HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 5013Amended by: ORD 5275 Amends ORD 5000; 4841;
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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 5013
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING SECTION 4-1-180, OF CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION
AND ENFORCEMENT, OF TITLE IV (DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS); AND SECTIONS 8-2-1, OF CHAPTER 2, STORM AND
SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE, AND 8-4-10, 11, 12, 18, 26, 33, AND 34,
OF CHAPTER 4, WATER, AND 8-5-15 AND 8-5-16, OF CHAPTER 5,
SEWERS, OF TITLE VIII (HEATH AND SANITATION) OF
ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON" TO
CLARIFY REMISSION OF RATES, INCREASE CHARGES TO SHUT
OFF AND TURN ON WATER METERS, AND ADD AN AFTER-HOURS
CHARGE TO TURN ON METERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 4-1-180.C.1 of Chapter 1, Administration and
Enforcement, of Title IV (Development Regulations) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of
General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington" is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. WATER CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FEES:
Type of Water Service and Repairs
Water meter tests for 3/4" to 2" meter
Water meter tests for meters greater than 2"
Open and close fire hydrants for fire flow tests
conducted by others
Installation fees for ring and cover castings
Service size reductions
Water service disconnection (cut at main)
Meter resets
Repair of damage to service
Water main connections
Fee
$40.00
Time and materials cost ($60.00 deposit)
Time and materials
$200.00
$50.00
$250.00
$50.00
$50.00
$400.00
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Water main cut and cap $1,000.00
Water quality/inspection/purity tests $40.00 each
Specialty water tests (lead, copper, etc.) Cost of test plus $40.00 processing fee
Water turn ons/offs after hours $120.00
Installation of isolation valve Time and materials $2,000.00 deposit
New water line chlorination fee $250.00 plus $0.15 per lineal foot for any
footage after the first two hundred fifty (250)
lineal feet.
Miscellaneous water installation fees Time and materials
SECTION II. Section 8-2-l.D of Chapter 2, Storm and Surface Water Drainage,
of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General
Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington" is hereby amended to read as follows:
D. Water Service Reinstatement: Should the Finance and Information Services
Administrator cause the water service to be cut off for failure to pay a delinquency pursuant to
this Section, such water service will remain cut off until the delinquency plus ten percent (10%)
interest is paid, together with the sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) additional for the expense of
turning the water off and on.
SECTION III. Sections 8-4-10, 11, and 12 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:
8-4-10: DISCONTINUED USE CHARGE:
Whenever the owner or occupant of any premises desires to discontinue the use of water
for a period of not less than one month, he shall make written application to have the water
turned off and pay all arrearages in full. The water will be turned off and turned on again with a
charge of sixty dollars ($60.00) payable at the time of turnoff, but no remission of water rates
will be made.
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8-4-11: NO REMISSION OF RATES:
When water has been shut off for any reason and is turned on again or allowed or caused
to be turned on by the owner, no remission of rates will be made on account of its having been
shut off, and the Utilities Engineer may then shut off the water at the main or remove a portion of
the service connection in the street and shall charge the actual cost of cutting out and reinstating
the water supply to the owner of the property.
8-4-12: DELINQUENT CHARGES:
All charges for water service shall be charged against the premises to which the services
were furnished and the City shall have a lien against the premises to which said water services
were furnished for four (4) month's charges due or to become due, but not for any charges more
than four (4) months past due. Such lien may be enforced by cutting off the water service to the
premises until such time as the delinquent unpaid charges, together with the sum of sixty dollars
($60.00) additional for the expense of turning the water off and on, have been paid to the Finance
and Information Services Director or his/her duly designated representative.
SECTION IV. Section 8-4-18 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" is hereby amended to read as follows:
8-4-18: VIOLATION CHARGE:
If any person shall violate any provision of Section 8-4-17, the Planning/Building/Public
Works Administrator shall, after reasonable notice to the user, shut off the water furnished to the
premises upon which such violation is made, and shall charge sixty dollars ($60.00) for shutting
off and turning on such water. Reasonable notice, for the purpose ofthis Section, shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8-4-19.D. The determination to shut off water service pursuant to
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this Section shall be appealable to the City Finance and Information Services Director pursuant
to Section 8-4-19.F.
SECTION V. Section 8-4-26 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" is hereby amended to read as follows:
8-4-26: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE IN CASE OF
VIOLATION:
If any owner or occupant of any premises supplied with City water shall violate any
provision of the preceding Section, the Planning/Building/Public Works Administrator may, after
reasonable notice to the user, shut off such service; and such owner or occupant shall be required
to pay any or all delinquent and unpaid charges against such premises together with a charge of
sixty dollars ($60.00) for shutting off and turning on such water before the same shall be again
turned on. "Reasonable notice" for the purpose ofthis Section shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 8-4-19.D. The determination to shut off water service pursuant to this Section shall be
appealable to the City of Renton Finance and Information Services Administrator pursuant to
Section 8-4-19.E.
SECTION VI. Section 8-4-33.B 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" is hereby amended to read as follows:
B. If customer's water bills are not paid by the due date (twenty-five (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 forty-five (45) days from the date of billing the
Planning/Building/Public Works Department will be directed to cut off the water service to the
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premises and enforce the lien upon the property to which service has been rendered, and such
lien shall be superior to all other liens or encumbrances except those for general taxes and special
assessments. Such liens 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 sixty dollars ($60.00) charged for the expense of
turning the water on when all charges to the City plus penalties have been paid. For requests to
turn the water back on that occur after 3:00 pm, an additional after-hours service charge of ninety
dollars ($90.00) will be assessed and must be paid at the time of the request. 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 five dollars ($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.
SECTION VII. Section 8-4-34.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" is hereby amended to read as follows:
A. On the predetennined day of each and every month, it shall be the duty of the
person collecting water charges to prepare, in duplicate, and deliver to the Utilities Engineer a
list of all delinquent customers whose water service is to be cut off immediately, which list shall
contain the names of the delinquent water users and a description of the premises to which water
services shall be cut off. Upon receipt of such delinquent list, it shall be the duty of the Utilities
Engineer forthwith to cut off the water service to the premises described on said list until the
delinquent and unpaid charges, together with the sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) additional for the
expense of turning the water off and on are paid.
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SECTION VIII. A new Section, 8-5-15.H, 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" is hereby added, to read as follows:
H. Remission of Sewer Rates: When a water meter has been turned off pursuant to
the provisions of Section 8-4-10 ofthis code, 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 IX. Section 8-5-16.B 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" is hereby amended to read as follows:
B. If customers' sewer bills are not paid by the due date (twenty-five (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 forty-five (45) days from the date of billing the
Planning/Building/Public Works Department will be directed to cut off the water service to the
premises and enforce the lien upon the property to which service has been rendered, and such
lien shall be superior to all other liens or encumbrances except those for general taxes and special
assessments. Such liens may be foreclosed by the City in the manner provided by law for the
enforcement of the same, and for delinquent sewer charges, in addition to all other remedies
provided. There will be an additional sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) charged for the expense of
turning the water off and on when all charges to the City plus penalties have been paid.
SECTION X. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and
30 days after publication.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 23rd day of June 2003.
\yC£r*y J J. LlJalthrU
Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 23rd day of June , 2003.
Approved as to form:
Jesse Tanner, Mayor
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.awrence J. Warren/City Attorney
Date of Publication: 6/27/2003
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