HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/20/2009 22 Water, Irrigation, Wastewater and Refuse Utilities, YMC Amendment for New Utility System BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
• AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 4 2Z
For Meeting Of: October 20, 2009
ITEM TITLE: - Ordinance amending the Yakima Municipal Code Relating to Water, Irrigation,
Wastewater and Refuse Utilities to accommodate features of a new Utility System.
SUBMITTED BY: Utility Services Division
Refuse Division
Wastewater Division
Water and Irrigation Division
CONTACT PERSON /TELEPHONE: Pete Hobbs, Utility Services Manager 575 -6080!
SUMMARY EXPLANATION: In mid 2008, the City of Yakima contracted with Paladin Systems for the
purchase of their permitting and licensing systems and for the development of a. new Utility Customer
Service System (UCSS). The permitting system was placed into operation in December, 2008, the licensing
module went live in April of this year, and a beta version of the Utility Management System was recently
delivered to the City for preliminary testing. The new Utility Customer Service System (UCSS) has a
number of new features that will allow the City to enhance customer service and improve the accuracy of
our processes. These features include: prorated billing, budget payment option, notification to owners of
III delinquent bills in a tenants name, and many others.
There are a number of features in the new Utility Customer Service System (UCSS) that are not available in
our current Utility systems, and, thus, have never been incorporated into the City's Municipal Code. The
proposed ordinance changes will update the policies and practices included in the YMC and thereby allow
the City to utilize the new features that have been designed into the new UCSS once it has been fully
implemented. Implementation of the new Utility System is targeted for late 2009 or early 2010, depending
on results of system tests currently in progress. Additionally, staff has taken this opportunity to make a
couple of housekeeping changes to the existing Ordinance. For ease of comparison, a "redlined" version of
the Yakima Municipal Code, which identifies both the existing and proposed language, is attached.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -
AN ORDINANCE relating to changes in utility services practices; amending Sections
4.16.140, 7.50.040, 7.50.0900, 7.60.020, 7.60.025, 7.60.100,
7.60.105, 7.68. 250 and 7.62.282 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code; and establishing an effective date.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima (City) is in the process of developing a new Utility
Customer Service System (UCSS) to better serve both our internal and external
customers;
WHEREAS, the UCSS is being developed in a fashion that will allow the City to
enhance customer service and improve the accuracy of our processes in ways not
currently addressed in the Yakima Municipal Code;
WHEREAS, current rate ordinances do not address daily rates;
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the rates and charges for
utility service set forth in this ordinance are fair, just and reasonable;
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that such circumstances and
procedures should be amended as set forth in the Ordinance;
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 4.16.140 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
4.16.140 Classification of premises— Charges.
A. For the purpose of regulating the collection of garbage and refuse in the
city of Yakima, there are established two classifications: one to be known as the
"residential classification," and the other as the "business classification." The
residential classification shall include all premises occupied as a single - family
housekeeping unit, either in dwelling houses, apartments, or other multiple
residences. "Residential unit," as used herein, is defined as a unit in which all
persons reside together as a single family, whether in single or multiple
dwellings. The business classification shall include all other premises.
Provided, property owned by the city may be served by city equipment and
crews independently of the classifications and rates established by this chapter;
pr ovided further, the rules and regulations established by this chapter pertaining
to receptacles and to the preparation, storage, and collection of garbage, refuse
and debris shall be applicable to all property within the city, including that owned
by the city. •
B. The collection of all refuse in the business classification shall be made
only by licensed collectors, hereinafter provided for, at rates to be set by the
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.
C. The collection of all refuse in the residential classification shall be
conducted by the city of Yakima equipment and personnel and financed by
garbage and refuse collection fees hereinafter set forth. The city of Yakima shall
not collect refuse from apartments or multiple units in excess of four units except
upon the request of the owner or operator thereof. The following collection fees
and practices shall apply for all garbage collection services conducted by the city
of Yakima.
1. There are hereby imposed for refuse collection in the residential
classification the following charges for each single - family dwelling and for each
residential unit in any multiple dwelling:
Type of Residential Monthly
Refuse Collection Service Charge
At Curb or Alley
Each 32- gallon cart $9.17
Each 96- gallon cart $15.58
Carry Out Collection
Each 32- gallon cart $17.76 •
Each 96- gallon cart $25.75
An overfill fee of two dollars and fifteen cents shall be imposed each time an
automated cart is filled past its visible full limit or the cart lid will not close due to
overfilling.
