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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-B-1462 483 ertr,:: i/ r7 ORDINANCE NO. B -1462' AN ORDINANCE amending Section 11 of Ordinance No.. B -606 entitled "AN ORDINANCE .RELATING to and regulating'.the operation of the Water Department of the City of Yakima; providing for the management and control thereof; providing for rules regulating and fixing the use and price of water supplied by the City and connections therewith; amending and rewriting Ordinance A -988 as amended; providing penalties for the fiolation thereof; repealing certain ordinances and declaring an emergency;" as amended by Ordinance B -696 and declaring an emergency. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. That Section 11 of Ordinance B -606 passed and approved by the City Commission on April 3, 1944 and entitled as setforth in the caption hereof and the amendments thereto by Ordinance B -696, passed and proved by the City Commission on April 8, 1946 be and the s ame is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 11. Before a service connection is installed the property owner shall pay to the City Treasurer a ready -to -serve charge as follows: READY TO SERVE CHARGES INSIDE OF CITY LIMITS (a) MINIMUM CHARGES. In case the installation is to be either in an unpaved street with the meter forty feet or less at right angl -s from the center of the street where the main is tapped, or in an unpaved alley with the meter nine feet or less from the center of the alley where the main is tapped, or on private property with the meter five feet or less from the tap in the main: For a three - quarter inch service and five - eights inch meter, the minimum charge shall be sixty -five dollars ($65.00. For a three - quarter inch service and a three- quarter inch meter, the minimum charge shall be seventy -five dollars ($75.00). For a one inch service and a one inch meter the imnimum charge shall be one hundred dollars (100.00). (b) ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SERVICES OVER MINIMUM LENGTH. In case the meter is to be either more than forth feet from the center of the street where the main is to be tapped, or more than nine feet from the center of the aley where the main is to be tapped, or more than five feet from the tap in the main on private property, there shall be added to the minimum charge: Seyenty cents ($.70) for each additional lineal foot of three- quarter inch service installed. Eighty cents ($..80). for each additional lineal foot of one inch service installed. (c) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR INSTALLATION ON PAVED STREETS In case the installation is to be upon a paved street or alley, it shall be assumed that the tap in the main will be under the center of the pavement, and there shall be added to the minimum charge one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each lineal foot of service under said pavement. In case such installation is to be under or through an oiled surfaced street there shall be added to the minimum charge sixty cents 4.60) .60•) for each lineal foot of service under or through said oiled surface. (d) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR INSTALLATION IN CONCRETi, WALKS In case the meter installation is to be in an existing concrete walk there shall be added to the minimum charge six dollars ($6.00). (e) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR METERS IN ROADWAYS OR DRIVEWAYS. In case the meter installation is to be either in a paved or unpaved roadway or in the path of vehicles, the meter shall be protected by means of a concrete ring around the top of the meter tile and an extra heavy cast iron cover, and there shall be added to the minimum charge seven dollars ($7.00). (f) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR SERVICE CONNECTIONS WITH MAINS INSTALLED BY LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS OR WITH MAINS OWNED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT. In case an applicant for service installation desires said service to serve property that was not wthin the limits of the City prior to the first day of July, 1926;: or is not within a City Local Improvement District created for bearing all or a portion of the expense for installing a main or mains, together with necessary valves, fire hydrants, pipe fittings and other necessary appurtenances;. or is not in a district served by a main or mains with necessary valves, fire hydrants, pipe fittings and other necessary appurtenances, all installed to properly serve that particular district and complying with requirements of the Ordinances and standards of construction and installation adopted by the Water Department, at the time of application for said service installation and connections, the applicant shall pay an additional charge for such connection, as hereinafter provided, and shall receive from the Water Department a receipt describing the property to be served, stating the additional amount paid for such connection and also stating that in case in the future said described property is included with- in the boundaries of a local improvement district organized to bear all or a portion of the expense of installing main or mains together with necessary ,valve, fire hydrants, pipe fittings, and other appurtenances, said described property shall be credited with the amount of charge here provided for. The charge for any such connection shal be one dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per one hundred square feet. The size of the property served, in case (Continued on page 484) , 484 ORDINANCE NO. B -1462 (Continued from page 483) land is latted into lots, shall be the full size of lot or of the fraction or fractions as ownership is indicated by records in the Office of the County Auditor, or in case the property to be served is in acreage and undivided, the size shall be estimated sufficiently large to accommodate the applicant, the size of lots in platted property in that vicinity, and buildings and intentions of applicant being considered. In no case shall the charge for such connection be less than sixty -five dollars (065. and also, in no case shall property other than that paid for under this Section 11 (f) be served with water, the penalty being discontinuance of water service to that for which payment under this Section 11 (f) is made. If the particular piece of property requiring water service was not within the limits of the City prior to July 1926, and is so situated that it will never be inclided in a future Domestic Water Local Improvement District, and having never participated in the installation costs of the evist completed, construction costs of the Water Department mains, fire hydrants, pipe