ORD 98-24 CONNECTION TO CITY WATERORDINANCE No. 98-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON RELATING TO CONNECTION TO THE CITY
WATER SYSTEM, ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH G TO BIMC
13.08.040, A NEW PARAGRAPH C TO BIMC 13.16.040, AND
ADDING NEW SECTIONS E. 1.c AND E.5 .j TO 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 subsequently amended on numerous occasions; and
WHEREAS, as a result of a professional study, the City restructured its water and sewer
rates through Ordinance 97-09 and has also reviewed both its processes for charging for
water and sewer service; and
WHEREAS, as part of that review, the City changed its structure for charging water and
sewer system participation fees through Ordinance 97-26 with the result that customers
with larger water meters now pay significantly higher base water rates; and
WHEREAS, those higher charges have caused a number of water and sewer customers to
request smaller water meters and the City Council has determined that providing smaller
meters is in the best interests of the public because they will encourage conservation; now
therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new Paragraph G shall be added to Bainbridge Island Municipal Code
13.08.040 to read as follows:
On and after March 1, 1999, each person applying to connect to the City' s water
system or to change his or her use of the City' s water system shall provide a separate
water meter for each separate category of use and for each separate building served,
and, in order to allow the monitoring of consumption and to encourage water
conservation, shall sub-meter each individual unit at his or her expense; provided, that
this paragraph shall not apply to persons who submitted prior to October 1, 1998, a
complete building permit application for the structure to be connected.
SECTION 2. A new Paragraph C shall be added to Bainbridge Island Municipal Code
13.16.040 to read as follows:
When an existing water and sewer customer who has paid the water and sewer system
participation fees for service to a property requests in writing to replace a water meter
serving the property with one of a smaller size, no system participation fee for either
water or sewer shall be charged to change the meter size. A connection ("drop in")
fee shall be charged as provided by resolution of the City Council to reimburse the
City for the cost of the new water meter and fittings and of installing the new meter.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and after
March 1, 1999.
PASSED by the City Council this 4th day of February, 1999.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 5th day of February, 1999.
Dw~ht~utton, Mayor '
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
~:~u~an P. Kitsper, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE No. 98-24
April 24, 1998
February 4, 1999
February 10, 1999
March 1, 1999