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ORDINANCE N0._ ,_�
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING SECTION 3-206 and 3-232 OF TITLE III
(DEPARTMENTS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628 ENTITLED "CODE
OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON" RE-
LATING TO INSTALLATION FEES AND WATER RATES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RENTON AS FOLLa-IS :
SECTION I: Existing Subsections (A), (B) and (C) of Section 3-206
of Title III (Departments) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "CODE OF GENERAL ORD-
INANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON" is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3-206: FEE; ORIGINAL INSTkLLATION: No service connection
less than three-fourths inch (3/4") in size shall be installed. The fees for the
original installation of water service as hereinbefore provided shall be as follows:
(A) The sum of One Hundred Fifteen Dollars ($115.00) for a
three -fourth inch (3/4") connection.
(B) For a one inch 0") connection the fee therefore shall be
determined by the actual cost of labor, equipment and material plus f if teen percent
(1570 thereof; and the applicant for such a connection shall deposit with the City
the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) which payment shall be made to the
City Treasurer or his duly authorized agent or representative handling collections
for the T'+ater Depart.' -lent. Such payment shall be made before the wor% of connecting
the main line with the property is initiated; provided further, that whenever said
deposit is insufficient to cover the total fee as herein specified then the de-
ficiency shall be charged to the property for which such installation was made
and such charge shell constitute,a lien thereon; in case the cost of such install-
ation is less than the amount of deposit, then any such difference shall be promptly
refunded to the owner who applied for such installation and trade the deposit.
(C) In all cases where the service connection is larger than one
inch (1"), the fee therefore shall be determined as provided for in Paragraph (B)
hereinabove and the applicant for such connection shall, at the time of application,
pay unto the City a deposit of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) which shall be applied
as set forth in Paragraph (B) hereinabove.
SECTIONr_iIs Section 3-232, Charges for Me tered' Wager Services, is
hereby amended to.read as:follows:
SECTION 3-232: CHARGES FOR METERED WATER SERVICES: The rates for
metered water service supplied to premises not within the limits of the City shall
be double the rate f iced for water service suppl ied within the City for the same
quantity allowed.
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The rates --to..special users, o4ttei_de the limits of t.he_Gity,_. such as
Water. Districts...a.nd.Coope.rative W.ater Companies, are hereby fixed at the flat rate
of Eighteen Cents ($0.10 per 100 cubic feet, where the service is provided through
a master meter and no maintenance or collection service is furnished. (Ord. No,
1524 8-9-1955)
Fhenever the City of Renton acquires, without charge, all of the
physical assets and facilities, including customers thereof, of any private or
public cooperative water district, and any properties served thereby are then
situated outside the City of Renton, then such outside property users shall pay
the rate then applicable to outside users as a class; however if the City acquires
in addition to all such facilities and assets of such water. system any cash
payment over and beyond the amount necessary and required to pay off the obliga-
tions and debts of such system, then such outside property users served by that
system at the time of its transfer to the City shall receive a monthly credit on
the water charges levied by the City, in that such property user shall be charged
the prevailing rate charged inside users (in lieu of the outside rate otherwise
applicable) for a given number of months to be calculated under the below -mentioned
formula, as said rate may be amended from time to time as to the said class, which
credit shall be determined as follows:
Multiply the then number of ddtside property users of such system
by that sum which constitutes the difference between the inside and outside rate,
as set forth by Ordinance from time to time, the product of which shall then be
divided into the total amount of said cash payment received by the City, and the
quotient thereof shall constitute the number of months for which the inside rate
shall be charged to each aforesaid outside property served by the system so
acquired by the City; PROVIDED HOVEVER that the allowance of such credit (narmely
the difference between the inside water rate charge and the outside rate) shall be
limited to a period of not to exceed three (3) years in any event. (Ord.2OF1;2-17-64)
SECTION III: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION IV: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect on
and after the first day of January, 1965 and after its passage, approval and legal
publication.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this -71M day of December, 1964.
H.elmielson, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this �� To veceifte 1964
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PUBLICATION DATE DEC 16 1964