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ORD 52-16 ESTABLISHING WATER RATES TOWN OF WINSLOW ORDINANCE NO. 1~ AN ORDINANCE Establishing water rates and amend- ing Ordinances Nos. lS and 13 relating to the municipal water supply system of the Town of Winslow, ~d providing for the sale of water, fixing the price thereof and the price of installation; and adopting rules and regulations applicable thereto: BE IT ORDAIN~ by the Tovm Council of the Town of Winslow, Washington, as follows: 1. Any property owner applying for service shall make written application therefor and shall pay as follows: $50.00 for each three-quarter inch (3/4~) connection; for sizes larger than three-quarter inch (3/4'~ there shall be paid such excess above the minimum of $50.~0 as is represented by the actual cost of labor and material plus ten percent (lO~) for overhead. ~. In all instances where it is necessary to open a paved or oiled street at any time following the initial main installation the charge shall be the actual cost of labor end material plus ten percent (10%) overhead in addition to the minimum stated in Paragraph i hereof. 3. All use and service for water shall be fur- nished end measured by meter and shall be charged and paid for at meter rates. All meters shall be and remain the property of the Town of Winslow. There shall be no distinc- tion made between commercial end domestic users. The amount of water used shall govern the charge to be made over and above the minimum rate. 4. All use and service for water shall be gov- erned by ~d subject to the regulations of the Water Depart- ment of the Town of Winslow, which said regulations were adopted by Resolution st a regular meeting of the Town Council on September 16, 195B and by reference thereto are made a part hereof as though set forth herein. Further regulations may be adopted by the Water Superintendent, subject to the approval of the Town Council, which are not inconsistent with the terms of this Ordinance. A copy of such rules and regulations shall be on file and available for public examination at the office of the Water Depart- ment. Failure to comply with rules and regulations shall be deemed a violation of this Ordinance. 8. The rates for the use of water shall be as follows: All water shall be furnished and measLLred by meter and shall be charged and paid for at the following rates: a. 0 - 500 cubic feet - there shall be s minimum charge of $3.00 per month. b. The next 1,500 cubic feet - at BO~ per lO0 cubic feet. c. The next 3,000 cubic feet - at 17~ per lO0 cubic feet. d. The next lO,O00 cubic feet - at 16~ per lO0 cubic feet. e. The balance of water used over 15,000 cubic feet - at 15~ per lO0 cubic feet. These said rates shall apply inside or outside the Town limits for each service connected. Special or commercial use not specifically set forth herein shall be governed by contract to be entered into between the user and the Town Council. 6. Deviations or extensions to the properties not included in the engineering plan shall be installed at the expense of the user subject to inspection and approval of the Town Council. 7. In order to protect the Town's domestic water supply from contamination, all cross connections with any other water system, whether public or private, are prohibited unless such systems and connections are approved by the State Department of Health and the Town Council. Violation of this section will be sufficient cause for immediate discontinuance of the Town's domestic water service to the premises served by said cross connection. 8. The charge for flat or metered fire service shall be a ready to serve charge and charge for water con- sumed; the ready to serve charge for each fire hydrant installed shall be the sum of $3.00 per month per hydrant. In addition thereto the water used through said hydrants shall be paid for at the rate of 15~ per lO0 cubic feet. 9o Al:l charges, for installation of service and charges for water used, including minimum monthly rate, shall be charged against the property to which it is fur- nished and shall become a lien against said property. No change of ownership or occupation shall affect the applica- tion of this section. lO. Each and every violation of any of the prov- isiohs of this 0rdihance or the rttles and regulations here- with adopted in accordance herewith, shall constitute an offense against the Town of Winslow and any person found guilty of such offense, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). ll. All ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. l~. This Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public health and safety, and having been passed by the unanimous vote of the Town Council shall take effect immediately upon its passage and publication. PASSED by the Town Council of the Town of ~inslow this 16th day of September, 195~. Attest: AMENDMENT TO ORDII~ANC~ NO. 16 AN AM~I~ENT TO ORDIEAECI NO. 16 relating to the ~,~!cipal water supply. ~E IT ORDAII~EDby the Town Council of the Town of Winslow, Wash- ington, as follows: 1. Ordinance No. 16 is hereby amended by revokingand deleting Section 6 thereof. 2. All other sections of Ordinance Eo. 16 are declared to be in full force and effect. PAS-~nbythe Council of the Town of Winsl~w, Washington, and approvedby its Mayor this 5th day of July, Attest~ TOWN OF WINSLOW RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ORDINANCE NO. 16 THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TiM TOWN OF WINSLOW DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. That the following rules and regula- tions be, and the same are hereby established for the control of the Water Department of the Town of Winslow, Washington. Section ~. The word "Superintendent" wherever used in the Rules and Regulations shall be held and construed to mean the Water Superintendent of the Town of Winslow, Washington. The word "Person" wherever used shall be held to mean, and include natural persons of either sex, associa- tions, co-partnerships and corporations, whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee the single number shall be held to include the plural and the masculine pronoun to include the