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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3380• • ORDINANCE NO. 3380 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revising Chapters 13.12, 13.40, 13.54, 13.57, 13.65, 13.69, and 13.75 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to fees and charges for public utilities services. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Ordinance 2054, as amended, and Chapter 13.12 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Electricity - Services and Charges are hereby amended by amending Paragraphs B & C of 13.12.010 and Paragraph F of 13.12.040 PAMC to read as follows: 13.12.010 General Provisions Applicable to All Services. B. When a request for residential service requires an extension of distribution facilities to serve new loads or residential customers, or wWhen a request for non - residential service requires a new transformer and /or an extension of distribution facilities to serve new loads or non - residential customers, the Public Works and Utilities Department will determine the amount of construction costs, if any, and all applicable taxes to be paid by the customer prior to actual construction. It shall be the customer's responsibility to provide and clear at least a twenty -foot access to within one hundred fifty feet of the metering point. All required rights -of- way and /or easements, properly executed, must be in the Public Works and Utilities Department's possession before construction is started. The Public Works and Utilities Department may require the customer to install and maintain poles, wires and /or other equipment on his property necessary to serve at a greater distance than one hundred fifty feet from the Public Works and Utilities Department's supply facilities to the customer's metering point. C. Any changes or re- arrangements of the Public Works and Utilities Department's facilities at the request of the customer will be done only if the customer pays all costs associated with the change or re- arrangement, including overhead and all applicable taxes. 13.12.040 Schedule GS -03 - General Service. F. Municipal Street Lights. The electric utilit rates for municipal street li htin shall recover the cost of .rovidin• service. In different areas of the Cit the Department shall meter re.resentative 150 and 200 watt street li_hts. Each li_ht so metered shall be char ed a base char e. The monthl ener char e shall be determined b multi .1 in the number of street li ht fixtures times the monthl consum stion determined b the metered lights. -1- • Section 2. Ordinance 2181, as amended, and Chapter 13.40 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Water Meters are hereby amended by amending Section 13.40.040 PAMC to read as follows: 13.40.040 Customer Leak Repair and Bill Adjustment. if the customer discovers and . repairs a leak or leaks to the plumbing on his premises, he may, upon request, receive credit for up to one month's excess consumption over the average consumption for the month preceding the- repair' the leak, as that average consumption is based upon the previous consumption history for the premises. Section 3. Ordinance 3302, as amended, and Chapter 13.54 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Garbage Collection are hereby amended by amending Paragraph B of Section 13.54.070 PAMC to read as follows: 13.54.070 - Schedule R -03 - Residential Yard Waste Service. B. A utility service fee in accordance with PAMC 3.70.010.B.4 shall be charged per container each time the same person customer at the same service location requests athe yard waste eantainerservice where the yard waste service has been terminated. A utility service fee in accordance with. PAMC 3.70.010.B.4 shall be charged for each additional yard waste container if the additional container is discontinued by the same customer at the same service location within a period of 120 days. Section 4. Ordinance 3243, as amended, and Chapter 13.57 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Solid Waste Processing Facility are hereby amended by amending Sections 13.57.020 and 13.57.030 PAMC to read as follows: 13.57.020 Rates. The following rates include all applicable taxes except as noted and shall be charged at the solid waste processing facility: A. All collection entities shall be charged and pay the following rates at the transfer station: 1. Collection entities that provide the City an exemption certificate in accordance with. WAC 458-20-250(7) and City of Port Angeles accounts shall be charged $91.3 $98.20 per ton for municipal solid waste. This rate does not include the Washington State solid . waste collection tax. 2. Collection entities that provide the City an exemption certificate in accordance with WAC 458 -20- 250(7) and City of Port Angeles accounts shall be charged $25.75 $27.70 per ton for clean yard waste. This rate does not include the Washington State solid waste collection tax. The transfer station attendant shall determine whether each load qualifies as clean. _2- • • yard waste eligible for this rate. Yard waste that is not eligible for this rate shall be deemed municipal solid waste for determining rates. 