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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 4213
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
CHAPTER 3, GARBAGE, CHAPTER 7, SEWERS, CHAPTER 13, STORM
AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE, AND CHAPTER 14, WATER, OF
TITLE VIII (HEALTH AND SANITATION) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628
ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
RENTON, WASHINGTON" RELATING TO UTILITY DISCOUNTS FOR
SENIOR CITIZENS OR THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED, AND ADDING
RENTERS TO THE ELIGIBLE CATEGORY OF RATE PAYERS FOR THE
DISCOUNT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 8-309 (A)4 of Chapter 3, Garbage, of Title
VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of
General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington, " is hereby
amended to read as follows :
4 . The following persons being charged under categories
8-309 (A) l, 2, and 3 are eligible to receive solid waste pickup for
$1 . 00 per month.
(a) . Every single person, sixty-two ( 62 ) years of age
or older, and every single person totally and permanently disabled,
residing in a single-family dwelling, either as owner, purchaser, or
renter, whose income from all sources is seven hundred twenty seven
dollars fifty cents ( $727 . 50 ) per month or less, and eight thousand
seven hundred thirty dollars ( $8, 730 . 00) per annum or less, or as
amended.
(b) . In the case of marital community, both parties,
husband and wife, residing in a single-family dwelling, either as
owner, purchaser, or renter, and
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(i) Both spouses being sixty-two ( 62 ) years of
age or older, or
(ii) One spouse is totally and permanently
disabled and the other spouse is over
sixty-two years of age, or
(iii) Both spouses are totally and permanently
disabled
whose total income from all sources is one thousand ninety-one
dollars thirty four cents ( $1, 091 . 34 ) per month, or less, and
thirteen thousand ninety six dollars and eight cents ( $13, 096 . 08)
per annum or less, or as amended.
(c) . In order to qualify for reduced utility charges an
affidavit of eligibility must be filed with the utility office
accompanied by a copy of the most recent income-tax return or the
most current two month bank statements . If the applicant is filing
as a disabled person, the application must be accompanied by an
attending physician' s statement verifying disability. For those
parties who are renters, the application must include an executed
lease agreement which specifies the term of the lease and that the
lessee is responsible for the payment of the utilities .
SECTION II . Section 8-715(D) 3 of Chapter 7, Sewers, of Title
VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of
General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington, " is hereby
amended to read as follows :
(3) . Any additional charges hereafter imposed by Metro
under the " Industrial Cost Recovery" or "Industrial Waste Surcharge"
programs required under the FWPCA (PL 92-500} , Section 204, or as
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same may be amended hereafter plus fifteen percent ( 15� ) thereof as
an additional charge for the City's cost of implementing such
programs .
SECTION III. There is added a new section 8-715 (D)4 to
Chapter 7 , Sewers, of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) of
Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City
of Renton, washington, " which reads as follows :
Section 8-715(D)4 : The following persons are eligible to
receive their water and sewer services for $1 . 00 per month, for the
first nine hundred (900) cubic feet of water per month ( $ . 75 per
month for water/$ .25 cents per month for sewer) . Any excess shall
be charged as provided in Section 8-1431 (B) of Chapter 14, Water, of
Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) relating to water services .
(a) . Every single person, sixty-two ( 62 } years of age
or older, and every single person totally and permanently disabled,
residing in a single-family dwelling, that is separately metered for
water usage, either as owner, purchaser, or renter, whose income
from all sources is seven hundred twenty seven dollars fifty cents
( $727 . 50) per month or less, and eight thousand seven hundred thirty
dollars ( $8, 730 . 00) per annum or less, or as amended.
(b) . In the case of marital community, both parties,
husband and wife, residing in a single-family dwelling, either as
owner, purchaser, or renter, and
(i) Both spouses being sixty-two ( 62 ) years of
age or older, or
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(ii) One spouse is totally and permanently
disabled and the other spouse is over
sixty-two years of age, or
(iii) Both spouses are totally and permanently
disabled
whose total income from all sources is one thousand ninety one
dollars thirty four cents ( $1, 091 . 34) per month, or less, and
thirteen thousand ninety six dollars and eight cents ( $13, 096 . 08)
per annum or less, or as amended.
(c) . In order to qualify for reduced utility charges an
affidavit of eligibility must be filed with the utility office
accompanied by a copy of the most recent income-tax return or the
most current two month bank statements . If the applicant is filing
as a disabled person, the application must be accompanied by an
attending physician' s statement verifying disability. For those
parties who are renters, the application must include an executed
lease agreement which specifies the term of the lease and that the
lessee is responsible for the payment of the utilities .
