HomeMy WebLinkAbout3538 ORDINANCE NO. rJ�3 0
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington amending
utility rates by making changes to Chapters 13.44, 13.63 and 13.65 of
the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance 2181 as amended, and Chapter 13.44 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code relating to water rates are hereby amended by amending Chapter 13.44 to read
as follows:
13.44.005 - Water rate.
The monthly rate for water service shall be in accordance with sections 13.44.010 through
13.44.080. The rates established in sections 13.44.0 10 through 13.44.080 include all applicable
taxes.
13.44.006 - Rate class assignment.
The Director of Public Works and Utilities, or his designee, shall assign each customer to the
water rate class and the service size rating that most appropriately characterizes the customer's
type and volume of service within the classes and ratings established in this chapter.
13.44.010 - Monthly residential flat rate.
The monthly residential flat rate for each service shall be $83.63. $85.95 and $88.11 for 2016
and 2017. respectively. The flat rate shall be charged to each single family residence served by a
separate meter and to each residence served by a common meter. If requested by a customer
served by a separate meter, the customer may be transferred to the metered rate specified in
section 13.44.020, provided that first an amendment to any existing easement that specifies a flat
rate is granted by the easement property owner and approved by the Public Works and Utilities
Director.
13.44.020 - Monthly residential metered rate—Within CitX.
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
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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 the size of the meter, as specified below:
Service Size
a Customer Charge
Per Month On Bills:
2016 2017
with 5/8-inch meter ; $29.26$30.07 30.83
with 3/4-inch meter 1 $31.78 132.66 133.48
1-inch meter 4 36.42 37.34
1'/2-inch meter 67.46 $0.16
2-inch meter $1 n� 105.50 10 8.16
B. For-all usage between September 1 and May 31, Metered consumption for up to 1,000 �
cubic feet shall be$2--3-7 $2.3328 and $2.3915 for 2016 and 2017 respectively for each 100
cubic feet consumed. of all usage betweenjine 1 and Aug�g31, metered EensumFtion fof up
to 1,000 eubie feet sh ll be $2.00 f r eaeh 100 eubie feet ed
C age between Septembef 1 and May 31, Additional consumption up to 1,500 �
cubic feet shall be $3-5-3 $2.9495 and $3.0238 for 2016 and 2017 respectively for each 100
cubic feet consumed. R -=ll usage b etween Tune 1 and August 21 additional eonJumYt=nn=aP t�
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1,500 eubie feet sh ll be $2.00 R r eaeh 100 ettbi„ feet 0,1
D Fof all usage between Septembef 1 and May 31, Additional consumption beyond 1,500
cubic feet shall be$593 $3.5558 and $3.6453 for 2016 and 2017 respectively for each 100 cubic
feet consumed. Fef all usage between T„ro , and August 3 1, additional nsumpti„n > eyen,1
1,500 eubie feet sh ll be $2.00 for-o e 100 etibie feet , e
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
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chapter, within the corporate limits of the City of Port Angeles. The customer charge is based
upon size of the meter. The customer charges are as follows:
Service Size Customer Charge Per
Month On Bills:
2016 2017
with 5/8-inch meter ^ 46.59 S49.66
with 3/4-inch meter $46.44149.67 $52.9 5
1-inch meter $51.2-7 54.83 58.45
11/2-inch meter $900 96.57 102.95
2-inch meter $137:43 146.98 SL56.68
3-inch meter $246.-5-9$263.71 _ 281.13
4-inch meter $403.02 &43 1.01 459.48
6-inch meter 849.00 905.08
$1,262.6-9
1439.60 �
8-inch or 10-inch meter
$1,350.39
B. Metered consumption shall be $i 09 $2.1389 and $2.2802 for each 100 cubic feet
consumed for 2016 and 2017, respectively.
13.44.030 - Industrial usage 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 350,000 cubic feet per month, where
such average is computed by dividing total annual month period by 12; 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 2 $1.9464 and $2.0750 for 2016 and 2017 respectively
for each 100 cubic feet consumed.
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13.44.040 - Rate for user outside City limits.