3. $45700 $48.40 per ton for wastewater treatment plant biosolids. 4. The City shall pay the collection entity charges for municipal solid waste received at the transfer station from the contractor for the Blue Mountain drop box operation under the service agreement. The City shall pay the collection entity charges for yard waste received at the transfer station from the contractor for curbside collection of yard waste under the service agreement. 5. Collection entities that do not provide the City an exemption certificate in accordance with WAC 458 -20- 250(7) shall be deemed self - hauler for purposes of determining rates. B. All self - haulers shall be charged and shall pay the following rates at the transfer station (except as set forth herein): 1. $114.90 $120.10 per ton for municipal solid waste with a $10.00 minimum fee. 2. $43.00 $44.95 per ton for clean yard waste, with a $5.00 minimum fee. The transfer station attendant shall determine whether each load qualifies as clean yard waste eligible for this rate. Yard waste that is not eligible for this rate shall be deemed municipal solid waste for determining rates. 3. In addition to the fees established by subsections 1 and 2 of this section, a self - hauler that delivers an unsecured load to the transfer station shall be charged a $10.00 fee. 4. There will be no fee charged for recyclable materials deposited into the recycling drop -off facility. There will be no fee charged for acceptable household hazardous waste received at the transfer station. 5. There will be no fee charged for acceptable moderate -risk waste received at the moderate -risk waste facility from residents covered under the interlocal agreement. Commercially exempt small quantity generators shall not deposit moderate -risk waste at the moderate -risk waste facility. 6. Self - hauler rates shall be reduced by 4.6% for the federal government, its agencies and instrumentalities. 7. Rates for acceptable special waste shall be charged as follows: Item Rate Asbestos $329.15 $344.00 per ton Tires (automobile and truck) $114.90 $120.10 per ton Metals and white goods $57.45 $ 60.05 per ton Environmental fee $20.00 per unit Contaminated or dredge soils $172.95 $180.75 per ton. The environmental fee per unit shall be in addition to the rate per ton for metals and white goods. 8. In lieu of requiring multiple scale house transactions for loads with mixed municipal solid waste, the Director may establish weight reductions for recyclable materials, metals, acceptable household hazardous waste, and acceptable moderate -risk waste. Under no circumstances shall a weight reduction result in a reduction of the minimum fee. The weight reductions approved by the Director shall be issued at the scale house. -3- • • F. The sales price per purchase for Class A Compost at the transfer station shall be: Category Quantity Cubic Yards Price Per Cubic Yard Any Customer 1 - 3 $20.00 Any Customer 4 -49 $17.00 Any Customer 50 -99 $i -5.00 $16.00 Any Customer 100 -299 $-14.09 $15.00 Any Customer 300 or more $13.00 $14.00 Schools, Non - profit, or Government Agencies 4 or more $15.00 13.57.030 Disposal Regulations. C. The Director may issue transfer station scale house reader cards, and collection entities and self - haulers shall use reader cards in accordance with the waste acceptance policy. Collection entities shall have vehicle tare weight determined by the City, shall only use the reader card for the vehicle it was issued for, and shall always use the outer - inbound scale unless otherwise specified by the Director. Self- haulers shall always use the reader card at the inner - inbound and inner- outbound scales, unless otherwise specified by the Director. In the event a reader card is lost or misplaced by a collection entity or self - hauler, the person responsible for reader card shall be required to pay for all transactions at the transfer station scale house until the Director is notified in writing that the reader card has been lost or misplaced. Self - haulers shall pay a utility service fee in accordance with PAMC 3.70.010.B.4. for an initial reader card and each replacement reader fora card issued that has been lost, or misplaced, or damaged not due to normal wear and tear. Section 5. Ordinance 2394, as amended, and Chapter 13.65 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Wastewater Service - Rates are hereby amended by amending Paragraphs B and C of Section 13.65.010, Section 13.65.020, and Section 13.65.030 PAMC to read as follows: 13.65.010 Single Residential Unit Monthly Rate. B. The rate for customers whose monthly water consumption equals or exceeds 430 cubic feet, and for customers in the unincorporated EUGA shall be $54.10. $59.25. C. The rate for customers whose monthly water consumption falls below 430 cubic feet shall be $48.60 $53.25. 