HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4841Amends ORD # 4184 & 4460
Amended by ORD 5013
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 4841
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING SECTIONS 8-4-33.B AND 8-4-44.A OF CHAPTER 4,
WATER, OF TITLE VIII (HEALTH AND SANITATION), OF
ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON" BY
IMPOSING A FEE UPON LANDLORDS WHEN TENANTS MUST BE
NOTIFIED OF SHUTOFF OF WATER SERVICE.
SECTION I. Sections 8-4-33.B and 8-4-44.A of Chapter 4, Water, of Title VIII (Health
and Sanitation), of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of
Renton, Washington" are hereby amended to read as follows:
8-4-33.B: If customers' water bhls are not paid by the due date (25 days from the
date of billing) they will receive a mailed shutoff notice stating that if their accounts become
delinquent because of nonpayment after 45 days from the date of billing the
Pknning/Building/Pubhc Works Department will be directed to cut off the water service to the
premises and enforce the hen upon the property to which service has been rendered, and such hen
shall be superior to all other hens or encumbrances except those for general taxes and special
assessments. Such hens may be foreclosed by the City in the manner provided by law for the
enforcement of the same, and for delinquent water charges, in addition to all other remedies
provided. There will be an additional sum of $20.00 charged for the expense of turning the water
on when all charges to the City plus penalties have been paid. When City personnel or City agents
must notify tenants of impending shutoff of water, there shall be imposed, in addition to all other
fees and charges, a fee of $5.00 per unit, which was notified whether in person, by mail, by
posting, by door hanging or other means reasonably calculated to provide notice to the tenant.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4841
8-4-44.A: Whenever water service is to be shut off due to violation of any portion of
this Chapter, such shutoff shall be after reasonable notice to the user. "Reasonable notice" for the
purpose of this section shah mean not less than ten days notice dehvered by first class mail to the
billing address of the user, unless the Planning/Building/Pubhc Works Administrator or Utihties
Engineer shall have determined that some other means of notice will be more likely to impart
actual notice of the planned water shutoff. In such event, "reasonable notice" shall consist of the
best, practical notice, if any, which can be dehvered to the offending user under ah of the
circumstances. Reasonable notice for notification of tenants of impending water service shutoff
shall be not less than three days.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty
days after pubhcation.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 15th day of May , 2000.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 15tn day of May , 2000.
Date of Pubhcation: 5/19/2000 (Summary)
ORD.843:4/23/00as.
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