A call -back charge of eleven dollars and five cents shall be imposed each time
a customer requests refuse collection service at a time other than the regularly
scheduled time.
Metal bin service charges as follows:
Type of Residential Bin Monthly
Service Charge
2 -Yard
Each bin collected weekly $74.87
Each additional bin $74.87
Each additional pickup per bin $44.91
4 -Yard
Each bin collected weekly $119.78
Each additional bin $119.78
Each additional pickup per bin $89.82
6 -Yard
Each bin collected weekly $164.69
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• Each additional bin $164.69
Each additional pickup per bin $134.78
An overfill fee of eleven dollars and twenty -three cents shall be imposed each
time a bin is filled past its visible full limit or the bin lid will not close due to
overfilling.
Temporary 2 -Yard Bin
Accounts:
Initial Delivery Fee $36.91
Pickup Charge $9.23
Daily Service Fee $0.31
If a Refuse account is open for less than one month, it shall be billed at the
weekly rate multiplied by the number of weeks the account is open, rounding up.
A minimum charge of one week will be charged to all Refuse accounts, even if
they are not open for an entire week. The weekly rate is calculated by dividing
the corresponding monthly rate by 4.33.
2. In addition to the charges imposed by subsection (C)(1) of this section, a
separate charge, to be known as the "yard service charge," is imposed on each
• residential unit that elects to receive yard material collection service from the city
during the nine -month period of each year commencing March 1st and ending
November 30th. Such service shall utilize one or more ninety- six - gallon carts
owned and provided by the city. The yard service charge shall be eleven dollars
and seventy -five cents per month for one ninety- six - gallon cart, plus five dollars
and eighty -seven cents per month for each additional ninety- six - gallon cart, and
shall be billed to each residential unit that elects to receive this service at the
time and as a part of the billings rendered for other city services applicable for
that nine -month period. A call -back charge of eleven dollars and five cents shall
be imposed each time a customer requests yard material collection service at a
time other than the .regularly scheduled time. If a yard service account is open for
less than one month, it shall be billed at the weekly rate multiplied by the number
of weeks the account is open, rounding up. A minimum charge of one week will
be charged to all Yard Waste accounts, even if they are not open for an entire
week. The weekly rate is calculated by dividing the corresponding monthly rate
by 4.33.
3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in
subsections (C)(1) and (C)(2) of this section shall be billed for and paid at the
same time and for the same period as billings and payments are made for other
• city utility services; or, in the event a customer is served by the refuse division
but is not served with another city utility, garbage and refuse collection charges
shall be billed and paid for according to the schedule which would be applicable •
to such customer were he so served with another city utility service. Accounts
shall become delinquent if not paid within the time specified by YMC 7.50.080 for
payment of water service charges.
4. Garbage and refuse collection charges will be suspended for any
customer upon advance notice to the office of the division of utility accounts that
a particular premises served will be unoccupied and such charges will be
resumed on notice to such office to resume service. No such suspension of
charges for garbage and refuse collection service will be made for any premises
served with any other city utility unless all city utility service to such premises is
likewise suspended.
Application for resumption of service to a new customer shall be made to the
office of the division of utility accounts on forms provided for that purpose which
shall contain the name of the customer and the street address and number of
units of the premises to be served.
5. Collection service may be suspended for nonpayment of accounts, but
such suspension shall not relieve the person owing such account from the duty of
complying with the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances pertaining to
garbage, refuse, or sanitation. Such suspension of service shall render the
premises where such collection service is suspended subject to condemnation
for lack of sanitary requirements, and the owner or person in charge or in
possession of said premises shall be subject to prosecution for maintaining a
nuisance thereon, as well as enforcement of all other applicable laws. •
6. Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency, the amount
thereof shall become a lien against the property from which the garbage
collection service shall have been rendered. Such lien shall be made effective by
filing a notice thereof specifying the charges, the period covered by the charges
and giving a legal description of the premises at which the service was rendered.
Such lien shall be filed with the same official and within the time and shall be
foreclosed within the time and manner prescribed by law for filing and foreclosing
liens for labor and material, and shall be superior to encumbrances filed
subsequent to the filing of such lien, but shall be subject to all general taxes and
local improvement assessments, whether levied prior or subsequent thereto.
