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REPEALED BY Urtri aAr..GE NO.kaa ORDINANCE NO. B -1922
AN ORDINANCE relating to the municipal sewage system and providing for an alternative
procedure for extension, expansion, and addition of said sewer system, and
providing the method of financing thereof; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the purpose of this ordinance is to facilitate the orderly
growth of the sanitary sewer system of the City of Yakima and to provide for an alter-
native procedure by which sewer lines may be constructed and financed. Nothing contain-
ed herein shall be construed as supplanting the Local Improvement District procedure of
constructing and financing municipal improvements. .
Section 2. That . in the event extensions and additions of the sewer system
of the City of Yakima are undertaken by the sewer utility outside of the boundaries of
any sewer local improvement district, payment for connections to said sewer system by
property owners shall be as follows:
(a) For lots, tracts, or parcels not exceeding 60 feet of frontage on the
sewer line, the connection charge shall be $125.00, with an additional charge of $2.00
per foot for additional frontage.
(b) Where connections are made to premises located outside the city limits,
the connection charge shall be 3150.00, with an additional charge of $2.00 per foot for
additional frontage. .
(c) In the case of corner lots or irregularly shaped lots, whether inside
or outside the city limits, the frontage shall be considered the same as that for
adjacent or nearby regularly shaped lots of approximately the same area.
Section 3. It is the intention of the City Commission that each lot, tract
or parcel connecting to the sewer line shall bear its proportionate share of the constr-
uction costs of the sewer installation; therefore, the charges set forth above shall
apply to all lots, tracts or parcels using the sewer facilities . regardless of the
manner in which the physical connection is accomplished.
Section 4. The connection charges provided for herein shall be paid in
full by the property owner at . the time a sewer construction permit is obtained as prov-
ided for in Plumbing Ordinance No. B -99, as amended.
Section 5. Property abutting on but not previously assessed or not having
previously contributed its proportionate share of construction costs may be connected
to the sewer line upon the payment of connection charges as herein provided.
Section 6. For extensions abutting vacant or unoccupied property where no
immediate "sewer connections are to be made, the feasibility of extending such sewer line
will be left to the discretion of the city engineer, provided however, that no extensions
will be made which average more than 100 lineal feet per connection, unless the property
owners desiring such sewer line extension deposit with the City Treasurer a sum equal to
50% of the estimated cost of the improvement, said deposit to be returned to the prop-
erty owners when the total number of connections to the sewer line so extended average
100 feet or less per connection.
Section 7. All monies collected as hereinbefore provided shall be paid
into and credited to the fund known and designated as the "Sewer Fund ", as provided
in Ordinance No. B -1$90.
Section $. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, property, health and safety, and an emergency is 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 the City Charger.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 20ttt day of
August, 1956.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) C.H.BEHNKE
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -1922 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to the municipal sewage system and providing
for an alternative procedure for extension, expansion, and addition of said sewer
system, and providing the method of financing thereof; and declaring an emergency." as
passed on the 20 day of August, 1956, and that same has been published as required by
law.
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