All water service furnished to a user outside the City limits shall be charged at the rate of 150
percent of the schedule for rates and charges as set forth herein or as amended. This section shall
not apply to the resale rate and wholesale contract sales.
13.44.050 - Irrigation rate.
The following monthly customer charges are applicable to agriculture and residential and
commercial landscaping irrigation service within the corporate limits of the City of Port Angeles.
For the purposes of this section, the irrigation rate is available for separately metered services
used exclusively for agricultural and irrigation purposes. The charge is based upon size of the
meter as specified below:
Service Size Customer Charge
Per Month On Bills:
2016 2017 I
with 5/8-inch meter $ 36.20 $40.67 48.90
with 3/4-inch meter service $39.36 144.22 $53.17
1-inch meter $42.64 47.90 $57.59
1'/2-inch meter $75.86 $84.33 $101.40
2-inch meter $11-4.31 $128.42 $154.41
3-inch meter $205.47$230.47 $277.11
4-inch meter $335.22 1316.60 $452.82
Metered consumption shall be$2.06 $2.3143 and $2.7827 for 2016 and 2017 resp&ctively for
each 100 cubic feet consumed.
13.44.055 - Resale rate.
In circumstances under which the Director determines pursuant to PAMC 13.32.020.F. that it is
appropriate to allow a customer to furnish City water to a subsequent purchaser for the purpose
of resale or transfer of the water outside of Port Angeles, the rates and conditions for such water
shall be as follows:
A. The regular monthly and usage metered rates for the water service at which the water is
obtained shall continue to apply.
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B. A surcharge shall be paid for water consumption in excess of 100,000 gallons at the rate
of $0.0044 $0.0047 and $0.0050 per gallon for 2016 and 2017, respectively. This surcharge
reflects the commodity value of water for resale or transfer as well as the fact that such irregular
purchases of City water are not required to pay service connection or latecomer system
development charges as do other new customers of the water utility and the fact that single, large
purchases of water can have a negative impact on the City's water utility and source of supply.
C. Said surcharge may be used for special water utility purposes such as water system or
water quality improvement projects.
D. Any fees charged by the customer to the subsequent purchaser shall be subject to the
approval of the Director.
E. The purchaser shall be required to execute a hold harmless agreement, acknowledging
that the City makes no representations as to the quality of the water and indemnifying the City
and its officials and employees against any claims, lawsuits, or damages that may result directly
or indirectly from the purchase of water from the City of Port Angeles.
13.44.060 - Wholesale contract sales. I
The amount to be paid by wholesale customers shall be established by contract. Wholesale
contracts in force and effect prior to January 1, 2009 shall have all consumption charges based
on the rate specified in subsection 13.44.020.B.
13.44.070 - Rates—Temporary service and fire hydrant water use.
A. For billing purposes where two or more premises are served on a temporary basis through
a single meter, each premise shall be considered a separate customer.
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 therefore shall be made to the Department and a temporary service fee shall be
paid in accordance with 3.70.110.G. PAMC. Monthly customer charges shall be paid at a rate
specified in 13.44.025A. Metered consumption shall be paid for at a rate described in subsection
13.44.025.B.
C. There shall be no monthly customer charges for wastewater until a final inspection of
occupancy is approved if temporary water use is provided.
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13.44.080 - Rates—Fire protection.
A. Where City water is used for City Fire Department fire protection purposes using fire
hydrants that are not metered, no monthly lease rate will be charged for the water consumption
of such service.
B. The customer and/or property owner shall be responsible for all repairs and maintenance
associated with the fire protection service, beginning at the connection to the City water main
and ending at and including the service within the building. The Department shall perform all
repairs and maintenance activities on the fire protection service line within City rights-of-way.
All costs associated with such repairs and maintenance by the Department shall be paid for by
the customer and/or property owner.
C. If such repairs and maintenance costs (for work performed by the Department) exceed
$1,000.00, the customer and/or property owner may arrange a payment schedule with the
Director of Finance to pay for the costs over a period of time not to exceed 12 months. Interest E
shall be charged at the rate of one percent per month on the unpaid balance. The minimum
interest shall be $0.50.
