674_00001ORDINANCE NO.674
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.10 OF THÉMOSES LAKE CITY CODE
ENTITLED "WATER AND SEWER RATES AND REGULATIONS FOR LARSON AIR
FORCE BASE PROPERTY"BY AMENDING COMMERCIAL SEWER RATES BASED
UPON WATER ÚISCHRAGED INTO THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM.
NOW,T1tBREFORE,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITYOF MOSES LAKE,WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.That Chapter 9.10 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Water and Sewer Rates,
and Regulations for Larson Air Force Base Property",be amended to read as follows:
9.10.14 COMMERCIAL SEWER RATES
(1)The following shall be the monthly rate charged for all chargeable water dis-
charged into the municipally owned sewer system by commercial users and
dwellings with two or more living units served by one meten
Amount Used Sewer Rate
Up to -1000 C.F.$5,00/month (minimum)
1001 -15000 C.F.0.40/100 C.F.
15001 -35000 C.F.0.35/100 C.F.
all over -35000 C.F.0.30/100 C.F.
(2)For purposes of calculating sewer charges,chargeable water shall be defined as follows:
Chargeable water shall be measured by the water consumed on the premises,
whatever the source of such water,and the same will be metered eithey by a
publio utility meter or one installed and maintained by the owner of thg premises
at his own expense and approved by the City.Where the use of watör is such
that a portion of all the water used does not flow into the sewer system,but is
lost by evaporation,irrigation,sprinkling,or is used in manufacturing or in a
manufactured product,and the person in control provides proof of this fact and
installs a meter or other measuring device approved by the City to measutithe ,
amount of water so used and so lost,this water may be deducted from the actual
water consumption used in calculating the sewer charge.
The sewer charges for duplexes and apartments,mobile home parks,schools,
hospitals,and motels during the irrigation season shall be computed on the average
consumption during the previous nonairrigation~season,unless the user elects
to install,at his expense,an approved measuring device to measure water not &ntorihg
the sewer system.When a user has a swimming pool or an air conditioner dis-
charging 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 he defined as the period of April through October.
(3)Special Commercial Sewer Rates:Sewer Rates for Commercial uses discharged
in excess of 10,000 cubic feet per month may be separately determined by the City
Council,based upon both volume and chemical characteristics of the.sewage.
The City Gouncil reserves the privilege to require Ptetreatment of any material '
discharged into the sewerage system,or to prohibit discharge into the system of
industrial wastes that,because of either volume or concentration wiß overload
existing sewerage facilities.
(4)Air conditioning and refrigeration:All air conditioning and refrigeration units .that are installed,replaced,or that have capacity increased after the effective
date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be required to install recircu-
lating units .Disposal may not be accomplished by discharging into the sanitary
sewerage system.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Moses La AP VED by its Mayor this .10th
A MAYOR Otto M
I¾rk ChÈfes"Dá port
AP D AS TO FORM:
ity Attorney,JohnE.Calbom