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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 5600CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 5600 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 8-4-46 OF CHAPTER 4, WATER, AND SECTION 8-5-23 OF CHAPTER 5, SEWERS, OF TITLE VIII (HEALTH AND SANITATION) OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON", BY MODIFYING CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW FOR BILLING ADJUSTMENTS FOR WATER LEAKS. WHEREAS, water is a scarce commodity that cannot be renewed and prompt repairs of water leaks help to preserve the City's water supply and reduce the production cost of a water utility; and WHEREAS, the City adopted Ordinance 5210 in June 2006 allowing for billing adjustments for water leaks under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, the provisions are codified under RMC 8-4-46 for water and 8-5-23 for wastewater; and WHEREAS, after reviewing current practices in carrying out these policy provisions, the Council desires to modify certain sections thereof; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Subsections 8-4-46A and 8-4-46B of section 8-4-46, Water Billing Adjustment For Water Leak, of Chapter 4, Water, of Title VIM (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington", are hereby amended as follows: A. The City will process and grant no more than one (1) water billing adjustment for water leaks on the customers' side of the water meter per water ORDINANCE NO. 5600 service connection every five (5) years. Adjustments will be calculated over the billing periods when the water leak occurred, up to a maximum of two (2) billing periods (four M) months) regular meter reading cycles. No leak adjustments will be granted for irrigation systems, frozen connections or pipes, leaky toilets, boat docks, pools, fountains, ponds, other outdoor decorative water features or hot tubs. B. A written request for a water billing adjustment must be submitted to Utility Billing Customer Service within sixty (60) days of discovery of the water leak and/or sixty (60) days of receipt of the billing that covers the time period when the a notice from the City regarding high water consumption and that a water leak might have occurred. The written request must include the service address, billing periods over which the leak occurred, location of the leak and a copy of the repair receipt and/or a description of the completed repair. Exception to the timely submittal of an adjustment request may be made if the Finance and Information Technology Department Administrator or designee determines that the applicant has made good faith effort to effect the necessary repairs, or the repairs cannot be performed due to other extraneous circumstances that cannot be controlled by the applicant. SECTION II. Subsections 8-5-23A and 8-5-23B of section 8-5-23, Wastewater Billing Adjustment For Water Leak, of Chapter 5, Sewers, of Title VIM (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington", are hereby amended as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 560° A. The City will process and grant no more than one (1) wastewater billing adjustment for water leaks on the customers' side of the water meter per water service connection every five (5) years. Adjustments will be calculated over the billing periods when the water leak occurred, up to a maximum of two (2) billing periods (four (4) months) regular meter reading cycles. No leak adjustments will be granted for irrigation systems, frozen connections or pipes, leaky toilets, boat docks, pools, fountains, ponds, other outdoor decorative water features or hot tubs. B. A written request for a wastewater billing adjustment must be submitted to Utility Billing Customer Service within sixty (60) days of discovery of the leak and/or sixty (60) days of receipt of the billing that covers the time period when the a notice from the City regarding high water consumption and that a water leak might have occurred. The written request must include the service address, billing periods over which the water leak occurred, location of the leak, a copy of the repair receipt and/or a description of the completed repair, and documentation that the leaked water did not enter the sanitary sewer system. Exception to the timely submittal of an adjustment request may be made if the Finance and Information Technology Department Administrator or designee determines that the applicant has made good faith effort to effect the necessary repairs, or the repairs cannot be performed due to other extraneous circumstances that cannot be controlled by the applicant. ORDINANCE NO. 560Q SECTION III. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty (30) days after publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this i6th day of MaY , 2011. >fifr*t^U^J. Uftfltih i Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 16th day of May , 2011. Approved as to form: £><C-~^U Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney Date of Publication: 5/20/2011 (summary) ORD:1709:4/19/ll:scr // ^>:tJJ..L/^ Denis Law, Mayor 4 *-<-•• 1 oc ; O'