D. Where such fire service is provided, no charge will be made for water used in
extinguishing fires of incendiary or accidental origin, if the customer at the location where the
fire occurs gives written notice to the Department within ten days from the time of such fire.
Otherwise, all water used will be billed at the applicable rate, as established for the primary
metered service serving the premises, as provided for in this chapter.
E. Where the size of a single family residential service must be increased to provide
capacity for a residential sprinkler system and the Fire Department certifies that the fire sprinkler
system has been installed, the residential water rate for the residence shall be the rate for service
with a five-eighths-inch meter as established in section 13.44.020.
F. The cost to repair and maintain fire hydrants used for City fire protection services shall
be charged to the City's General Fund.
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
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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 amount of
$225.00 235.00.
Section 2. Ordinance 3367 as amended and Chapter 13.63 of the Port Angeles Municipal
Code relating to stormwater utility charges are hereby amended by amending Section 13.63.090
to read as follows:
13.63.090 - Monthly charge.
A. The owners of all real property in the City containing impervious surfaces shall pay a
monthly stormwater utility charge at the rate as set forth in this section.
B. Single family and duplex residential fees. Effective January 1, 2016
January 7
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monthly stormwater utility charge for each single family and duplex residential property shall be
14.00 $9.00. Effective January 1, 2017, the monthly stormwater utility charge for each single
family and duplex residential property shall be $16.00. Efeetive jams ry 6, 2014 the fflenthl-y
stefmwater-utility eharge fof eaeh single family and duplex fesidential pr-epefty shall be $12.00.
C. The monthly stormwater utility charge for all commercial/multiple property shall be
calculated by dividing the total impervious area in square feet by 4,000 square feet, times the
single family and duplex residential fee. The minimum monthly fee for a commercial/multiple
property shall be not less than the monthly fee for a single family dwelling, and the maximum
monthly fee shall be not more than ten times the monthly fee for a single family dwelling.
D. City streets, State highways, private streets with storm and surface facilities in place
meeting City standards, and other public or private owned properties or portions thereof having
their own NPDES permitted storm and surface water runoff facilities which do not discharge to
City facilities shall be exempt from the monthly charges set forth in this section.
Section 3. Ordinance 2394 as amended and Chapter 13.65 of the Port Angeles Municipal
Code relating to wastewater service rates are hereby amended by amending Section 13.65. to
read as follows:
13.65.005 - Wastewater rate.
The monthly rate for wastewater service shall be in accordance with sections 13.65.0 10 through
13.65.030. The monthly rate established in sections 13.65.010 through 13.65.030 includes all
applicable taxes.
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13.65.006 - Rate class assi ng ment.
The Director of Public Works and Utilities, or his designee, shall assign each customer to a rate
class.
13.65.010 - Single residential unit monthly rate.
A. Each residential unit and each living unit connected to the City wastewater collection,
treatment, and disposal system shall be charged a monthly customer charge during months in
which water is consumed, except when exempt by 13.61.090 PANIC. This section shall not apply
to a residential connection to the City water system for agricultural and irrigation purposes in '
accordance with 13.44.050 PAMC.
