ORD 95-01 UTILITY RATES, FEES AND CHARGESORDINANCE No. 95 - 01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON RELATING TO UTILITY RATES, FEES AND
CHARGES; AND AMENDING SECTION E.5 OF ORDINANCE
82-20, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED.
WHEREAS, a structure for establishing water and sewer rates, charges
and fees was put into place by Ordinance 82-20; and
WHEREAS, Section E of Ordinance 82-20, which specifies those rates,
charges and fees has been subsequently amended on various occasions including
amendment by Ordinances 83-09, 84-25, 86-08, 86-19, 91-13, and 93-39; and
WHEREAS, there have been major changes to the City's water and sewer
utility during the past eight years, which changes require structural as well as
amount changes to the City's utility rates, charges and fees; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Those sections of all prior ordinances which amend Section E.5
of Ordinance 82-20 are repealed.
SECTION 2. Section E.5 of Ordinance 82-20 is amended to read as follows:
SECTION E. Water and Sewer Rates, Charges and Fees.
5. SERVICE RATES.
a. CATEGORIES OF USERS.
Category 1 - Single Family Residences.
Category 2 - Multiple Dwellings
Residences including but not limited to apartment houses,
condominiums, multiple residences served by a single meter,
and mobile home courts: Each single dwelling unit shall
constitute one unit for purposes of this rate schedule.
Category 3 - Commercial.
Commercial users including but not limited to retail sales.
Each set of 10 (ten) fixtures or portion thereof shall constitute
one unit for purposes of this rate schedule.
Category 4 - Mixed Use / Other.
Any users other than those in Categories 1,2, 3 and 5.
Rates for Mixed Use customers shall be calculated additively
based on the appropriate charges for each use and allowing
a reduction to the total for any overlap.
Category 5 - Industrial Users.
b. WATER RATES
The monthly rate for all categories of users shall be as follows
except as authorized in paragraph 5.f below:
Base Rate:
$12.00 $12.38 per month per unit PLUS
Users of 0 to 500 cubic feet$.80- .83
Users of 501 to 1000 cu~ .90 .93
Users of 1001 to 1500 cuft 1.00 1.03
Users of 1501 to 2000 cu ft t-; 10 1.14
Users of 2001 to 5000 cu ft ~.20 1.24
Users of 5001 to 7500 cuft 1.35 1.39
Users of 7501 to 10000 cu ftI ~" 1.55
Users of over 10000 cubic feet ~.60 1.65
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c. SEWER RATES
Effective January 1, I-994 1995, sewer rates shall be as follows:
Category1: $t3.96 $14.41 permonth per unit PLUS
~ ~" $1.67 per 100 cu. ft. of water used
Category 2: $16.67 $17.02 per month per unit PLUS
$1.62 $1.67 per 1 O0 cu. ft. of water used
Category 3: $34.77 $35.88 per month per unit PLUS
~ ~'~ $1.67 per 100 cu. ft. ofwater used
Category 4: $37.09 $38.28 per month per unit PLUS
d,~ ~,~ $1.87 per 100 cu, ft. of water used
Category 5: Set by individual contract
d. SEWER RATES FOR USERS WITHOUT WATER SERVICE
Sewer rates for residential users who do not contract with the city for
provision of water service shall be 125 % of the average sewer rate for
all users in the same category as the user charged by this rate. For
users in categories other than residential who do not contract
with the City for water service, the sewer rate shall be based on
the fixture count of the customer, and shall be 125 % of the
average sewer rate per fixture for all users in the same category
as the user charged.
e. SUMMER SEWER AVERAGING
The City's FInance Director is authorized to adjust the sewer
billings for the three summer billing months of mid-June
through mid-September if the charge is not reflective of each
customer's actual water consumption. The adjustment shall be
to the sewer billing for all customers in Categories 1 and 2
for the prior months of December through May.
f. REDUCED WATER CHARGES IN SPECIAL CASES
Upon application by a utility customer, the City's Finance
Director acting together with the City Administrator shall have
the discretion to make reasonable and equitable reductions in
water accounts on a case-by-case basis in situations where
a leak in or other accident to the water service line between
the water meter and the structure causes the customer's water
consumption to be more than double the average for that cus-
tomer in the same months in the prior five years. In such cases,
a rate adjustment shall be applied to reduce the customer's bill
to the average of the consumption for that account for the same
month in the past five years plus the City's rate for users of under
500 cubic feet per month applied to the consumption in excess of
the five year average. No more than two such adjustments shall
be made during any single ownership of the property.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after its
passage, approval, publiscation and posting as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council this 2nd day of February, 1995.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 3rd day of February, 1995.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
SLYSAN P. KASPER, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROD P. KASEGUMA, City Attorney
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: January 19, 1995
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: February 2, 1995
PUBLISHED: February 15, 1995
POSTED: February 15, 1995
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 20, 1995
ORDINANCE 95 - 01