Ordinance 3096-08 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 16: Irrigation water customers will be defined as follows: "All metered water services which provide water solely for the purpose of commercial or agricultural irrigation of crops or landscaping shall be considered irrigation accounts for the purpose of water billing". Section 17: Future Rate Increases. Future increases in the water rates charged herein (except the State of Washington tax on system revenues) may be increased by the City Council resolution subject to public hearing and notice of publication thereof at least two weeks in advance of approval of said resolution. Section 18: Where the use of water is such that a portion of all the water delivered to the customer does not discharge into a City sewer due to commercial or industrial use, such as loss by evaporation or any other cause or use in manufactured products, such as ice, canned goods, beverages and the like, no sewer service charge shall be made because of water so used or lost: provided however, the water user shall provide proof as to the amount of sewage discharge and/or install a meter or other measuring device approved by the City Engineer to determine either the amount of sewage discharge or the amount of water used or lost. Section 19: Where a non-residential metered water customer can demonstrate that its consumption of water is now and will be substantially in excess of surface water impact, the Public Works Director is authorized to adjust the charges for water quality protection and enhancement to adequately reflect any excessive disparity. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant for any adjustment and adjustment shall not be retroactive. The Public Works Director shall develop criteria and procedures for such review. Section 20: The City of Everett will review the user charges at least annually and revise the rates as necessary to ensure that adequate revenues are generated to pay the costs of operation and maintenance including replacement and that the system continues to provide for proportional distribution of costs of operation and maintenance including replacement among users. Section 21: The City of Everett will notify each user at least annually of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance (including non-capital replacement) of the collection and treatment systems. Section 22: Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance. 27