D. The yard material collection service, for which the yard service charge is
imposed by subsection (C)(2) of this section, shall include the weekly collection
of yard material from automated /semi - automated plastic ninety- six - gallon carts
furnished by the city department of public works during the nine -month period for
which the yard service charge is billed to any particular premises. For collection
purposes, the total weight of each cart including yard material deposited therein
may not exceed two hundred pounds. Yard material larger than four inches in
diameter or too long to fit within a ninety- six - gallon cart when covered by its lid
shall not be placed in a ninety- six - gallon cart for collection, but may, upon proper
request, be collected as special haul material.
E. In addition to the regulations adopted and charges imposed by
subsections C and D of this section, further charges are imposed in the following
types of service: •
1. A charge of two dollars and fifteen cents, in addition to the surcharge for
collecting refuse and yard material, shall be made for each extra container, bag,
box or bundle of tree or shrub trimmings collected from any particular residential
premises.
2. For a special garbage pickup, actual cost shall be charged to the
customer. Actual cost shall include the city's actual cost for labor, equipment
rental, and landfill fees. The minimum charge for this service shall be twenty -five
dollars. (Ord. 2007 -63 § 1, 2007: Ord. 2006 -07 § 1, 2006: Ord. 2005 -77 § 1,
2005: Ord. 2004 -80 § 1, 2004: Ord. 2004 -25 § 8, 2004: Ord. 2002 -58 § 1, 2002:
Ord. 2001 -75 § 1, 2001: Ord. 2001 -34 §§ 2-4, 2001; Ord. 2000 -61 § 1, 2000:
Ord. 99 -52 § 1, 1999: Ord. 98 -71 § 1, 1998: Ord. 97 -75 § 1, 1997: Ord. 96 -83 §
1, 1996: Ord. 95 -61 § 1, 1995; Ord. 94 -81 § 1, 1994: Ord. 3507 § 1, 1993: Ord.
3425 § 1, 1991; Ord. 3319 § 1, 1990; Ord. 3228 § 1, 1989; Ord. 3005 §§ 1, 2,
1987; Ord. 2922 § 6, 1985; Ord. 2880 § 4, 1985; Ord. 2868 §§ 1, 2, 1985; Ord.
2658 § 1, 1982; Ord. 2574 § 1, 1981; Ord. 2480 § 1, 1980; Ord. 2272 §§ 2, 3,
1979; Ord. 2144 §§ 1, 2, 1977; Ord. 1876 §§ 1, 2, 1975; Ord. 1589 § 1, 1973;
Ord. 1363 § 1, 1971; Ord. 1238 § 1, 1970; Ord. 441, 1963: Ord. 259 (part), 1961:
Ord. B -2028, 1957: Ord. B -1876, 1956: Ord. B -1523 § 10, 1953).
2. In addition to the charges imposed by subsection (C)(1) of this section, a
separate charge, to be known as the "yard service charge," is imposed on each
residential unit that elects to receive yard material collection service from the city
110 during the nine -month period of each year commencing March 1st and ending
November 30th. Such service shall utilize one or more ninety- six - gallon carts
owned and provided by the city. The yard service charge shall be eleven dollars
and seventy -five cents per month for one ninety- six - gallon cart, plus five dollars
and eighty -seven cents per month for each additional ninety- six - gallon cart, and
shall be billed to each residential unit that elects to receive this service at the
time and as a part of the billings rendered for other city services applicable for
that nine -month period. A call -back charge of eleven dollars and five cents shall
be imposed each time a customer requests yard material collection service at a
time other than the regularly scheduled time.
Section 2. The title of Section 7.50 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 7.50
UTILITY - DEPOSITS ACCOUNTING, BILLING AND ADMINISTRATION
Section 3. Section 7.50.040 of the City of Yakima .Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.50.040 Utility services fees.
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For purposes of this section, business hours are considered to be eight a.m. to
six p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The following fees and
charges shall apply when the listed actions are taken /provided by the utility
services division. The fees set forth in the following table shall be considered the
base for calculations of future fee increases. Once every two years beginning in
March, 2008 (or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible based upon
availability of the indices set forth herein), an adjustment shall be added to the
base figures that is either eighty percent of the December change in the United
States Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI -W)
for the Seattle, Tacoma, Bremerton region or eighty percent of the December
Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumer Expenditures, whichever is lower
and rounded to the nearest whole dollar, to reflect the changes in inflation for
these two indices over the previous two calendar years. (For purposes of
determining the change in the CPI, the standard reference base period of 1984
equals one hundred will be used.)
a. Account reinstatement fee $15.00
b. Start temporary water service (less than 24 hours in $20.00
duration)
c. Immediate service— customer request $15.00
d. Irrigation shut -off fee $25.00
e. Turn -on and shut -off customer request for nonbusiness $160.00 /call out
hours •
f. Meter obstruction charge (after notice) $40.00
g. Check read charge, after first accurate check read within $15.00
one billing cycle
h. Lien processing fee (1)
i. Returned NSF check fee $40.00
j. Field visit for delinquency $40.00
k. (For future use)
I. Illegal turn -on, tampering of utility service or illegal $100.00 fine plus 3X cost of
connection as defined in YMC 7.50.100 any repairs
(1) This fee will be based on actual cost plus any related costs and taxes
incurred.
