HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-2267 METHODS OF COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT WATER PIPE CONNECTION CHARGES. ORDINANCE NO. „,267
AN ORDINANCE relating to public services and utilities; providing
methods of collection of delinquent water pipe con-
nection charges; and amending Section 7.56.040 of
the City of Yakima. Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
— Sectioti 1. Section 7.56.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal
.„.
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.56.040 Time of payments--Lien--Termination of
water service.
A. Connection charges provided for by this chapter
shall be paid in full at the time a sewer construction
permit is obtained or at the time a request is made for
a water meter installation, as the case may be; provided,
that such charges may be paid in installments upon the
execution by the property owner of a utility connection
• agreement installment contract, on forms approved from
time to time by resolution of the City Council.
B. Unpaid charges shall constitute a lien against
the connected property. Such lien shall be prior to all
liens and encumbrances filed subsequent to its filing
with the County Auditor, except the lien of general taxes
and local improvement assessments whether levied prior
or subsequent thereto.
C. In the event of delinquency in payment of princi-
pal or interest on the utility connection installment
contract, the City may, in addition to any other remedy,
foreclose its lien against the connected property by civil
action in the superior court. In such action, the City
shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys fees.
D. In the event of delinquency in payment of prin-
cipal or interest on a utility connection installment
contract, the City may, in addition to any other remedy,
suspend domestic water service to the connected property
• until such time as the entire unpaid connection charge
and interest are paid; provided, however, that no domes-
tic water service shall be suspended until the occupant
of the connected property has been provided with an oppor-
tunity for a hearing pursuant to Section 7.68.025 of the
City of Yakima Municipal Code."
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 13 1
410- day of , 1979.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Ci Clerk/