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ORDINANCE NO.2761
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13.12 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED "WATER,SEWER,AND STORMWATER RATES"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE,WASHINGTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 13.12 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Water,Sewer,and Stormwater Rates"
is amended as follows:
13.12.010 Residential Water Rates:
A. The following shall be the monthly rate charge forwater from the city water system from all
residentialliving units within the corporatelimitsof the cityand outside the corporate limits of
the city after May 1,2015:
Amount Used
(in cubic feet)Water Rate
0-500 $22.60 per month
Over 500 $.84 per 100 cu.ft. or portion thereof
B.The following shall be the minimum monthly amounts charged according to each meter in
service for all residential living units within the corporate limits of the city and outside the
corporate limits of the city after May 1,2015:
Meter Size
(in inches)
Minimum Charge
per Calendar Month
Water Delivered for Minimum
(in cubic feet)
3/4 or smaller $22.60 500
1 $26.80 1,000
VA $39.40 2,500
2 $102.40 10,000
NOTE: All minimum charges are the base ratewithallconsumption in excess of five hundred
(500)cubic feet computed at the over five hundred (500)cubic feet rate.
13.12.015 Dwellings With Two Living Units:
A.The following shall be the monthly rate charged forwater from the city system fora dwelling
withtwo (2)separate livingunits within the corporate limits ofthe cityand outside thecorporate
limits of the citywith only one (1)meterserving two (2) livingunits or fortwo (2)houses on a
single lot served by one (1)meter after May 1, 2015:
Amount Used
(in cubic feet)Water Rate
0-1,000 $45.20 per month
Over 1,000 $.84 per 100 cu. ft. or portion thereof
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B.The following shall be the minimum monthly amounts charged according to the size ofeach
meter in service to a dwelling with two (2)separate living units with only one (1)meter to the
living unit or for two (2)houses on a single lot served by one (1)meter within the corporate
limits ofthe city and outside the corporate limits ofthe city after May 1,2015:
Meter Size
(in inches)
Minimum Charge
per Calendar Month
Water Delivered for Minimum
(in cubic feet)
3/4 or smaller $45.20 1,000
1 $53.60 2,000
11/2 $78.80 5,000
2 $204.80 20,000
13.12.020 Commercial Water Rates:
A.The following shall be the monthly rate charged for water from the city water system for
commercial users and dwellings with three (3) or more living units served by one (1)meter
within the corporate limits of the city and outside the corporate limits of the city after May 1,
2015:
Amount Used
(in cubic feet)Water Rate
0-500 $38.20 per month
Over 500 $.84 per 100 cu. ft. or portion thereof
B.The following shall be the minimum monthly amounts charged according to each meter in
service for commercial users and dwellings with three (3) or more living units served by one
(1)meterwithin the corporate limits of the city and outside the corporate limits of the city after
May 1,2015:
Meter Size
(in inches)
Minimum Charge
per Calendar Month
Water Delivered for Minimum
(in cubic feet)
3/4 or smaller $38.20 500
1 $42.40 1,000
11/2 $55.00 2,500
2 $118.00 10,000
3 $202.00 20,000
4 $328.00 35,000
6 $454.00 50,000
8 $790.00 90,000
10 $1,294.00 150,000
13.12.030 Residential Sewer Rates:The following shall be the monthly rate charged customers residing
within the corporate limits of the city and outside the corporate limits ofthe city for sewer service
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from the citysewer system for single-family dwellings and each unitof a duplex with separate
meters:flat rate,$33.15 per month after May 1, 2015.
13.12.035 Duplex Sewer Rates:The following shall be the monthly rate charged customers residing within
the corporate limits ofthe city and outside the corporate limits ofthe city for sewerservice from
the city sewersystem for duplexeswith only one (1)meter serving two (2)living units or for two
(2)living units on a single lot servedbyone (1)meter:flat rate,$66.30 permonth after May 1,
2015.
13.12.040 Commercial Sewer Rates:
A. The following shall bethe monthly rate charged customersresiding within the corporate limits
ofthe city andoutsidethe corporate limits ofthe city for all chargeable waterdischarged into
the city sewersystem by commercial users and dwellings with three (3)ormore living units
served by one (1)meter after May 1, 2015:
B.
C.
