HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-2085 PROHIBITING NEW CONNECTIONS, OR RECONNETIONS, TO THE SEWER SYSTEM WITHOUT METERS; PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS. , •
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE relating to public services and utilities; prohibiting
new connections, or reconnections, to the domestic
sewer system without meters, and providing , a penalty
for violations; specifying the means of computing
domestic sewer service charges; and amending Section
7.60.050 and the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 7.60.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.60.050 Meters required--Penalty for violations--
Rates for metered and unmetered premises.
A. Meters required--Penalty. Commencing September 1,
1977, all premises thereafter newly connected or re-
connected to a city domestic sewer line shall have
a meter installed to measure either the quantity of
water supplied to the premises or the quantity of waste e
discharged into the sewer system; and it shall be un-
lawful for any person, firm or corporation to thereafter
connect any premises so as to be served by a city domes-
tic sewer line without installing a meter as required
by this subsection.
Any person, firm or corporation who connects any
premises so as to be served by a city domestic sewer
line in violation of this subsection shall upon con-
viction thereof be subject to a fine not exceeding
$250.00 or subject to imprisonment in the city jail
facility for a term not exceeding 90 days.
B.', Rates for metered premises. All premises served
by either city domestic water service or by some other
source of domestic water, and which have meters to measure
all water supplies which are ultimately discharged intd
the city domestic sewer system shall pay sewer service
charges according to the rates specified in Section
7.60.020 of this chapter; and all 'premises which have
meters to measure the quantity of waste discharged into
the sewer system shall likewise pay sewer service charges•
according to the rates specified in Section 7.60.020 of
this chapter.
C. Rates for unmetered premises. Premises with
existing connections to the city domestic sewer system, .
but which have no meter to measure either the domestic
water supplied to the premises or the waste discharged
therefrom, shall be charged a sewer service charge
according to rates specified in Section 7.60.020 of
this chapter in an amount determined by the City to
be the average charge for sewer service' to similar
premises."
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as pro-
vided by law and by the City Charter.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 5 '
day of 0 1977.
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