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'ITY OF TUK WI LA
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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE relating to sewer connection charges
for property not previously assessed or otherwise charged
therefor
The City Council of the City of Tukwila do ordain
as follows:
Section lr In addition to sewer connection permit
fees required by Ordinance, there is hereby imposed upon, and
the owners of properties which have not been assessed or charged
or borne an equitable share of the cost of the City's sewerage
system shall pay prior to connection to a city sewer, a special
connection charge in an amount to be computed under Section 2
of this Ordinance.
The special connection charge shall be paid in cash
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or under installment contract with interest at five per cent
per annum computed annually on unpaid balances. Such
contract shall provide for a down payment of five per cent
(5/) of the total connection charge, payable upon execution
of such contract and for payment of the balance in forty (40)
quarterly installments payable on each January 1, April 1,
July 1 and October 1. Such installment contract shall provide
that any unpaid balance may be paid in full in any year at the
time the first quarterly payment of such year is due and pay-
able, shall describe the property served by the sewer, shall.
be acknowledged by the property owner and shall be recorded
by the City Clerk in the office of the County Auditor at the
expense of the property owner. Delinquent payments under
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such installment contract shall be a lien upon the described
property as provided in RCW 35.67.200, enforceable in accord-
ance with RCW 35.67.220 through 35.67.280; and as an additional
and concurrent method of enforcing the lien, the water service
to such property may be cut off in accordance with RCW 35.67.290
until the delinquent installments are paid. Upon full payment
of the contract, the City Clerk on behalf of the City of Tukwila
shall execute and deliver to the property owner a release of
such lien.
Section 2: The special connection charge imposed
by Section 1 hereof shall be paid into the water and sewer fund
and shall be computed as follows:
For Lateral sewers $7.00 per unit of property
frontage, determined in the manner prescribed
by RCW 35.44.030 and 040 for determining "as-
sessable units of frontage."
For Trunk sewers 1 cent per square foot of
property area whenever the property has not
been previously assessed for trunk sewers.
For Stub connection Any property served by a
sewer stub connection which has been installed
but which has never been assessed or paid for
shall pay the sum of $150.00 prior to connec-
tion.
There shall be a flat fee of $150.00 per sewer
stub connection installed to any properties
not previously assessed therefor.
Such special connection charge for property abutting
on a street in which a sewer can be constructed or extended to
serve such property, shall be computed as if the sewer were so
constructed or extended; and the special connection charge for
property located back from the margin of the street in which
the sewer exists and outside of the assessment district created
therefor shall be made giving consideration to the distance of
said property from the street margin In no case shall credit
be allowed for the cost of extra length of side sewer re-
quired for connection to the city's sewerage system. Pro-
vided, that in cases where application of the foregoing
formula to a particular property results in a charge which
because of unusual conditions is in excess of charges to
similar properties, the City Engineer is authorized to re-
duce the special connection charge to the amount charged to
properties similarly situated.
If property for which a special connection charge
has been paid is subsequently included in a local improve-
ment district for the construction of a sewer of similar
nature, the amount so paid shall be credited to the assess
ment against such property and such amount shall be paid from
the Sewer Fund to such Local Improvement District fund.
Section 3: This Ordinance shall take effect five
(5) days after its publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Tukwila
this 15th day of February,
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MAYOR, City oil Tukwila
ATTEST:
CLERK