(Ord. 2006 -07 § 12, 2006).
Section 4. Section 7.50.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.50.090 Irrigation accounts.
A. All accounts of property receiving irrigation charges shall be identified in
the records of the utility services division by the house and /or street number and
under the account number assigned thereto, as well as by the name and address
of the owner or of the customer. All bills and notices related to irrigation that are •
sent out by the utility services division shall be sent to the house and street
• number of the owner of said property. Any changes in ownership and /or errors in
the billing /mailing address shall be promptly reported to the utility services
division by the property owner and /or their agent.
B. Effective January 1, 1998, a bill for each customer shall be generated
every two months for irrigation system rates and charges incurred during the
preceding two -month period. For purposes of this bimonthly billing, the annual
rates and charges set forth in YMC 7.24.100 shall be divided into six equal
amounts. If an account is open for Tess than an entire billing cycle, it shall be
billed at the daily rate. The daily rate is calculated by dividing the annual rates
and charges set forth in YMC 7.24.100 by 365. The bill shall be rendered as part
of the bill for other utility services rendered by the city, including domestic water,
wastewater, and refuse collection. All payments for irrigation system rates and
charges shall be due and payable to the office of the treasurer on or before the
fourteenth day after the bill therefore is rendered.
C. All domestic water service and /or irrigation water service may be
suspended to any premises for which the irrigation water service charge remains
unpaid for a period of twenty -one days after the due date stated on the billing
statement; provided, that no domestic water service or irrigation water service
shall be suspended until a written notice has been served upon or mailed to the
customer, at least seven days prior to suspending service. Such notice shall
state the date on which domestic water service and /or irrigation water service is
to be suspended, the amount of delinquent charges, and that a customer may
request, in writing, a hearing before the utility services manager, or his /her
designee, to contest the suspension; provided, that such request is received by
the customer service manager or his or her designee before the suspension date
stated in the notice of suspension.
D. Upon timely receipt of a request for a hearing as provided in subsection C
of this section, the utility services manager or his or her designee shall conduct a
hearing, and the customer requesting the hearing shall be notified in writing by
the utility services manager, or his /her designee, of the date, time and place of
such hearing. Pending the outcome of such hearing, no domestic water service
or irrigation water service to the customer's premises shall be suspended.
E. In the event of a delinquency in the payment of charges for irrigation water
service to any premises or property, the city may exercise its remedies as
described in YMC 7.50.080(E), pursuant to RCW 35.21.290 and 35.21.300,
against such premises by discontinuing domestic water service and /or irrigation
water service thereto. If domestic water service and /or irrigation water service is
suspended as.a result of a delinquent utility service account in accord with
subsection C of this section, such service shall not be reinstated until all
delinquencies and unpaid charges against such premises for irrigation water
service have been paid. (Ord. 2006 -07 § 17, 2006).
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Section 5. A new section 7.50.150 is added ,.to the City of Yakima
Municipal Code as follows:
7.50.150 Budget Billing.
City of Yakima may offer residential utility customers the option of a budget
payment plan. The budget payment plan shall be set forth in a program policy
and guidelines document, as adopted or amended from time to time, of the Utility
Services Manager, subject to approval by the Finance Director.
Section 6 Section 7.60.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.60.020 Owner (inside city) retail wastewater service charge.
