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AN ORDINANCE relating to public services and utilities; specifying
sewer service rates and charges to be effective commenc-
ing January 1, 1969; amending Sections 7.60.020,.030
and .050, and repealing Section 7.60.080, all of the
City of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 7.60.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.60.020 Sewer Service Charge. There is hereby charged
to all premises served by city domestic water a sewer service
charge which is hereby fixed at fifty percent of the water
charge for domestic water furnished to the premises; provided,
in no event shall said sewer service charge be less than Two
Dollars per month for premises inside the city limits, nor less
than Three Dollars per month for premises outside the city
limits."
Section 2. Section 7.60.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.60.030 Sewer Charge Added to and Payable with Water
Bill - Rate for Premises Not Connected to Sewer. The sewer
service charge provided for in this Chapter shall be payable
• at the office of the Treasurer of the City of Yakima, and shall
be billed for and payable at the same time as the water bill for
the premises is payable; and payment for water service shall not
be accepted unless payment of the sewer service charge is made
at the same time. The same shall be payable bi- monthly and
shall be added to city water bills as a separate charge thereon.
The sewer service charge provided in this Chapter shall be
applicable to all premises within any area where city sanitary
sewer service is available, regardless of whether or not the
sewer is actually used for the benefit of any said premises;
provided that the sewer service charge to those premises within
an area where city sewer service is available, but which premises
are not connected to such sewer, shall be Two Dollars per month
for premises inside the city limits and Three Dollars per month
for premises outside the city limits, notwithstanding other
provisions of this chapter which may prescribe a minimum sewer
service charge based on domestic water consumption."
Section 3. Section 7.60.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
• "7.60.050 Meters on Water Discharged - Sewer Service
Charges for Premises Not Receiving City Water. All premises
shall have approved meters on all water supplies which are
ultimately discharged into the city sanitary sewer system, or
in the alternative shall meter the liquid waste so discharged.
The amount of sewer service charges for occupied or improved
premises which do not receive city domestic water service, or
which have auxiliary water supplies, shall be fifty percent of
the water service charge for a like quantity of city water, pro-
vided, in no event shall the sewer service charge be less than
Two Dollars per month for premises inside the city limits, or
less than Three Dollars per month for premises outside the city
limits."
Section 4. Section 7.60.080 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 5. Effective Date - Saving Clause. The amendments to
Sections 7.60.020, .030 and .050, and the repeal of Section 7.60.080,
•" all of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, provided for by this Ordi-
nance, and the rates and charges specified by such amendments, shall
be effective commencing January 1, 1969; and said Sections, as the
same presently exist, and the rates and charges specified thereby,
shall continue to be effective until January 1, 1969.
Section 6. 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 7th day of
October, 1968.
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