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AN ORDINANCEAMENDINGCHAPTER 13.12 OF THE MOSESLAKEMUNICIPALCODEENTITLED"WATERAND SEWER RATES"
THE CITYCOUNCILOF THE CITYOF MOSESLAKE.WASHINGTONDO ORDAINASFOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 13.12 oftheMoses Lake Municipal Code entitled"Waterand Sewer Rates"is amendedasfollows:
13.12.040 CommercialSewer Rates:
A.The following shall be the monthlyrate charged customers residing within the corporatelimitsofthecityandoutsidethecorporatelimitsofthecityforallchargeablewaterdischargedintothecitysewersystembycommercialusersanddwellingswiththreeormoreIMngunîtsservedbyonemeter:
Amount Used
(incubic feet)Sewer Rate
0-1,000 $17.60per month minimumOver1,000 $.56 per 100 cu ft.or portionthereof
B.For purposes of calculating sewer charges,chargeable water shall be defined as follows:Chargeablewatershallbe measured bythe water consumedon thepremises,whatever thesourceofsuchwater,and the same willbe metered either by a publicutilitymeter or oneinstalledandmaintainedbytheownerofthepremisesathisownexpenseandapprovedandinspectedbythecity.As an option,ifrequested bythe ownerofthe premises,the citywillinstallawatermeterwiththecostforthemeterandinstallationbeingpaldbytheownerofthepremisesinaccordancewiththechargesassessedInMLMC13.08.020 for wa-ter/sewer connections.Undersuch circumstancesthe water meter becomes thepropertyoftheownerofthepremisesandallcostsofreplacementandrepairaretheresponsibilityoftheownerofthepremises.Inallcircumstanceswherethewater is metered bya privatelyownedwatermeterandIsusedtodeterminesewercharges,the city shall be allowedaccesstothemeterinordertoreadsuchmeter.Where the use of water is such thataportionofallthewateruseddoesnotflowintothesewersystem,forwhateverreason,butislostbyevaporation,irrigation,sprinklingor is used in manufacturingor ina manufacturedproduct,oris lostforwhateverreason,and the person incontrol providesproofof thisfactandinstallsameterorothermeasuringdeviceapprovedbythecitytomeasuretheamountofwatersousedandsolost,or ifthe cityis capable of determiningthe amountofsewageenteringthecity's sewer system by some other mechanical means,this water may bedeductedfromtheactualwaterconsumptionusedincalculatingthesewercharge.
The sewercharges fortriplexes and apartments,mobilehome parks,schools,hospitalsandothercommercialestablishmentswithincreasedusageforirrigation,onlyiftheirlandscapingexceedsfivethousandsquarefeet,shallbe computed on the average consumptionduringthepreviousnon-irrigationseason,unlessthe user elects to install,at his expense,anapprovedmeasuringdevicetomeasurewaternotenteringthesewersystem.When a userhasaswimmingpoolorcoolingunitsdischargingtothesanitarysewer,he must install anapprovedmetertodeterminetheamountofwaterexemptfromsewerchargesduringtheirrigationseason.The irrigation season shallbe defined as the perlodinwhich statementsaremailedfortheAprilthroughNovemberbillingcycles.
C.Sewer rates for commercial uses discharged into the sewer system may be separatelydeterminedbytheCityCouncil,based upon both volume and chemicalcharacteristicsofthesewage.The CityCouncilreserves the privilegeto requirepre-treatmentof any materialdischargedintotheseweragesystem,or to prohibitdischarge into the systemof Industrialwastesthat,because of either volume or concentration,will overload existing seweragefacilities.
O D.AIIair-conditioning and refrigerationunitsthat are installed,replaced or that have capacityincreasedaftertheeffectivedateoftheordinancecodifiedinthischaptershallberequiredtoinstallrecirculatingunits.Disposal may not be accomplished by discharging into thesanitarysewersystem.
Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5)days afterits passage and publication
as provided by law.
Adopted by the CityCouncil and sign
Finance Director
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PUBLISHED:1/3/92
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