fittings, and other required appurtenances serving the immediate area, at the time of application for said service installation and connections, the applicant shall pay an additional charge for such connection comparable with the Local Improvement District assessment against an owner who formaly participated in such construction in a neighboring District. (g) INSTALLATION LARGER THAN ONE INCH. For a service and meter installation larger than one inch the ready -to- serve charge shall be determined by the Superintendent of Water Department at the time of aplication for such service._ Such charge shall be fixed by the size of pipe desired and general conditions of installation. The cost of such . charges shall be paid by applicant before such installation is made. READY TO SERVE CHARGES OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS (h). MINIMUM CHARGES. In case the installation of service and meter is to be either on an unpaved street or alley or on private property and the meter is to be fire feet or less from the tap in the main: For a three - quarter inch service and a five eighths by three- quarter inch meter, the minimum charge shall be sixty -five dollars ($65.00). For a three-quarter inch service and a three- quarter inch meter, the minimum charge shall be seventy -five dollars (075.00). For a one inch service and a one inch meter, the minimum charge shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). (i) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR SERVICE OVER MINIMUM LENGTH. In case the meter is to be more than five feet from the tap in the main there shall be added to the mimimum charge; Seventy cents ( $.70) for each additional lineal foot of three quarter inch service installed. Eighty cents (0.80)' for each additional lineal foot of one inch service installed. (j) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR INSTALLATIONS UNDER PAVEMENT. In case the installation is to be under an existing street or alley pavement or concrete walk there shall be added to the minimum charge one dollar and fifty cents (01.50) for each lineal foot of pavement over the insallation. In case such installation is to be under or through an oiled surface street, there shall be an added to the minimum charge sixty cents ($.60) for each lineal foot of service under or through said oiled surface. (.k,). ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR INSTALLATIONS IN CONCRETE WALKS. In case the meter is to be in an existing concrete walk there shall be added the minimum charge six dollars ($6.00).. (1) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR METERS IN ROADWAY OR DRIVEWAY, In case the meter installation is to be either in a paved or unpaved roadway or driveway, or in the path of vehicles, the meter shall be protected by means of a concrete ring around the top of the meter tile and an extra heavy cast iron cover and there shall be added to the minimum charge seven dollars( 07..00)'. (m) ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR SERVICE WITH MAINS OWNED BY THE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT OR INSTALLED BY LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. In case an applicant for service installation desires said service to serve property that is not in a district served by a main or mains with necessary valves, pipe fittings and other necessary appurtenances, all installed to properly serve that particular district and complying with requirements of the Ordinance and standards of construction and installation adopted by the Water Department, at the time of application for said service installation and connection, the applicant shall pay an additional charge for such connection hereinafter provided, and shall receive from the Water Depatment a receipt describing the property to be served, stating the additional amount paid for such connection, and also stating that in case said described property in the future comes within the limits of the City and is included within the boundaries of a local improvement district organized to bear all or a portion of the expense of installing main or mains, necessary valves, fire hydrants, pipe fittings, and other appurtenances', said described property shall be credited with the amount of charge here provided for. The charge for any such connection shall be one dollar ten cents (01..10) per one hundred square feet. The size of the property served, in case land is platted into lots, shall be the full size of lot or of the fraction or fractions as ownership is indicated by records in the office_of the county auditor, or, in case the property to be served is in acreage and undivided, the size shall be estimated sufficiently large to accommodate the applicant, the size of lots in platted: property in that vicinity, and buildings and intentions of applicant being considered. In no case shall the charge for ns=) 485 ORDINANE NO. B- 1462 (Continued from page 484) , such connection be less than sixty -five dollars ($65.00), and also, in no case shall property other than that paid for under this Section 11 (m) be served with water, the penalty being discontinuance of water service to that for which payment under this section 11 (m) is made. (n) INSTALLATION LARGER THAN ONE INCH. For service and meter installation larger than one inch the ready -to -serve charge shall be determined by the Superint- endent of the Water Department at the time of application for such service. Such service shall be fixed by the size of pipe desired and general condition of install- ation. The cost of such charge shall be paid by applicant before such installation is made. Section 2. This ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the people of the City of Yakima, Washington, and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by the City Charter of he City of Yakima. PASSED BY THE CITY. COMMISSION, signed and approved this 1st day of June, 1953. ATTEST PEARL BENJAMIN ( S E A L ) G. W. BURNS City Clerk Mayor I hereby certify that the foregoing is full, true and correct cpy of Ordinance No. B -1462 entitled "AN ORDIANCE amending Section 11 of Ordinance No. 8 -606 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to and regulating the operation of the Water Department . of the City of Yakima; providing for the management and control thereof; providing for rules regulating and vixing the use and price of water supplied by the City and connect ions therewith; amending and reqriting Ordinance A -988 as amended; providing penalties for the biolation thereof; repealing certaa ordinances and declaring an emergency;" as amended by Ordinance B -696 and declaring an emergency. "', as passed this 1st day of June, 1953; and that same has been published as required by law. v C I T Y C L E R K •