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Home My WebLink AboutO-0792 - Water system regulations; repeals Sec. 1(6) of Ord. 720 and Sec. 2 of Ord. 476 (Repealed by 1434)~~ORDINANCE NO {I~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE RELATING TO ITS WATER SYSTEM,PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPER INSTALLED SERVICE CONNECTIONS, FOR CONNECTION CHARGES,FOR COLLECTION ON RECOVERY CONTRACTS,FOR HYDRANT CHARGES, FOR MINIMUM RATES BASED ON METER SIZE,FOR REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING NON-CAST IRON MAINS, AND FOR ENFORCEMENT OF OWNER'S FAILURE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE PRIVATE WATER LINES WHEREAS,the publIc Interests would best be served by addIng to the provls~ons hereIn known as the MarysvIlle Water Code the prOVIsIons hereInafter provIded, NOW,THEREFORE,the CIty CouncIl of the CIty of MarysvIlle do ordaIn as follows SectIon I Developer Installed SerVIce ConnectIons Developers of all new subdIVIsIons who expect to connect to the CIty water maIns shall be requIred to Install all of the serVIce connectIons,or have the CIty Install ~hem,before black- toppIng rIghts-of-way The charge by the CIty for InstallatIon of the serVIce connectIons shall be $55 00 per lot,whIch shall be collected from the developer before acceptIng the water maIns Upon bUIldIng a home on a lot the standard serVIce InstallatIon fee as provIded by ordInance shall be paId when applIcatIon for water serVIce IS made For each serVIce InstallatIon fee so collected,the sum of $50 00 shall be refunded to the developer for each such serVIce connectIon Installed by hIm SectIon 2.ConnectIon Charges In addItIon to the charges for InstallIng connectIon and meter,an owner of property frontIng on a maIn for whIch the saId property has neIther been assessed nor otherwIse paId ItS pro rata share of the costs of saId maIn may be requIred to pay saId pro rata share to the CIty as a condItIon to the rIght to connect to saId maIn SaId charges may be collected eIther for the benefIt of the CIty water system or for prIvate persons who have paId the cost of constructIng saId maIn and have entered Into a recovery contract WIth the CIty _1- r '. Sectlon 3 Enforcement of Collectl0ns on Recovery Contracts The Clty shall not have the rlght to walve any collectlons requlred by a recovery contract and shall exerClse reasonable Vlgl- lance to assure that payment of falr shares lS not evaded The Clty may,however,authorlze the connectl0n of addltl0nal malns to the malns subJect to a recovery wlthout payment of pro rata shares pro- vlded sald addltl0nal malns are to be constructed In a publlC rlght- of-way eXlstlng at the date of acceptance of the recovery contract or prov1ded sald addltlonal malns connect to the termlnus of the recovery contract maln In the event such addltl0nal malns are lntended to provlde water serVlce to any tract frontlng on the maln already subJect to contract,the owner of sald addltlonal malns shall be requlred to pay the pro rata share for such tract.If,as a result of the eX1stence of two or more malns under separate recovery contracts,any property may be reasonably served from more than one maln,the owner of the property may choose to be connected to a partlcular maln and the pro rata share wll1 be collected under that contract only Sectl0n 4 Walvers Authorlzed Where malns have been constructed by or for the Clty wlthout assessment of abuttlng property and where a water maln exten- S10n lS proposed to serve abuttlng property together wlth other property,the Clty may walve collectl0n of all or part of connectlng charges ude the Clty Such walver shall be for the purpose of en- couraglng extenslons of the dlstrlbutl0n System and may be granted only under the followlng Clrcumstances 1)Walver shall be granted In any case where a prevl0us recovery contract would prohlblt lncluSlon of the partlcular frontage In a second recovery contract 2) The total length of the proposed extenslon shall be at least 300 feet or equal to the frontage of the property (on the Clty'S maln)for WhlCh walver lS requested,whlchever lS the greater 3)Frontage for WhlCh walver lS granted shall lnclude the wldth of newly platted rlghts-of-way 4)Wherever the tract belng subdlvlded has a corner wlth frontage on Clty malns on two sldes,walver shall be granted for 200 feet adJacent to