HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0326 - Metered Water Rates (Repealed by Ord 1190)REPEALED BY Ord 1190
Amended by Ord 468 Ord 642 and Ord 914
ORDIJNANCE NO. 326
AN ORDINANCE amending Section 24 and Section 25 of
Ordinance No. 264 of the Town of Tukwila.
as follows:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Tukwila
Section 1. Section 24 of Ordinance No. 264 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 24
water, supplied within
part thereof, shall be
Size of Service
3/4 inch
1 inch
12 inch
2 inch
3 inch
4 inch
6 inch
8 inch
(a): WATER RATES. The rates for metered
the Town of Tukwila, in one month or fractional
in accordance with the following schedule:
Quantity Allowed Minimum Charge
700 Cu. ft. or less
700 Cu. ft. or less
700 Cu. ft. or less
700 Cu. ft. or less
700 Cu. ft. or less
700 Cu. ft. or less
700 Cu. ft. or less
700 Cu. ft. or less
h33.25
5.00
8.00
11.00
20.00
28.00
50.00
75.00
Each 100 cubic feet in excess of the quantities allowed for the
foregoing minimum charges up to 10,000 cubic feet .16
Each 100 cubic feet from 10,000 to 50,000 cubic feet .13
Each 100 cubic feet in excess of 50,000 cubic feet .11
The rates due for water on the 3/4 inch meter or less are to be
subject to a discount of twenty -five (25) cents if paid on or
before the tenth (10th) day of the month in which they are payable.
In computing meter rates, as provided above, results ending in
one or two cents will be counted as "0 results ending in three,
four, six or seven cents will be counted "5 results ending in
eight or nine cents will be counted "10".
Section 24 (b) FIRE PROTECTION.
(a) Any service connection to the main for a
sprinkler system shall be metered by a Detector Check Meter of
approved type, at the expense of the owner, and fitted only with
such fixtures as are needed for fire protection and must be entirely
disconnected from those used for other purposes.
(b) Any service connection other than sprinkler
installed on private property for fire protection, and fitted with
fire hydrants, stand pipes or other outlets for fire protection,
shall be metered, at the expense of the owner, by a Detector Meter
with a compound bypass of approved type that will measure all rates
of flow.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to fail,
neglect or refuse to give the Superintendent or his duly authorized
representative free access at all reasonable hours to all parts of
premises supplied with water from the City's mains, for the purpose
of inspecting the condition of pipes, and fixtures, and noting the
amount of water being used and the manner in which it is used.
(d) The rates for water supplied for fire protection
purposes exclusively, shall be deemed service charges and shall be,
for any one month or fractional part thereof, as follows:
ATTEST:
LOIS T. NE Clerk
Size of Service
2 Inch
3 inch
4 inch
6 inch
8 inch
Service Charge
2.00
3.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
Water used for any other purpose than for extinguishing fires,
through fire protection service, shall be charged at a rate not
less than double the rates provided for in this Ordinance.
Section 2. Section 25 of Ordinance No. 264 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 25. The rates for water supplied to consumers
not within the Town limits shall be as follows: The same rate schedule
as provided in Section 24 shall apply except for all water in excess
of the minimum quantities allowed, sixteen (160 cent per hundred
cubic feet shall be charged. The above rates to consumers outside the
Town limits are subject to the same discount as the rates to m nsumers
inside the Town limits, Provided: That nothing in this section shall
prevent the Town Council from fixing other and different rates for the
sale of water to water districts. Provided: That all meters, includ-
ing master meters for water districts and all other meters for the
Town limits or within the limits of easements, franchises or rights-
of-way belonging to the Town.
PASSED by the Town Council and APPROVED by the Mayor
this 15th day of May 1961.
Lois T. Newton City Clerk
CHARLES O. BAKER Mayor