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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF TIE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON RELATING
10 SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES FOR PROPERTY NOT PREVIOUSLY
ASSESSED OR OTHERWISE CHARGED THEREFOR.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: WHEREAS, R.C.W. 35.92.025 authorizes a City to charge property
owners seeking to connect to its sewerage system, as a condition to granting the
right to so connect, in addition to the cost of such connection, such reasonable
connection charge as the City Council shall determine proper in order that such
property owners shall bear their equitable share of the.cost of such system, and
WHEREAS, the City has duly determined that the hereinbelow stated charges
are reasonable and proper,
NOW THEREFORE, the following charges are hereby made, to -wit:
(A) In addition to sewer connection permit fees as required by Ordinance,
and as same may be amended from time to time, there is hereby imposed upon, and
the owners of properties which have not been assessed or charged or borne an
equitable share of the cost of the City's sewerage system shall pay prior to any
connection or hookup to such sewerage system, a special connection charge, to -wit:
1. For Lateral Sewers: $3.00 per unit of property frontage,
determined in the manner prescribed by
R.C.W. 35.44.030 and .040 for determining
"Assessable units of frontage".
2. For Trunk Sewers: One ctrtper square foot of property area,
whenever the property has not been
previously assessed fro trunk sewers.
(B) The special connection charge shall be paid in cash whenever such con-
nection is requested; or application may be made by such property owner to provide
for the payment thereof by an installment contract, if the amount is in excess of
$500,00, with interest at the rate of six percent (69) per annum, computed annually
on unpaid balances, which contract shall provide for a minimum down payment of not
less than ten percent (105Y.) of such total connection charges hereinabove set forth,
payable upon execution of such contract, and the balance thereof to be paid in not
more than twenty (20) quarterly installments payable on each January 1st, April 1st,
July 1st, and October 1st. Such installment contracts shall provide that any unpaid
balance may be paid in full in any year at the time of the first quarterly payment
of such year is due and payable, shall describe the property served by
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the sewer' and shall be duly acknot-rledged by the property owner and be
recorded by the City Engineer an the office of the County, j uaito� at the
expense of such property otmerb Delinquent paymen�b under ' t 6installment
contracts shal3. be a lien upon the described property as provided for in R.C.V.
35.67.200, and enforceable in accordance iA th R.C.W. 35.67.220 through 35.67.280.
As an additional and concurrent method of enforcing such lien, the water service
to such property may be disconnected in accordance with R.C.W. 35.67.290, until
such time as all delinquent payments have been paid in full. Upon full payment
of such installment contract, the City Engineer, on behalf of the City of
Renton, shall execute and deliver unto the property owner a Release of such
lien; which shall be reccrded, at the expense of the property owner, with the
King County Auditort s office.
(C) Al]. of said special connection charges as hereinabove set forth,
shall be considered revenue of the water works utilities system and be paid into
said fund.
SECTION II: Such special connection charge for property abutting on a
street in which a sewer can be constructed or extended to serve such property,
shall be computed as if the sewer was so constructed or extended; and the
special connection charge for property located back from the margin of the
street in which the sewer exists and outside of the assessment district
created therefor shall be made giving consideration to the distance of said
property from the street margin. In no case shall credit be allowed for the
cost of extra length of side sewer required for connection to the City's
sewerage system; Provided, However, that in cases where application of the
foregoing formula to a particular parcel of property results in a charge,
which because of unusual conditions, or conditions peculiar to said property
only, is in excess of charges to similar properties, the City Enginner is
authorized to reduce the special connection charge to such an amount charged
to properties similarly situated.
SECTION III:3f arW such property for which a special connection charge
has been paid ]titer becodd subsequently included in a Local Improvement
District for the construction of a sewer of the same or similar nature, than
the amount so paid shall be credited to the assessment against such property
and such amount shall be paid From the water works utilities fund unto such
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L^cal Imbrovement District Fund.
SECTION IV: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and legal publication.
PASSED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16=6-'� day of Fabrder'y, 1964.
HeI ;;ae Nelson, City Cleric
APPROVED BY TFE WMR this day of. Fe y, 1961. `
rG.ik Aliment, Mayor
APPROVES AS TO FORM:
C;31�1sd i , Shellan, Ciiy !!,�:;1,orn^y
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