HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-1961 IRRIGATION WATER USE & SERVICE FEE FOR WATER SUPPLIED FROM FRUITVALE CANAL. ORDINANCE NO. / 7 /
AN ORDINANCE pertaining to public services and utilities; establishing
an irrigation water use and service fee for water supplied
from the Fruitvale Canal; adopting Section 7.28.025 as
a new section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and
declaring an emergency.
l b BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA :
Section 1.. Section 7.28.025 is hereby enacted as a new section
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, and shall read as follows:
"7.28.025 Fruitvale Canal -- Irrigation water use and
service fee - -Rate. An irrigation water use and service fee
is hereby established to be charged for irrigation water
supplied directly to consumers from the Fruitvale Canal owned,
operated and maintained by the City. The irrigation 'water
use and service fee shall be based on the area of land served
with water from the canal at the rate of $12.50 per acre,
or fraction thereof, per annum. The fee shall be paid annually
by irrigation water consumers according to billings therefor
issued by the City."
Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel-
• fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided
by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this '! day
o f�wnk� , 1976.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City/ lerk r