HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-939 ORDINANCE NO. 5737
AN ORDINANCE relating to water service rates; providing for a
special irrigation rate on domestic water; and
amending Section 7.68.252 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
411 Section 1. That Section 7.68.252 of the City of Yakima Muni-
cipal Code is hereby eziended to read as follows:
"7.68.252 Irrigation Rate on Domestic Water. Domestic
water may be delivered to consumers during the irrigation
season at a special irrigation rate under the following
conditions:
(a) In order to secure said irrigation rate, applica-
tion must be made to the utility accounts division by the
consumer, who will certify that the domestic water delivered
under said rate will be used for irrigation purposes on
property not adequately served by separate irrigation systems.
(b) The charge for such water supplied shall be com-
puted as follows: An amount equal to the maximum water meter
reading taken during the previous non-irrigation season shall
be charged under the regular domestic water rates. All water
used in excess of such maximum usage during the previous non-
irrigation season shall be charged during the irrigation
season at the rate of eight cents per one hundred cubic feet.
In computing amounts to be charged, the provisions of Section
7.68.030 shall apply.
(c) The cash discounts for prompt payment provided for
in Section 7.68.267 shall not apply to that portion of the
billings made for water delivered under the irrigation rate.
III (d) For the purpose of this section, the irrigation rate
will commence at the regular water meter reading during the
months of February or March,.as the case may be for any
particular consumer; and will terminate at the regular water
meter reading during the months of October or November, as
the case may be for any particular consumer. In the event
an application is made during the irrigation season for the
irrigation rate, the irrigation rate will commence at the next
regular meter reading after the time of such application.
(e) The sewerage service charge provided for in Chapter
7.60 shall not apply to the indicated consumption of water
billed at the irrigation rate.
(f) Consumers who have installed domestic water services
exclusively for irrigation use will be billed at the irriga-
tion rate without regard to dates of commencement or termina-
tion of service, subject only to the minimum billings provided
for in Section 7.68.255."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty 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 10th day
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