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Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor one
•T•nald R. Cone, finance Director
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ORDINANCE NO. 2336
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17.04 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 17.04 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "General Provisions" is amended as
follows:
17.04.060 Assignment of Water Rights for Subdivision of Land.
A.As a condition for the approval of the subdivision of real property pursuant to Chapters
17.13, 17.17, and 17.25 of this code, utilizing city provided water for residential
consumption, irrigation, fire suppression, or commercial application, any property owner
or developer of such property shall assign and transfer to the city any perfected
application, certificate, permit or right of withdrawal of ground or surface waters, or such
other water rights as may be appurtenant to such property in such quantities as is
sufficient to serve the real property. This assignment and transfer shall not apply to
individual service wells which are exempt from certification under the laws of the State of
Washington. This assignment and transfer shall also not apply to properties which receive
sufficient irrigation water services provided under a perfected water right from a city
approved irrigation water service provider or industrial or industrial applications or those
situations where water is provided to applications on the property by someone or some
entity other than the city .
B.In the event, there are no water rights represented either by perfected application,
certificate, permit or right for withdrawal appurtenant to the real property benefitted in
subsection (A) above, the property owner or developer shall pay to the city, in lieu thereof,
a water rights acquisition fee as established by the city council from time to time by
resolution.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days after its passage and publication of
its summary as provided by law.
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