Amount Used (in cubic feet)Sewer Rate
0-1,000 $34.75 per month minimum
Over 1,000 $1.34 per 100 cu. ft. or portion thereof
For purposes of calculating sewer charges, chargeable water shall be defined as follows:
Chargeablewatershallbe measured bythe water consumed on the premises, whateverthe
source of such water,and the same will be metered either by a public utility meter or one
installed and maintained by the property owner of the premises at the property owner's
expense and approved and inspected by the city.Where the water is metered by a privately
owned water meter and is used to determine sewercharges,the city shall be allowed access
to the meter in order to read such meter.Where the use ofwater is such that a portion of all
the water used does not flow into the sewer system,for whatever reason,but is lost by
evaporation,irrigation,sprinkling or is used in manufacturing orina manufactured product, or
is lost forwhatever reason,and the person incontrol provides proof of this fact and installs a
meteror other measuring device approved by the cityto measurethe amountof water so used
and so lost, or if the city is capable of determining the amount of sewage entering the city's
sewer system by some other mechanical means,this water may be deducted from the actual
water consumption used in calculating the sewer charge.
The sewercharges for triplexes and apartments,mobile home parks,schools,hospitals and
other commercial establishments with increased usage forirrigation,only iftheir landscaping
exceeds five thousand (5,000)square feet, shall be computed on the average consumption
during the previous non-irrigationseason,unless the user elects to install, at his expense,an
approved measuring device to measure water not entering the sewer system.When a user
has a swimming pool or cooling units discharging to the sanitary sewer, he must install an
approved meter to determine the amount of water exempt from sewer charges during the
irrigation season.The irrigation season shall be defined asthe period inwhich statements are
mailed forthe April through November billing cycles.
Sewer rates for commercial uses discharged into the sewer system may be separately
determined by the City Council,based upon both volume and chemical characteristics of the
sewage.The City Council reserves the privilege to require pre-treatment of any material
discharged into the sewerage system,or to prohibitdischarge into the system of industrial
wastes that,because of either volume or concentration,will overload existing sewerage
facilities.
D.All air-conditioning and refrigeration units that are installed,replaced or that have capacity
increased afterthe effective date of the ordinance codified inthis chapter shallbe requiredto
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install recirculating units.Disposal maynotbeaccomplishedby discharging into the sanitary
sewer system.
13.12.042 Stormwater Rates: The following shall be the monthly rate forstormwater fees on residentialand
non-residential properties.
A.Residential properties shall becharged five dollars and forty cents ($5.40)pereach living unit.
B. Non-residential properties shall be charged the following rates perTable 13.12:
Table 13.12.042
Category Impervious Ground Cover (s.f)Rate
Non-residential 1 Up to 6,000 $5.40
Non-residential 2 6,001 to 15,000 $9.10
Non-residential 3 15,001 to 30,000 $13.35
Non-residential 4 30,001 to 60,000 $26.60
Non-residential 5 60,001 to 120,000 $53.10
Non-residential 6 120,001 to 240,000 $106.25
Non-residential 7 More than 240,000 $159.40
C.Undeveloped property shall not be charged a stormwater fee.
D.Non-residential property owners may submit a request for the following credits to the
stormwater fees.Residential properties are not eligible for credits.The credits are not
cumulative.Requests for credit shall be submitted to the Municipal Services Director on forms
provided by the Municipal Services Department.
1.A credit of up to eighty percent (80%)may be approved for non-residential properties for
portions of on-sitestormwaterdischargesto privatelymaintained on-site treatmentfacilities
that are in compliance with an active National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES)permit. A copy of the NPDES permit and the associated Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Plan shall be provided to the Municipal Services Director with the application
for credit.No credits will be approved for stormwater discharged to facilities that are
maintained and serviced by the stormwater utility.
2. A credit of up to fifty percent (50%)may be approved for non-residential property for
portionsofon-site stormwater discharges to privately maintained stormwater systemsthat
meet best management practices of the most current version of the Stormwater
Management Manual for Eastern Washington,meetall Cityof Moses Lake requirements,
and are approved by the Municipal Services Director.
3. A credit of up to ten percent (10%) may be approved for non-residential property for
portions of on-site stormwater discharges from roofs of non-residential buildings to
privately maintained stormwater facilities that utilize a permissive rainwater harvesting
system thatcomplies withthe Departmentof Ecology'srequirements and is approved by
the Municipal Services Director.
E. Approval of credit shall be indicated by a credit application that is signed by the Municipal
Services Director.Approved credits are effective for the first full month's billing cycle following
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the date of approval.Credits may be approved for multiple billing cycles,provided that
conditions of approval are continuously met by the applicant. Credits are not retroactive to
current or prior billings.Credits for future billing cycles may be revoked bythe Municipal
Services Director ifon-site conditions change;iffederal,state,or local regulations change
such that on-site stormwater treatment facilities are no longer current or acceptable;or ifthe
ordinance for stormwater is revised by City Council.
F.The above stormwater rates will become effective May 1,2015.
Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect and be inforce five (5)days after its passage and publication of
its summary as provided by law.
Adopted by the CityCouncil and signed by its Mayoron April 14, 2015.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
srine L.Kenison,City-Attorney
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Dick Deane,Mayor
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