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Home My WebLink AboutORD 6036CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 6036 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 8-5-15 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, CLARIFYING CITY SEWER RATES FOR 2021 AND 2022, ESTABLISHING THE KING COUNTY METRO WASTEWATER PASS THROUGH RATE FOR 2022, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Section 8-5-15 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows: 8-5-15 SEWER CHARGES: A. Disposal Rates: The monthly rates and charges for sewage disposal service shall be as follows: 1. Single -Family: 2021 Rate 2022 Rate Single -Family $31.12 $31.74 2. All Other Users: The FR9Rthly Fat„ is the base ,.haFge plus the pee wateF used peF Rth .,.,t less than the MiRi...um !`L aFge listed Other Users: 2021 Rate 2022 Rate The highe F of the Minimum Charge — includes 750 Cubic $31.12 $31.74 Feet usage charge Of Qae•�a GhaFff- Y. $449 ORDINANCE NO. 6036 ner 100 C her fppt $3.51-/100 cf $3.58/100 cf „sage ,;haFge Per each additional 100 Cubic Feet usage charge over 750 Cubic Feet 3. Charges For Sewer Service Without City Water: In the event that water obtained from sources other than purchased from the City is either discharged or drained into the sewer system, users shall be charged by one (1) of the two (2) following methods: a. For single-family residences: 2021 Rate 2022 Rate l Single -Family $31.12 $31.74 b. For other than single-family dwellings, the Public Works Administrator or designee shall install a water meter into such private water system at cost to property owners, and the method of billing shall be in compliance with Subsection A.2 of this Section. 4. (Rep. by Ord. 4898, 3-19-01) B. Separate Sewer Exempt Meter: Whenever the use of water is such that a portion of the water used does not flow into the City sewer system but is lost by evaporation or used in irrigation, manufacturing or any other use, and the person in control provides proof of this fact, such person may apply for the installation of a separate sewer exempt meter to measure the amount of water so used or lost 2 ORDINANCE NO. 6036 and no charge shall be made for sewage because of water so used or lost. A sewer exempt meter application will be made in the same manner as a regular water meter installation. All sewer exempt meters shall be located at the property line or adjacent to the regular meter; provided, however, an evaporation exemption may be granted to coin -operated and commercial laundries without the installation of a submeter. Such exemption shall be an eleven percent (11%) reduction in chargeable water consumption for commercial and industrial laundries and a three percent (3%) reduction in chargeable water consumption for coin -operated laundries. C. Service Outside Of City: The rates to such special uses shall be one and one-half (1-1/2) times the basic City water rates applicable to resident users for similar services plus any monthly fees levied by King County Wastewater except that such exemptions and discounts as provided in RMC 8-4-32 and subsections D.4 and D.5 of this Section shall likewise apply to these rates. D. Additional Charges: In addition to the foregoing charges specified in this Section, the following rates shall be charged, in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with King County Wastewater: 1. Single-family dwelling units: Single -Family Residential: 2021 Rate 2022 Rate King County Wastewater Charge $47.37 $47 3749.27 King County Rate Adjustment Charge $0.00 $0.00 2. All users other than single-family: 3 ORDINANCE NO. 6036 All Users Other Than Single -Family: 2021 Rate $47.37 2022 Rate $4 49.27 King County Wastewater Charge - Ppr 7W^ r"he^ Feet „ „ fr;;r ;AR theree f Minimum Charge includes 750 Cubic Feet usage charge $47 376.32 $47476.57 King County Wastewater Charge — MiROFRUFA Charge -Per each additional 100 Cubic Feet usage charge over 750 Cubic Feet King County Rate Adjustment Charge $0.00 $0.00 3. Any additional charges hereafter imposed by King County Wastewater under the "Industrial Cost Recovery" or "Industrial Waste Surcharge" programs required under the FWPCA (PL 92-500), Section 204, or as same may be amended hereafter, plus fifteen percent (15%) thereof as an additional charge for the City's cost of implementing such programs. 4. Senior and/or disabled low-income rates: a. Senior and/or disabled low-income citizens who qualified under RMC 8-4- 31.0 for low-income rates prior to August 1, 1994, are eligible for a subsidized rate for City sewer charges and a nonsubsidized rate for the King County Wastewater charge in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with King County Wastewater: Low-income Rates Qualified Prior to August 1, 1994 2021 Rate 2022 Rate King County Wastewater Charge Non -subsidized $47.37 $4:7.3:749.27 King County Rate Adjustment Charge $0.00 $0.00 City Sewer Charge Subsidized $2.68 $2.73 b. Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify under RMC 8-4-31.0 for low-income rates after August 1, 1994, and prior to May 31, 2008, are eligible for El ORDINANCE NO.6036 a seventy-five percent (75%) subsidy of City sewer charges and a nonsubsidized rate for the King County Wastewater charge in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with King County Wastewater: Low-income Rates Qualified after August 1, 1994 and prior to May 31, 2008 2021 Rate 2022 Rate King County Wastewater Charge Non -subsidized $47.37 $47.3749.27 King County Rate Adjustment Charge $0.00 $0.00 City Sewer Charge 75% subsidy $7.78 $7.93 c. All other senior and/or disabled citizens qualifying under RMC 8-4- 31.0 for low-income rates after May 31, 2008, are eligible for a fifty percent (50%) subsidy for City sewer charges.. and a nonsubsidized rate for the King County Wastewater charge in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with King County Wastewater: Low-income Rates Qualify after May 31, 2008 2021 Rate 2022 Rate King County Wastewater Charge Non -subsidized $47.37 $47 X49.27 King County Rate Adjustment Charge $0.00 $0.00 City Sewer Charge 50% Subsidy $15.57 $15.88 5. For those senior citizens sixty-one (61) years of age or older and/or disabled citizens, when such seniors and/or disabled citizens are not otherwise eligible for special rates as low-income seniors and/or disabled citizens, but who qualify for property tax exemption pursuant to RCW 84.36.381(5)(a) and are not residents of the City shall be exempt from the fifty percent (50%) utility surcharge 5 ORDINANCE NO. 6036 applicable to those customers not residents of the City. To receive this exemption the applicant must provide the information required under RMC 8-4-31.C.3. E. Installation Of Sewage Meter: Whenever the use of the public sewer is such that infiltration and/or inflow is evident from a private sewage facility, or a building sewer, where the sewer flow is two (2) times in excess of the daily metered water, the Wastewater Utility Engineering Manager shall install a sewage meter and charge the regular monthly rates and charges for customers in that class, for all infiltration and inflow and sewage that it discharged into the public sewers. All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the sewer meter shall be borne by the owner or applicant of the premises in question. F. Rate Revenue For Capital Purpose: A portion of the revenue generated from the above rates will be used for sewer utility related capital improvement projects and/or debt services for the same as indicated in the adopted budget. Also included in the above rates are applicable State and local taxes. G. Remission Of Sewer Rates: When a water meter has been turned off pursuant to the provisions of RMC 8-4-10, the owner or occupant may request, in writing, a remission of sewer rates. No remission of rates will be made for a period of less than one month. SECTION II. These rates become effective with billings computed on or after January 1, 2022 for the 2022 rates. SECTION III. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction, 6 ORDINANCE NO.6036 such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance. SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be effective on January 1, 2022. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 22nd day of November, 2021. /�Y) Jaso . Set i y Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 22nd day of November, 2021. Approved as to form: Shane Moloney, City Attorney Date of Publication: 11/25/2021 (Summary) 2192:10/12/21 7 Mmoildo Pavone, Mayor OF R F JL ; SEAL = z