HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-039 Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal code Section 7.64.040 Stormwater TaxORDINANCE NO. 2025-039
AN ORDINANCE amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 7.64.040 Stormwater
tax.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima is authorized by Title 35 RCW to acquire, construct, own,
operate, and provide financing for storm drainage and surface water management, and to
establish rates, fees, and charges therefore; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima finds and determines that adoption of
this ordinance amending the stormwater tax rate section of the Yakima Municipal Code, Section
7.64.040, is in the public interest and best interest of the City and its residents; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 7.64,040 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
7.64.040 Stormwater tax.
For the provision of stormwater compliance and stormwater collection services there is
levied a tax against the total assessments collected from annual stormwater
assessments charges. Commencing February 1, 2026,.and effective annually
thereafter, the rate of the tax shall be twenty-one percent. After three years, the tax
levied herein will be reduced to twenty percent.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 91" day of December, 2025.
ATTEST:
alinda Ibarra, City Clerk
Publication Date: December 13, 2025
Effective Date: January 12, 2026