13.65.020 Commercial and Industrial Rate. Each commercial and industrial wastewater customer connected to the City wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal system, including commercial and industrial waste water customers in the unincorporated EUGA, except when -4- • • exempt by 13.61.090 PAMC, shall be charged f3-1-3740 $14.65 per month plus $3.977 $4.36 per 100 cubic feet for the amount of metered water consumed by the user in the billing period. This section shall not apply to a commercial connection to the City water system for agricultural and irrigation purposes in accordance with 13.44.050 PAMC. 13.65.030 Commercial and Industrial Equivalent Plumbing Fixture Rate. A commercial and industrial wastewater customer, at its option, may apply in writing to the Department of Public Works and Utilities to have their wastewater charges calculated at $4.40 $4.80 times the total number of equivalent plumbing fixtures. Section 6. Ordinance 2746, as amended, and Chapter 13.69 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Water and Sewer System Development Charges are hereby amended by amending Paragraph B of Section 13.69.030 and Paragraph B of Section 13.69.040 PAMC to read as follows: 13.69.030 Water System Development Charge. share of the capital cost of the system. Beginning January 1, 2010, the City Council further determines that $1,755.00 $1,980.00, which includes all applicable taxes, per equivalent water meter represents a reasonable basis for a fair water system development charge that property owners newly connecting to the City's water system should bear as their equitable share of the capital cost of the system. Beginning January 1, 2011, the City Council further determines that $279410700 $2,260.00, which includes all applicable taxes, per equivalent water meter represents a reasonable basis for a fair water system development charge that property owners newly connecting to the city's water system should bear as their equitable share of the capital cost of the system. 13.69.040 Sewer System Development Charge. The City Council further determines that beginning January 1, 2010, $-755.00 $1,980.00, which includes all applicable taxes, per equivalent water meter represents a reasonable basis for a fair sewer system development charge that property owners newly connecting to the City's sewer system should bear as their equitable share of the capital cost of the system. The City Council further determines that beginning January 1, 2011, 527009:00 $2,260.00, which includes all applicable taxes, per equivalent water meters represents -5- • a reasonable basis for a fair sewer system development charge that property owners newly connecting to the City's sewer system should bear as their equitable share of the capital cost of the system. Section 7. Ordinance 3233, as amended, and Chapter 13.75 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Connection Charges for Western Urban Growth Area (WUGA) are hereby amended by amending Sections 13.75.030 and 13.75.050 PAMC to read as follows: 13.75.030 - WUGA Water Connection Charge - Amount. The WUGA water base charge shall be $3,500 $3,950.00 for existing residential,' $5,600 $6,330.00 for existing commercial, and $3,500 $3,950.00 for new and expanded services plus an added charge of $4,500 $5,085.00, multiplied by the equivalent water meter factor, less 1.0, as defined in PAMC 13.69.050. 13.75.050 - WUGA Wastewater Charge Connection Charge - Amount. The WUGA wastewater connection charge shall be $600 $5,200.00 plus an added charge of $1,900, $2,150.00 multiplied by the equivalent water meter factor, less 1.0, as defined in PAMC 13.69.050. Section 8 - 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 9 - 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 10 - 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 4, 2010. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 200h day of October, 2009. - 6 - �AYOR • • ATTEST: . ifa Hurd, City Clerk PUBLISHED: October 28 , 2009 By Summary APPROIVED AS TO FO William E. Bloor, City Attorney G:\Lcgal_Backup\ ORDINANCES &RESOLUTIONS \ORDINANCES.2009135 - Chapter 13 Other Utility Rates.102009.wpd (October 20, 2009) - 7 -