feminine. The word "Premises" where- ever used shall be defined as a continuous tract of land, building or group of adjacent buildings under a single con- trol with respect to use of water and responsibility for payment thereof. Subdivisions of such use or responsibility, or the occupancy of more than one such building by residents, (as differentiated from transient) households or families shall constitute a division into separate premises as herein defined. Section 3. Any person desiring to have premises connected with the water supply system of the Town of Winslow, Washington, shall make application at the office of the Water Superintendent on the printed forms furnished for that purpose. Every such application shall be made by the owner of the property to be furnished, or by his authorized agent, and applicant must state fully and truly all the purposes for which the water may be required, end must agree to conform to the regulations and rules established from time to time as the condition for the use of the water, and must further agree as a condition precedent in the premises that the Town of Winslow shall have the right at any time, without notice, to shut off the water supply for repairs, extensions, non- payment of rates, or for any other reason, and that the Town shall not be responsible for any damage caused by the breaK- ing, bursting, or collapsing of any boilers, pipes or fixtures, or by the stoppage, or interruption of the water supply, or any damage whatever resulting directly or indirectly from the shutting off of the water. Section 4. No Persons supplied with water from the town mains shall be entitled to use it for any purpose other than those stated in the application, or to supply in any way, other persons or families. Section 5. When a permit has been obtained for the installation of ws. ter, the SUperintendent shall cause the premises described in the application, if the same abut upon a street upon which there is a town water main, to be connected with the town's water main by a service pipe ex- tending at right angles from the main to the property line, and including a stop cock placed within the line of the street curb, which connection shall thereafter ~e maintained by, and kept within the exclusive control of the Town of Winslow. No premises shall be allowed to have more than one service connection, except a connection for fire or sprinkling purposes as hereinafter defined. Every separate premises supplied by town water must have its own separate service connection with the town main, and the premises so supplied will not be allowed to supply water to any other premises (except temporarily where there are no ~nains in the street upon which each premises fronts.) Section 8. All persons connecting to town service, or laying their own private pipes, shall be required to use only standard galvanized iron pipes, up to and including two inches (B") in size, and all pipes shall be laid not less than two feet (B') below the surface of the ground, except that in ungrsded streets where the grade is already established, said service and pipes shall be laid at least two feet (2') below the said established grade. The Super- intendent will maintain private services from the main in streets which slre being graded or regraded, and will have such access on private property as shall be necessary to maintain such pipes during the work, and shall, as soon as practicable upon completion of such work, relay said pipes in street. Except for above cause, owners shall maintain their private pipes from the end of the city service to and into their property, or in case the Superintendent finds it necessary to maintain the same, the owner shall relinquish all rights to said pipes. When necessary, the Superintendent may slope services in on property to conform to the slope occasioned by 'the grading of street, and charge expense to owner of service. Section 7. Services shall be installed at the expense of the property owner, the same to be installed by the town. The property owner in applyin~ for a service shall pay to the town the then prevailing cost to cover the expense for the installation, as provided in Ordinance No. 16. All services shall be constructed by the town as far as the property line and a suitable curb cock and meter shall be furnished and installed. In cases of connections extending along a street on which there is no main, the cost shall be paid by the person applying for service before work of connecting the property with the main is begtulo The above rule ~h~ll ~.lso apply where exchanges in size of service are made at the request of the property owners. In case of replacement or new services, no service smaller than 3/4 of an inch shall be installed. Section 8. Before water will be turned on to the premises connected with the town's mains, the service pipes upon such premises must be made to conform to the following regulations: The service pipes must be so located that the supply for each separate house or premises shall be controlled by separate stop and waste cocks of standard make with ex- tension handle, approved by the Superintendent, properly protected from the frost, and so placed within the premises that all service pipes and fixtures may be thoroughly drained during freezing weather. The connection between the town's pipes at the property line and the service pipes on the prem- ise~ must be made with a union. Section 9. ~henever the owner or occupant of any premises connected with the town's water supply system shall desire to use the water, he shall notify the Superintendent and request that the water be turned onto the premises. The owner shall leave his portion of the service exposed in the trench until the water is turned on by the Superintend- ent, when he shall immediately properly cover the pipe. Section 10. When new build~ngs are to be erected on the site of tile old ones and it is desired to increase the size of or change the locaticn of the old service con- nection, or where a service connection to any premises is abandoned, or no longer used the Superintendent may cut out or remove such service connection; after which, should a service connection be required