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ORDINANCE NO. 5658
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"
REVISING THE CITY'S LEAK ADJUSTMENT POLICY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 8-4-46, Water Billing Adjustment For Water Leak, of Chapter 4,
Water, of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General
Ordinances ofthe City of Renton, Washington", is 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
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)
regular meter reading cycles. Ne4Leak adjustments will be granted for irrigation
systems, frozon connections or pipes, leaky toilets, boat docks, pools, fountains,
ponds, other outdoor docorative water features or hot tubs service lines only.
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 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
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occurred, location of the leak and a copy of the repair receipt and/or a
description ofthe completed repair. Photos verifying the repair and the location
ofthe repair are strongly recommended. Exception to the timely submittal of an
adjustment request may be made if the Administrative Services 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.
C. The water portion of the bill will be adjusted by charging for only fifty
percent (50%) of the leaked consumption charge over the two (2) billing
period(s) when the leak occurred. Example of adjusted water billing calculation:
(Basic Monthly Charge) + A sample calculation for an adjustment is: (0.50 X
Consumption in excess of the historical average for the billing period) X
Commodity Rate. Adjustments greater than two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall
be submitted to the Finance Committee for approval or denial. There will be no
adjustment ofthe Basic Monthly Charge or any other water charge.
SECTION II. Section 8-5-23, Wastewater Billing Adjustment For Water Leak, of
Chapter 5, Sewers, of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of
General Ordinances ofthe City of Renton, Washington", is hereby amended as follows:
A. Eligibility:
1. The water leak must be on customer's side ofthe water meter.
2. Proof must be provided that the leaked water did not enter the
wastewater system.
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3. The leak must be repaired.
4. A written request for a wastewater adjustment must be completed and
submitted to the City.
Tho City will process and grant no more than ono (1) wastewater billing
adjustment for water leaks on the customers' side of tho water motor per water
service connection ovory five (5) years.
B. Adjustments will be calculated over the billing periods when the water
leak occurred, up to a maximum of two (2) regular meter reading cycles. No leak
adjustments will bo granted for irrigation systems, frozen connections or pipes,
leaky toilets, boat docks, pools, fountains, ponds, other outdoor decorative
water features or hot tubs.
SC. 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 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. Photos verifying the repair and location
of the leak are strongly recommended. Exception to the timely submittal of an
adjustment request may be made if the Administrative Services Department
Administrator or designee determines that the applicant has made good faith
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effort to effect the necessary repairs, or the repairs cannot be performed due to
other extraneous circumstances that cannot be controlled by the applicant.
€D. No leak adjustment for wastewater will be granted for single-family
sewer accounts because the sewer charge is a flat rate and not affected by a
water leak.
B£. For non-single-family sewer accounts, a full adjustment ofthe sewer bill
will be made for all leaked water that did not enter the sanitary sewer system.
The adjustment will be determined by averaging normal water consumption
from previous representative billing periods and charging wastewater volume
rates based on this normal average volume. Adjustments greater than two
thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be submitted to the Finance Committee for
approval or denial. There will be no adjustment ofthe base charge or any other
sewer charge.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty
(30) days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 23rd day of April , 2012.
Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 23rd day of April , 2012.
Denis Law, Mayor
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Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
Date of Publication: 4/27/2012 ( summary)
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