A. Wastewater Service Charge. There shall be charged to and collected from
all premises within the city served by the city wastewater system a wastewater
service charge composed of a ready -to -serve charge and a volume charge
based on either the quantity of water supplied to the premises or, if metered, the
quantity of wastewater discharged into the wastewater sewer system; provided,
that in no event shall the total wastewater service charge be Tess than the
minimum charge indicated below:
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Minimum Minimum Minimum
charge charge charge
effective effective effective
January 14, November 2, November 2,
2008 2008 2009
$13.81 /month $14.29 /month $14.79 /month
$0.4540 /day $0.4698/day $0.4862/day
(1) Wastewater Service Charge - Schedules. The wastewater service charge
shall be calculated and charged according to the following schedules:
(a) Ready -to -Serve Charges. For all customers other than multiple -unit
residential customers:
Charges effective Charges effective Charges effective
January 14, 2008 November 2, 2008 November 2, 2009
Water Meter Monthly Bimonthly Monthly Bimonthly Monthly Bimonthly
Size (Inches) Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge
3 / $13.81 $27.62 $14.29 $28.58 $14.79 $29.58
1 $17.54 $35.08 $18.15 $36.30 $18.78 $37.56
1-1/2 $22.65 $45.30 $23.44 $46.88 $24.26 $48.52
2 $36.46 $72.92 $37.73 $75.46 $39.05 $78.10
• . 3 $138.10 $27620 $142.90 $285.80 $147.90 $295.80
4 $175.80 $351.60 $181.91 $363.82 $188.28 $376.56
6 $263.77 $527.54 $272.94 $545.88 $282.49 $564.98
8 $364.03 $728.06 $376.68 $753.36 $389.86 $779.72
10 $728.06 $1,456.12 $753.37 $1,506.74 $779.73 $1,559.46
Daily rates for meters larger than 3/4" shall be calculated by dividing the monthly
charge by 30.
For multiple -unit residential customers, the monthly ready -to -serve charge
shall be based on the number of accounts plus the number of dwelling units,
according to the following:
Ready -to -serve charges Ready -to -serve charges Ready -to -serve charges
effective January 14, 2008 effective November 2, effective November 2,
2008 2009
$7.18 /account + $6.63 /unit $7.43 /account + $6.86 /unit $7.69 /account + $7.10 /unit
Daily rates for multiple unit residential customers shall be calculated by
dividing the monthly charge by 30.
(b) Volume Charge. For all customers, the volume charge shall be
determined by the following:
Volume charge effective Volume charge effective Volume charge effective
January 14, 2008 November 2, 2008 November 2, 2009
$2.42 per 100 cubic feet of $2.51 per 100 cubic feet of $2.59 per 100 cubic feet of
water consumption or, if water consumption or, if water consumption or, if
metered, quantity metered, quantity metered, quantity
discharged discharged discharged
Section 7. Section 7.60.025 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.60.025 Nonowner (outside city) retail wastewater service charge.
A. Wastewater Service Charge. There shall be charged to and collected from
all premises outside the city served by the city wastewater system a wastewater
service charge composed of a ready -to -serve charge and a volume charge
based on domestic water consumption; provided, that in no event shall the total
wastewater service charge be less than the minimum charge indicated below:
Minimum Minimum Minimum
charge charge charge
• effective effective effective
January 14, November 2, November 2,
2008. . 2008 2009
$19.86 /month $20.95 /month $22.10 /month
$0.6529/day $0.6888/day $0.7266/day
(1) Wastewater Service Charge - Schedules. The wastewater service charge
shall be calculated and charged according to the following schedules:
(a) Ready -to -Serve Charge. For all customers other than multiple -unit
residential customers:
Charges effective Charges effective Charges effective
January 14, 2008 November 2, 2008 November 2, 2009
Water Meter Monthly Bimonthly Monthly Bimonthly Monthly Bimonthly
Size (Inches) Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge
3/4 . $19.86 $39.72 $20.95 $41.90 $22.10 $44.20
1 $25.22 $50.44 $26.61 $53.22 $28.07 $56.14
1 -1/2 $32.57 $65.14 $34.36 $68.72 $36.24 $72.48
2 $52.43 $104.86 $55.31 $110.62 $58.34 $11
3 $198.60 $397.20 $209.50 $419.00 $221.00 $442.00
4 $252.82 $505.64. _ $266.69 $533.38 $281.33 $562.66
6 $379.33 $758.66 $400.15 $800.30 $422.11 $844.22
8 $523.51 $1,047.02 $552.24 $1,104.48 $582.56 $1,165.12
10 $1,047.02 $2,094.04 $1,104.48 $2,208.96 $1,165.11 $2,330.22
Daily rates for meters larger than 3/4" shall be calculated by dividing the monthly
charge by 30.