for said premises, a new service shall be placed only upon the o~mer's making an application and paying for s new tap in the regular manner. When the service connection of any premises does not come from amain in front of said premises the Superintendent shall, when a main is laid in front of said premises, after notifying the owner or tenant thereof, transfer the service cormection to the new nnain without charge, and at the same time cut out the old service connection. Section 11. Should it be desired to discontinue the use of water supplied to any premises, written notice must be filed with the Superintendent on or before the fifth (5th) day of the month, which notice shall be on the printed forms orovided by the Superintendent for the purpose, and payment in full for all arrearages must first be made. The water will tl~en be turned off and turned on again on applica- tion without charge; but no remission of the. minimum. rates will be made. Section 12. All water rates and service connec- tions will be charged against the property to which it is furnished and become a lien against said property; and if for any cause any sums owing therefor become delinquent, the water shall be shut off and in no case shall it be turned on the same property until all delinquencies have been paid in full. No change of ownership or occupation shall affect the application of this section. Section 13. Should the o~mer or occupant of the premises turn on the water or suffer or cause it to be turned on, after it has been shut elf at the curb cock by the Super - intendant, it may be turned off at the main by the Superin- tendent, and an additional charge of Ten Dollars ($10.00) made for the expense of turning it off and on. -3- Section 14. No plumber or other person will be allowed to make connection with the town mains or make connec- tion with any conduit, pipes, or any fixtures connected therewith, or to connect pipes that have been disconnected, or to turn water on or off of premises without thr permission of the Superintendent. Section 15. None but those authorized ~y the Water Superintendent of the Town Water Department shall be allowed to do any work in connection with town service pipes or Mains. Section 16. Officers and employees of the Town Water Department shall have free access at proper hours of the day to all parts of buildings in which water may be delivered from the ~ownmains for the purpose of inspecting the condition of the pipes and fixtures, and the manner in which the water is used, and any owner or occupant of any premises supplied with town water who shall fail, neglect or refuse to give free access to such premises for the pur- poses herein specified, shall be charged a penalty of Two Dollars ($S.00), and the service may be immediately shut off. Section 17. It shall be unlawful for any person to waste water, or allow it to be wasted by imperfect or leaking stops, valves, pipes, closets, faucets, or other fixtures; or to use closet without self-closing valve, or to allow any pipes or faucets to run open to prevent the service from freezing, or for any other reason, or to use the water for purposes other than those named in the applica- tion upon which re.tea for water are based, or for any other purposes than that for which his application provides, or to use it in violation of any provision of these Rules and Regulations. Section 18. Any owner, manager or architect intend- ing to use water in the course of the construction of any building, shall report to the Superintendent such intention on forms provided for that purpose. Water for building purposes shall be furnished only upon application of the owner or authorized agent, and will be charged for st meter rates; and all delinquent and unpaid charges therefor shall become a lien upon the premises supplied, and shall be collected in the same manner as other delinquent and unpaid charges. Section 19. The following acts are prohibited: (A) To open, close, turn or interfere with, or attempt to, or connect with any fire hydrant, stop valve or stop cock, belonging to the Town Water Department, unless authorized by the Superintendent in writing; provided this rule shall not apply to members of the Fire Department while acting in such capacity. (B) To throw refuse or any substance into any town reservoir, or to throw any deleterious matter in or upon any part of the town's water shed or water supply system. (C) To use black iron pipe or fittings to connect any premises or buildings with the Town water pipes. (D) To connect or attach any wire conveying a ground current or other electrical current to any water pipe, water main or conduit attached to or forming a part of the Water System of the Town of Winslow. Section ~0. All persons, contractors, corpora- tions and other Town Departments handling street work, such as grading, regrsding, filling, trenching or paving, etc., shall give the Superintendent eight days' written notice in case it becomes necessary during the work to remove, dis- place or change any water mains, pipes, fittings, meters, gates or other water works' appurtenances that may inter- fere with the prosecution of such work, and failure to furnish said notice shall make the contractor, corporation or person, or other Town Department liable to the Water Department in case damages should result from such failure. Sectlon El. The Town reserves the right to place a ~eter on any or all services. All meters shall remain the property of the To~m, and may be installed or removed by the Superintendent in conformity to rules and regulations herein provided. In all cases where meters are lost, injured or broken by carelessness or negligence of owner or occupants of the premises, they shall be replaced or repaired under the direction of the Water Superintendent and the cost charged against the owner or occupant. Section E~. When any consumer shall make a com- plaint that the bill for any past time has been excessive, the Water Department will, upon written request, have the meter re-read and the services inspected for leaks. Should consumer then desire that the meter be tested, said consumer shall pay a deposit in the office of the Water Superintendent