is determined that the deficiency is the result of improper operation or maintenance of the
customer's plumbing, a charge will be made to defray a portion of the cost of responding to the
request in the fofhrvving amount of
1 $1 65.70$ 197.20 beginning January 1, 20062007.
Section 4. Ordinance 2746, as amended, and Chapter 13.69, Water System Developmerit
Charge, of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Sections
13.69.020, 13.69.050, and 13.69.110 PAMC to read as follows:
13.69.020 Definition. "Equivalent water meter" shall mean a water service connection
to a residential unit, commercial use, or industrial use, consisting of a 3/4" or 1" diameter service
line with a 5/8" or 3/4" meter.
13.69.050 Equivalent Water Meter Factors. The equivalent water meter factors for
determining the proportional equivalent of various sizes of water meters to a 3/4" or 1" diameter
service line with a 5/8" meter shall be in accordance with the following data provided in AWWA
Standard C700 -77:
Meter Size Operating Equivalent Water
(inches) Capacity(gpm) Meter Factor
5/8 20 1.00
3/4 30 1.50
1 50 2.50
1 -1/2 100 5.00
2 160 8.00
3 300 15.00
4 500 25.00
6 1,000 50.00
8 1,600 80.00
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If the actual water meter size installed is increased to provide for fire sprinkler installation, then
the Director of Public Works shall determine the appropriate equivalent water meter factor based
upon a standard installation for the use without fire sprinklers.
13.69.110 Penalty. In the event any connection to the City water or sewer system is made
without paying the fees required by this Ordinance, the owners of the property to which the
connection is made shall be required to pay a fine in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars.
Utility service shall be terminated until all fees and penalties owing have been paid.
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 of the
scrivener's /clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any
references thereto.
Section 6 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any
person or circumstances, are held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the
provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
Section 7 - 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 January 1, 2007.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 5th day of December, 2006.
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ATTEST:
Becky J. Up i , Ci Clerk
PUBLISHED: December 10 , 2006
By Summary
Karen A. Rogers, Mayor
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Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
on December 5, 2006
Ordinance No. 3264
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amends the procedure to be
followed in approving purchase orders and signing checks, and amends Ordinance No.
2628 and Chapter 3.05 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code, and consolidates various
resolutions regarding purchasing.
Ordinance No. 3265
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises water service
connection fees and charges, water rates, and amends Chapters 3.70, 13.32, 13.44, and
13.69 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. This Ordinance shall take effect on January
1, 2007.
Ordinance No. 3266
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amends the 2006 budget, adopts
the 2007 budget, and provides for a cost of living increase for certain city employees.
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: December 10, 2006