such corner unless the tract belng subdlvlded has a lesser dlmenslon ln elther dlrectl0n from the corner,WhlCh lesser dlmenslon shall preval1 5)In order that lots In any new subdlvlsl0n shall elther be all served wlth water wlthout payment of connectlon charges or be all subJect to payment of connectlon charges,developers who lnstall water system exten- S10ns to serve a new subdlvlslon shall pay the full ". connectlon charge for all land platted adJacent to the Clty malns (less amount walved)as a con- dltlon to the provldlng of water serVlce to the extenslon Sectl0n 5 Hydrant Charges (Flre Dlstrlcts) Any Flre Dlstrlct havlng flre hydrants served by the Clty water system shall pay the Clty of Marysvllle the sum of $5 per annum for each flre hydrant served or such sum as agreed on by con- tract.The charge lS to cover the Clty'S annual cost of malntalnlng the hydrants and valves,and provldlng water adequate for flre pro- tectlon It lS understood that no flre dlstrlct shall begln paYlng thlS sum untll such tlme as sald flre dlstrlct has the serVlce of a flre truck It lS also understood that flre dlstrlct crews shall use dlscretlon ln the use of water and the handllng of flre hydrants durlng flre drllls A dlstrlct wlll be notlfled no later than JUly 31 of the current year as to the number of hydrants wlthln the Dlstrlct for WhlCh the $5 fee wlll be charged for the followlng year Sectl0n 6 Mlnlmum Rates Based on Meter Slzes Subsectlon G of Sectlon 1 of Ordlnance No 720 be,and the same lS hereby repealed,and 1n place thereof the follow1ng 1S pro- v1ded Slze 5/8" 3/4" 1 " 1-1/2" 2 " 3 " 4" " 6 " Caty Rate Blmonthly $7 00 8 40 11 00 14 60 24 60 36 60 61 40 123 00 Monthly $3 50 4 20 5 50 7 30 12.30 18 30 30 70 61 50 Rural Rate Blmonthly $12 00 12 80 13 60 17 00 28 40 44.00 72.80 143 00 Monthly $6 00 6 40 6 80 8.50 14 20 22 00 36 40 71 50 Sectl0n 7 Replacement Requlrements of EXlstlng Noncast Iron Ma1n The owners of any property now belng served water from a water maln served by the Clty water system WhlCh maln has not been conveyed to the Clty shall,as of now,be requlred to replace the self-owned lateral through WhlCh the property lS now be1ng served, .' wlth a 6-lnch cast lron maln.The replacement lS to take place at such tlme as the present llne lS In need of repalr or replacement Any property borderlng on a 6-lnch cast lron replacement maln shall bear ltS pro rated frontage charge for constructlon of sald maln If the replacement or repalr of the llne has not taken place wlthln 90 days from the tlme sald property or propertles have been glven wrltten notlce of sald replacement or repalrs,sald water serVlce shall be cut off at the pOlnt of connectlon to the maln of the Clty water system When the 6-lnch cast lron maln has been made to replace the above mentloned lateral the maln shall be conveyed to the Clty free of all debt At thlS tlme,the owners who have pald thelr front footage charge for constructlon of the maln may be connected to the new 6-lnch cast lron maln free of charge by the Clty Water Department Sectlon 8 Fallure to Re alr or Re lace Prlvate Water lnes or lre rotectlon lnes t at are not Metered If any repalr or replacement of a prlvate water llne or flre protectlon llne that lS not metered lS not made wlthln 90 days after offlClal notlce has been glven to make such correctlons,the Clty may forthwlth cause the same to be made and the cost thereof to be charged to the owner.The owner of the repalred or replaced llne shall be bllled for the costs lnvolved,to be pald wlthln 30 days If payment lS not made wlthln 30 days,the Superlntendent of the Clty water system shall flle a statement of the costs lnvolved wlth the Clty Clerk The Clerk shall certlfy the amount of the cost of maklng such repalr to the Treasurer of Snohomlsh County,and shall also flle a declaratlon of llen wlth the Audltor of sald county Upon such flllng the cost together wlth lnterest at 8 per cent per annum shall become allen agalnst the property Sectlon 9 Sectlon 2 of Ordlnance 476,adoptlng Codlflcatlon of the Water and Sewer System Code by reference be,and the same lS hereby repealed Sectlon 10 ThlS Ordlnance shall take effect from and after ltS passage and flve (5)days followlng ltS publlcatlon as requlred by law. PASSED by the Clty Councll of the Clty of Marysvllle, Washlngton,thlS l+t day of 1973 ATTEST CITY OF MARYSVILLE Mayor