SECTION IV. There is added a new section 8-1332 (G} of
Chapter 13, Storm and Surface Water Drainage, of Title VIII (Health
& Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General
Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, " which reads as
follows :
8-1332 (G) . The following persons are eligible to
receive their storm and surface water drainage services for $1 . 00
per month. In no event shall any other rate reductions apply so
that the rate is reduced below $1 . 00 per month.
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(a) . Every single person, sixty-two ( 62 ) years of age
or older, and every single person totally and permanently disabled,
residing in a single-family dwelling, either as owner, purchaser, or
renter, whose income from all sources is seven hundred twenty seven
dollars fifty cents ( $727 .50 ) per month or less, and eight thousand
seven hundred thirty dollars ( $8, 730 . 00 ) per annum or less, or as
amended.
(b) . In the case of marital community, both parties,
husband and wife, residing in a single-family dwelling, either as
owner, purchaser, or renter, and
(i) Both spouses being sixty-two ( 62 ) years of
age or older, or
(ii) One spouse is totally and permanently
disabled and the other spouse is over
sixty-two years of age, or
(iii} Both spouses are totally and permanently
disabled
whose total income from all sources is one thousand ninety-one
dollars thirty four cents ( $1, 091 . 34 ) per month, or less, and
thirteen thousand ninety six dollars and eight cents ( $13, 096 . 08 )
per annum or less, or as amended.
(c) . In order to qualify for reduced utility charges an
affidavit of eligibility must be filed with the utility office
accompanied by a copy of the most recent income-tax return or the
most current two month bank statements . If the applicant is filing
as a disabled person, the application must be accompanied by an
attending physician's statement verifying disability. For those
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parties who are renters, the application must include an executed
lease agreement which specifies the term of the lease and that the
lessee is responsible for the payment of the utilities .
SECTION V. Section 8-1431 (B) of Chapter 14, Water, of Title
VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of
General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington, " is hereby
amended to read as follows :
B. Any additional charges hereafter imposed by
Metro 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 program.
SECTION VI . There is added a new section 8-1431(C) 1 to
Chapter 14, Water, of Title VII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance
No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton,
Washington, " which reads as follows :
Section 8-1431 (C) 1 : The following persons are eligible to
receive their water and sewer services for $1 . 00 per month, for the
first nine hundred (900) cubic feet of water per month { $ . 75 per
month for water/$ . 25 cents per month for sewer) . Any excess shall
be charged as provided in Section 8-715 (D)4 (a) of Chapter 14, Water,
of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) related to water services .
(a) . Every single person, sixty-two ( 62 } years of age
or older, and every single person totally and permanently disabled,
residing in a single-family dwelling, that is separately metered for
water usage, either as owner, purchaser, or renter, whose income
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from all sources is seven hundred twenty seven dollars fifty cents
( $727 .50) per month or less, and eight thousand seven hundred thirty
dollars ( $8, 730 . 00 ) per annum or less, as amended.
(b) . In the case of marital community, both parties,
husband and wife, residing in a single-family dwelling, either as
owner, purchaser, or renter, and
(i) Both spouses being sixty-two ( 62 ) years of
age or older, or
(ii) One spouse is totally and permanently
disabled and the other spouse is over
sixty-two years of age, or
(iii) Both spouses are totally and permanently
disabled
whose total income from all sources is one thousand ninety one
dollars thirty four cents { $1, 091 . 34 ) per month, or less, and
thirteen thousand ninety six dollars and eight cents ( $13, 096 . 08)
per annum or less, as amended.
(c) . In order to qualify for reduced utility charges an
affidavit of eligibility must be filed with the utility office with
the most recent income-tax return or the most current two months
bank statements . If the applicant is filing as a disabled person,
the application must be accompanied by an attending physician' s
statement verifying disability. For those parties who are renters,
the application must include an executed lease agreement which
specifies the term of the lease and that the lessee is responsible
for the payment of the utilities .
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SECTION VI. This ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 24th day of April , 1989 .
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Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this24th day of A�r.il , 1989 .
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Earl Clymer Mayor
Approved s to form:
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Lawrence J. Wa�'en, City Attorney
Date of Publication: April 28, 1989
ORD. 82-3/15/89-as .
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