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ANORDINANCEAMENDINGCHAPTER13.12 OF THEMOSESLAKE
MUNICIPALCODEENTITLED"WATERANDSEVERRATES"
THECITY COUNCILOF THE CITY OF MOSESLAKE,WASHINGTONDOORDAINAS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 13.12 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Water and
i Sewer Rates"is amended as follows:
13.12.040 Commercial Sewer Rates:
A.The following shall be the monthly rate charged customersresidingwithinthecorporatelimitsofthecityandoutsidethecorporatelimitsofthecityexceptfortheareacommonlyknownastheformerLarsonAirBaseareaforallchargeable
water discharged into the city sewer system by commercial
users and dwellings with three or more living units served by
one meter:
Amount Used(in cubic feet)Sewer Rate
0-1,000 $16.00 per month minimumOver1,000 $.46 per 100 cu.ft.or portionthereof
The following shall be the monthly rate charged customersresidingoutsidethecorporatelimitsofthecityinthe areacommonlyknownastheformerLarsonAirBaseareaforall
chargeable water discharged into the city sewer system by com-mercial users and dwellings with three or more living units
served by one meter:i Amount Used
(in cubic feet)Sewer Rate
0-1,000 $8.40 per month minimumOver1,000 $.57 per 100 cu.ft,or portion
thereof
B.For purposes of calculating sewer charges,chargeable watershallbedefinedasfollows:Chargeable water shall be mea-sured by the water consumed on the premises,whatever the
source of such water,and the same will be metered either by apublicutilitymeteroroneinstalledandmaintainedbythe
owner of the premises at his own expense and approved and in-spected by the city.As an option,if requested by the ownerofthepremises,the city will install a water meter with thecostforthemeterandinstallationbeingpaidbytheownerofthepremisesinaccordancewiththechargesassessedínMLMC13.08.020 for water/sewer connections.Under such circum-stances the water meter becomes the property of the owner ofthepremisesandallcostsofreplacementandrepairaretheresponsibilityoftheownerofthepremises.In all circum-stances where the water is metered by a privately ownedwatermeterandisusedtodeterminesewercharges,the city shallibeallowedaccesstothemeterinordertoreadsuchmeter.Where the use of water is such that a portion of all the wateruseddoesnotflowintothesewersystem,for whatever reason,but is lost by evaporation,irrigation,sprinkling or is usedinmanufacturingorinamanufacturedproduct,or is lost forwhateverreason,and the person in control provides proof ofthisfactandinstallsameterorothermeasuringdeviceap-proved by the city to measure the amount of water so used and
so lost,or if the city is capable of determining the amountofsewageenteringthecity's sewer system by some othermechanicalmeans,this water may be deducted from the actualwaterconsumptionusedincalculatingthesewercharge.
The sewer charges for triplexes and apartments,mobile home
parks,schools,hospitals and other commercial establishments
with increased usage for irrigation,only if their landscaping
exceeds five thousand square feet,shall be computed on the
average consumption during the previous non-irrigation season,unless the user elects to install,at his expense,an approved
measuring device to measure water not entering the sewer sys-tem.When a user has a swimming pool or cooling units dis-
charging to the sanitary sewer,he must install an approved
meter to determine the amount of water exempt from sewerchargesduringtheirrigationseason.The irrigation seasonshallbedefinedastheperiodinwhichstatementsaremailed
for the April through October billing cycles.
C.Sewer rates for commercial uses discharged into the sewer sys-tem 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 prohibit discharge 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 in-
stalled,replaced or that have capacity increased after the
effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall
be required to install recirculating units.Disposal may not
be accomplished by discharging into the sanitary sewer system.
Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5)days
after its passage and publication as provided by law.
Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on June 28,1988.
Mayor 's
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City Attorney
SUMMARYPUBLISHED7/1/88
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