ORD 81-26 PARTICIPATION FEE SCHEDULE ORDINANCE NO. 81 - ~ ~'~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW AMENDING ORDINANCE
74-16 AS AMENDED; REQUIRING PAYMENT OF SERVICE CHARGES
1 YEAR AFTER PAYMENT OF THE PARTICIPATION FEE IF CONNECTION
IS NOT MADE; AND ESTABLISttlNG A PARTICIPATION FEE SCHEDULE
FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER APPLICATIONS.
The City Council of the City of Winslow Do Ordain as follows:
SECTION I: Section D4 of Ordinance 74-16 is hereby amended to
provide as follows:
Sewer and Water Connection Fees
The following charges shall apply to all connections
to the City of Winslow sewer and/or water systems:
A. System Participation:
1. Regulations
a. Participation fee must be paid prior to
connection to the system.
b. An approved building permit shall be on
file in the office of the City Engineer
prior to payment of any participation fee.
co Service charges shall commence when a
connection is completed. In the event that
connection is not completed within 1 year
of payment of participation fees the basic
system service charge shall be assessed
commencing the first month after this 1 year
connection period has expired.
*note:
2. Fees
a~ Residential
water $700/living unit
sewer $700/living unit
b~ Non-residential and other (any application
other than residential and non-residential
shall be considered other)
water $700/each set of ten(10) fixtures*
or portion thereof
sewer $700/each set of ten(10) fixtures*
or portion thereof
fixtures for purposes of this Ordinance
include all Uniform Plumbing Code defined
fixtures except water heaters, floor drains
used for emergency overflow only and extra
fixtures attached to existing or regular
fixtures such as showers over tubs and hose
attachments on sinks.
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Installation and Connection to Water and/or
Sewer Lines.
All installation on private Droperty shall be
accomplished by the property owner or a licensed
contractor. Inspection and aDDroyal of private
lines shall be obtained Drior to backfilling the
trench.
1. Connection to City Lines by City Forces.
Installation fee - cost of labor, materials,
plus 25% for engineering and administrative
fees.
2. Connection to City Lines by Plumbers or
Contractors who have obtained a Utility
Installation Permit issued by the City Engineer.
water connection inspection fee -
$25/residential living unit or set of
ten (10) fixtures* or portion thereof
sewer connection inspection fee -
$25/residential living unit or set of
ten (10) fixtures* or Dortion thereof
Connection accomDlished by other than City
Employees shall be periodically inspected and
approved by the City Prior to backfilling the
trench,
3. Backflow Protection Device - The City shall
require installation of a backflow protection
device where in the judgement of the City Engineer
such device is required to conply with the State
Board of Health Regulations or the Uniform
Plumbing Code° The cost of such device and
installation shall be borne by the Droperty owner.
Inspection and approval of the backflow device
and installation shall be obtained prior to
approval of the connection.
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Automatic Annual Fee Adjustment.
All charges described in this subparagraph 4 shall
be subject to automatic annual adjustment on
January 1 of each year based on the Consumer Price
index for November of the preceding year as
reported in "Economic Indicators" prepared by the
Council of Economic Advisors. The consumer price
index for November 1978 is 202.6 and shall form
the basis for the water and sewer charges set forth
in this subparagraph 4 for the year 1979.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Winslow, Washington this
20th day of July , 1981.
A1 s
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Mayor
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Robert W. McKisson
City Attorney
I do hereby certify this rdiJmance was signed by the Mayor
this _~?~ day of ~ ~/ and thereafter posted
th~s ~ day of' Y~ /~/ the Ferry Terminal
C 1 e rk/Tre as ure r
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