B. The rate for customers whose monthly water consumption equals or exceeds 430 cubic
feet shall be: V-t.45
Effective Date January 1,2016 January 1, 2017
Base Rate $54.86 $58.61
CSO L1.47 $22.94
Total Rate $Z6.33 81.55
C. The rate for customers whose monthly water consumption falls below 430 cubic feet
shall be: $
Effective Date January 1.2016 January 1, 2017
Base Rate 51.63 $55.16
CSO L9.23 $ZO.54
Total Rate X70.86 75.70
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 wastewater
customers in the unincorporated EUGA, except when exempt by 13.61.090 PANIC, shall be
charged_ , plus a water-eonsumption ehafge eensumed by the user-in the fate
period ealettlated $6.11 per- 100 eubie feet. This seetion shall not apply to
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Effective Date January 1,2016 January 1, 2017
Base Rate $16.26 $17.89
CSO5�02 $5.36
Total Rate X1.28 23.25
Effective Date January 1,2016 January 1. 2017
Consumption Rate per 100
cubic feet 4.95 $5.45
CSO $1.72 1.84
Total Rate $6.67 7.29
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
times the total number of equivalent„1,,,,-,1,in fixtufes
Effective Date January 1.2016 January 1, 2017
Charge per fixture $5.44 5.99
CSO X92 1 2.05
Total Rate per fixture 7.36 8.04
The total number of equivalent plumbing fixtures shall be calculated, based upon the following
table, which is hereby adopted from the United States of America Standards Institute National
Plumbing Code, USASI, A40.8-1955:
EQUIVALENT PLUMBING FIXTURE UNITS
EQUIVALENT
FIXTURE TYPE PLUMBING
FIXTURE
UNITS
One bathroom group consisting of tank-
operated water closet, lavatory, and bathtub 6
or shower stall
Bathtub (with or without overhead shower) 2
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Bidet 3
Combination sink-and-tray 3
Combination sink-and-tray with food- 4
disposal unit
Dental unit or cuspidor 1
Dental lavatory 1
Drinking fountain t/2
Dishwasher, domestic 2
Floor drains 1
Kitchen sink, domestic 2
Kitchen sink, domestic, with food waste 3
grinder
Lavatory 1
Lavatory 2 �
Lavatory, barber, beauty parlor 2
Lavatory, surgeon's 2
Laundry tray (1 or 2 compartments) 2
Shower stall, domestic 2
Showers (group) per head 3
Sinks
Surgeon's 3
Flushing rim (with valve) 8
Service (trap standard) 3
Service (P trap) 2
Pot, scullery, etc. 4
Urinal, pedestal, syphon jet, blowout 8
Urinal, wall lip 4
Urinal stall, washout 4
Urinal trough (each 2-ft. section) 2
Wash sink (circular or multiple) each set of 2
faucets
Water closet tank-operated 4
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Water closet, valve-operated 8
In addition to the above units, the following fixture types shall be assigned equivalent plumbing
fixture units as follows:
EQUIVALENT
FIXTURE TYPE PLUMBING
FIXTURE UNITS
400-1b. commercial washer 89.6
200-1b. commercial washer 44.8
50-1b. commercial washer 11.2
35-1b. commercial washer i 7.8
25-1b. commercial washer 5.6
18 lbs. and under commercial 4.0
washer
I 13.65.035 - Reserved.
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Editor's note—Ord. No. 3512, § 1, Sept. 16, 2014, repealed § 13.65.035, entitled "Wastewater
rate surcharge for Harbor Study Mandate", which derived from Ord. 3464 § 5, adopted Oct. 16,
2012.
13.65.040 - Rate for customers outside City lam.
All wastewater customers outside the City limits shall be charged at the rate of 150 percent of the
schedule for rates and charges as set forth herein or as amended. This section shall not apply to
wholesale contracts to serve customers outside the City limits and customers in the
unincorporated EUGA.
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- 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
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of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
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Section 6-Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated
to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. Effective January 1, 2016 and
January 1, 2017, as described in the tables contained herein.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the ( day of September,2015.
Dan Di Guilio, Mayor
APPROVED AS Tf RM:
Wfifiam E. Bloor, City Attorney
ATT ST:
Jennifer Veneklasen, City Qo<
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PUBLISHED: , 2015
B Summary
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Summary of Ordinance Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
On September 1, 2015
Ordinance No. 3538
THIS ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, ameds utility rates by making
changes to Chapters 13.44, 13.63 and 13.65 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
This ordinance is not subject to referendum and shall be effective January 1, 2016 and January 1,
2017 after publication.
Ordinance No. 3539
THIS ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amends electric rates by making
changes to Chapter 13.12 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
This ordinance is not subject to referendum and shall be effective 5 (five) days after publication
of summary.
Ordinance No. 3540
THIS ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, makes changes to Chapter 3.70 of
the Port Angeles Municipal Code regarding Fire Department fees.
This Ordinance is subject to referendum. Unless a referendum petition is filed, this ordinance
shall be in effect 30 days after passage and publication of summary.
The full texts of the Ordinances are available at City Hall in the City Clerk's office, on the City's
website at www.cityfpa.us, or will be mailed upon request. Office hours are Monday through
Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Kari Martinez-Bailey
Acting City Clerk
Published: September 6, 2015