For multiple -unit residential customers, the monthly ready -to -serve charge
shall be based on the number of accounts plus the number of dwelling units,
according to the following:
Ready -to -serve charges Ready -to -serve charges Ready -to -serve charges
effective January 14, 2008 effective November 2, 2008 effective November 2, 2009
$10.33 /account + $9.53 /unit $10.89 /account + 10.06 /unit $11.49 /account + $10.61 /unit
Daily rates for multiple unit residential customers shall be calculated by
dividing the monthly charge by 30.
(b) Volume Charge. For all customers, the volume charge shall be
determined by the following:
Volume charge effective Volume charge effective Volume charge effective
January 14, 2008 November 2, 2008 November 2, 2009
$3.54 per 100 cubic feet of $3.73 per 100 cubic feet of $3.94 per 100 cubic feet of
water consumption or, if water consumption or, if water consumption or, if
• metered, quantity metered, quantity metered, quantity
discharged discharged discharged
Section 8. Section 7.60.100 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.60.100 Additional collection method—Water service suspension— Notice
and hearing procedure.
A. As an additional and concurrent method of collection of any such
delinquent wastewater rate or charge, the cuctomcr ccrvicc Utility Services
manager may suspend the water service or supply from the premises to which
such charge for wastewater has attached until such rates and charges are paid.
B. No water service shall be suspended until a written notice has been
served upon or mailed to the customer at least seven days prior to suspending
service. Such notice shall state the date on which service is to be suspended, the
amount of delinquent wastewater charges, and that a customer may request in
writing a hearing before the customer service manager or his designee to contest
the suspension, provided such request is received by the customer service
manager or his designee before the date service is to be suspended.
C. Upon timely receipt of a request for hearing, the customer service
manager or his designee shall conduct a hearing, and the customer requesting
• the hearing shall be notified in writing by the customer service manager or his
designee of the time, date and place of such hearing. Pending the outcome of a
hearing, no service shall be suspended.
D. When water service has been suspended for nonpayment of a wastewater
charge, water service shall not be resumed until all delinquent service charges
have been paid, together with an additional fifteen - dollar reconnection charge.
E. In the event the occupant of a premises is someone other than the
customer, the occupant or, in the case of a multiple dwelling, the manager or
person in charge shall be notified in writing of the date of the suspension of
service and the amount of delinquency at the same time such customer is so
notified. (Ord. 2007 -65 § 13, 2007: Ord. 2003 -75 § 13, 2003).
Section 9. Section 7.60.105 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.60.105 Rates, charges and fees for pretreatment program.
A. It is the purpose of this section to provide for the payment of rates,
charges and fees for certain discharges to the wastewater system, to
compensate the city for the cost of administration of the pretreatment program
established in Chapter 7.65. Connection charges for dischargers subject to
Chapter 7.65 are as set forth in Chapter 7.68 of this code.
B. Rates, Charges and Fees to Be Published. The wastewater manager shall
maintain a schedule of current rates, charges and fees, shall post such schedule
conspicuously, and shall make copies available to interested persons. Upon
request, the wastewater manager shall prepare an estimate of annual fees for a
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significant industrial user.
C. Significant Industrial Users (SIUs). Commencing on the effective date of
the ordinance codified in this section, SIU permit fees amounts shall be set at
ninety percent of that amount identified in the Industrial Facility Categories of
WAC 173- 224 -040. The permit fee shall cover the costs of administering the SIU
wastewater discharge permit program including inspections, technical
assistance, education, and compliance administration. Costs associated with any
sampling and testing shall be in addition to the permit fee. This annual fee is
based on the state's fiscal year (July 1st —June 30th).
D. Base Fee for Minor Industrial Users (MIUs). Commencing on the effective
date of the ordinance codified in this section and until amended pursuant to
subsection F of this section, minor industrial users (as defined in Chapter 7.65)
shall pay a base fee for pretreatment service.
Charge Charge Charge
effective effective effective
January 14, November November 2,
2008 2, 2008 2009
MIU base fee $80.13/ month $90.54/ month $102.32/ month
Owner at 75% $56.11/ month $59.19/ month $62.45/ month
The daily rate for MIUs shall be the monthly rate divided by 30.
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Significant industrial users shall not be subject to a base rate.
Section 10. Section 7.68.250 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.68.250 Water services charges.
A. For calendar years 2009 and beyond, the charge for domestic water supplied
within the City of Yakima shall consist of a ready -to -serve charge and a charge
for water consumed, as follows:
Ready -to -Serve Charges per Two -Month Period
Meter size 2009 2010 2011 2012
Jan 1 Jan 1 Jan 1 Jan 1
and
beyond •