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Resolution No. 1263 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING SEWER
SERVICE POLICIES FOR THE CITY'S COMPREHEN-
SIVE SEWER PLAN.
WHEREAS, the last sewer comprehensive plan was adopted in 1984 when the
City's boundaries were very different from present, and
WHEREAS, The City Council deems it desirable to adopt an updated sewer
service comprehensive plan to replace the 1984 plan, and
WHEREAS, the policies in the 1993 Sewer Comprehensive Plan do not reflect
the most current and updated issues, and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the Comprehensive Plan should be
governed by policies that clearly guide and shape development issues in the City,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HERESY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The 1991 Comprehensive Sewer System Plan is hereby adopted.
Section 2. The recommendations listed on page iii. of the Executive Summary of
the plan are replaced by the following policies which will govern sewer service in the
City.
a. The City boundaries should be the potential sewer service area for the City.
Except in annexation areas, service outside the City shall be offered only as
an extraordinary measure to meet sewer needs that cannot technically be met
in another way.
b. Any expansion of sewer service outside the city limits must be approved by
the City Council and shall cause no additional cost to city rate payers.
c. The City should adopt a policy for the elimination of any point or non -point
pollution sources associated with sewage disposal systems. In areas of
continuous septic and drain field sewage system failures, installation of
sanitary sewer facilities should be accomplished. Future septic system and
drain field applications should be considered individually based on soils,
past on -site sewage disposal system failure and other environmental
considerations, and appropriate recommendations forwarded to the Seattle
King County Department of Public Health, the agency having jurisdiction
over acceptance of such applications.
d. The City shall monitor infiltration and inflow through a routine schedule of
television inspection of lines and should construct improvements as required
to limit the infiltration and inflow currently occurring in the sanitary sewer
system.
e. The City shall implement a grease trap ordinance for the regulation of this
type of material being discharged into the sanitary sewer system.
f. The City shall, on a timely basis, monitor water quality in the unsewered
areas of the City in order to determine the effectiveness of existing on site
sewage disposal systems in that area.
g. The City shall continue to negotiate with other sewer systems operating
within the city limits to determine the feasibility, terms and scheduling of the
transfer of sewer system facilities. In addition, sewer service providers
operating facilities within the city limits will be required to obtain a franchise
for operation which details the terms and conditions for sewer system
operation.
h. The City shall proceed with other studies as required to facilitate design and
construction of proposed capital improvements, and the transfer of customers
within the city limits which are presently served by others or are without
sanitary sewer service.
i. Sewer rates should be structured to be sufficient to fund necessary
engineering, environmental and financing studies, adequate infrastructure
development, and necessary immediate repairs to the system. In conjunction
with any rates study, implementation of a general facility charge and the
penalties associated with unauthorized discharge into the system will also be
evaluated.
j. The City will adopt a uniform sewer system extension policy for extension of
systems inside the city limits. This document will govern all new developer
extension activities and will establish minimum and uniform design
standards.
k. Latecomer agreements (where appropriate) shall be considered an acceptable
means of funding sewer projects and improvements in whole or in part.
1. The City shall develop and enforce system infrastructure standards that are
appropriately scaled for use specified in the land use comprehensive plan.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof this 2/ S"
of 1993.
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Steve Lawrence, Council President
ATTEST/ AUTHENTICATED:
a e E. Cantu, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
Filed with the City Clerk: 7
Passed by the City Council: to Z Y
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