as prescribed in Section S3. The consumer shall have the privilege, if he so desires, to be present when such test is made. In case the test should show an error of over five percent (5%) of water consumed, in favor of the Water Department, the deposit will be refunded to the consumer, a correct registering meter will be installed and the bill will be adjusted accordingly. If the test of such meter should show not in ex- cess of ~ive percent (5%) error in the measurement of water, the amount deposited will be retained by the Water Depart- ment to cover part of the expense of making such test. The minimum charge is not affected by any error in the registered water consumption. Section ~3. Before making s test of any meter, the person requesting such test shall at the time of filing his request with the Water Department, make a deposit in the office of the Water Superintendent of the amount charged for such test, subject to the conditions herein stated, which charges are sls follows: For testing - 3/4 to 1-1/B inch meter, inclusive to 3 inch meter, inclusive inch meters, or larger 5.00 lO.O0 15.00 No meter shall be removed or in any way disturbed except by the Water Department. Section 24. (A) Charges for water may be billed on either a monthly or bi-monthly basis as required by the Town Council. If the charges are billed on a monthly basis, all water bills shall be due and payable on the first day of each calendar month. If on a bi-monthly basis, all water bills shall be due on the first of each alternate month as billed. When water charges are billed on a bi- monthly basis, the rates and minimum quantities of water set forth in Ordinance No. 16 shall be doubled. the Town of Winslow is not paid within twenty after it becomes due, there shall be charged an additional Fifty Cents (50~) for each month the said bill remains un- paid to cover the additional costs of billing and serving the said water account, end the Water Superintendent is authorized, without notice, to shut off the water, and the water will not be turne~ on again until such bill, together with a penalty charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) for shutting off and turning on the water has been paid. (B) All meter consumers shall make a cash deposit with the ~ater Department, based upon the estimate of the monthly consumption through the meter, but in no case shall the deposit be less than $3.50 which deposit shall be held by the Water Department, until the severance of the contract, and shall be repaid to the customer after all claims against the premises have been fully paid, provided that the Super- intendent of Water may waive the aforesaid provisions prov- iding for deposits by consu'mers in the case of property owners of the premises upon which the water is cons~med. (C) In co~nputing meter rates and meter rents as herein provided, results ending in One and Two Cents shall be com~ted as "0", and results ending in Three, Four, Six or Seven Cents shall be counted as "5"; and results ending in Eight and Nine Cents shall be counted as "lO~. (D) Where the service is furnished to a company or organization such company shall be responsible for the charges made and shall furnish the Water Superintendent with quarterly statements showing the number of persons or services being supplied by them; such statement to be duly certified, and the Water Superintendent shall have the right to inspect the books of the said company, and the charges above specified shall be made to the said organiza- tion bsse~ upon the total of the water supplied divided by the number of such users or services being furnished, and shall be revised quarterly. (E) For more than one service on each master meter, the minimum meter charge times the number of services served through master meter shall be charged by the Town of Winslow, providing the said master meter has first been approved by theTown Council. The individual or the organization representing outside districts shall be held responsible by the Town for the collection of and depositing with the town of such deposit charges. At the time of the termination of such service, the individual or organization shall be entitled to receive credit for the same. approval o shall have power to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance for carrying out and enforcing the payment, collection and remittance of the rates herein named, and rules and regulations affecting the operation of the water system as such relate to services, connections and the ~.eneral requirements of the utility; and a copy of such rules and re~lstions shall be on file and available for public examination at the office of the Water Department. Failure to comply with any such rules and regulations shall be deemed s violation of these rules and regtnlations. Section 26. It shall be the duty of the employees of the Town of Winslow to give vigilant aid to the City Water Department in the enforcement of its rules and regula- tions, and to this end they shall report all violations thereof which come to their ~mowledge, to the office of the Water Superintendent. Section 27. Each and every violation or infraction of any of the rules and regulations hereby established, in addition to any special penalties attached thereto, shall constitute a separate offense; and any person found guilty of such violation or infraction, shall upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Secti~n 28. These Rules and Regulations are declare~ to be urgent and necessary for the immediate pres- ervation of the public peace, health and safety of the inhabitants and people of said Town of Winslow, and shall take effect and be in force immediately upon, and from and after passage of Ordinance No. 16. Section 29. The Town Council shall, at such times as may be necessary, adopt amendments to Ordinance No. 16 increasing or decreasing the charges as set forth in Ord- inance No. 16, providing that there is maintaine~ a ratio between the net earnings of the said Water Department and the obligations under the bonds issued for the construction of the said Water Department, as contained in Ordinance No. 13, on the basis of 1.5 to 1. Attest: / Clerk -7-