HomeMy WebLinkAbout3076ORDINANCE NO.�''
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City of
Kent, Washington, amending Ordinance
Nos. 2374 and 2811 of the City of
Kent, relating to sewer connections
and establishing a penalty for
failure to connect to the City's
public sewer system.
WHEREAS, under the authority of RCW 35.67.190, the City
,must either compel all property owners within any area served by a
!City sewer system to connect to that system or be penalized
therefor; and
WHEREAS, RCW 35.67.190 allows the City to make the
penalty for failing to connect to the City's sewer system a
monetary charge equal to the charge that would be made for sewer
service if the property was connected to the system; and
WHEREAS, RCW 35.67.200 allows the City to impose a lien
for delinquent and unpaid rates and charges for penalties levied
pursuant to RCW 35.67.190; and
WHEREAS, the City's Public Works Director and Finance
Director have determined that the penalty to be imposed on property
owners within any area served by a City sewer system for failure to
connect to that system shall be an amount equal to the basic
monthly rate charged for the provision of sewer service; NOW,
THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City of Kent's Ordinance No. 2374,
Section one, KCC Section 7.05.190 (listed as KCC 7.05.160 in
Ordinance No. 2374), as amended by Section 1 of the City of Kent's
Ordinance No. 2811, is hereby amended as follows:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
deposit, or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner
upon public or private property within the City of Kent, or in
any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or
animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
B. Except as hereinaf provided in this Chapter, it
shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy
vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or
used for the disposal of sewage.
C. The owners of all houses, buildings or properties
used in any manner for human occupancy,--effip=eyffie- - •
reerea e�-ems �-er - situated within or without the
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City of Kent that abut any street, alley, or
easement in which there is new located er may in the futu�L-�
leeat a public sanitary sewer of the City of Kent, are
hereby require shall, at their expenses t -e install suitable
toilet facilities therein,- and t -e connect sit those k
facilities directly with to the proper public sewer an
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(90) days a€te from the date of official notice to do so,
provided that said the public sewer is within two hundred
(200) feet of t -bre any building er=usdings anL
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siens have been made te eenneet sueh te the gublie sewer
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and that ne publie
d by the Direeter on the property. If the King
County Department of Health the City's Public Works
Department or any other public health agency with
jurisdiction determines that a public health or safety hazard
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exists the City's Public Works Director may require
connection without regard to the notice or distance provisions
provided in this subsection so long as the Rublic sewer is
reasonably available to the affected property.
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Retie Any Propertyowner who fails to connect to the sewer
system within.ninety da s of receivin official notice to do
so, as provided for in this Section shall be subiect to a
penalty that shall be a monetary charge in an amount equal to
the base monthly sewer rate that would be charged against that
property if it were connected to the City sewer system. The
Citv's Finance Department shall assess the penalty against the
property through its utility billing system.
E Pursuant to RCW 35 67 200 failure to pay the
penalties levied Pursuant to subsection C herein shall
constitute a lien for those delinquent and unpaid charges
against the premises to which the service is available. This
lien shall be superior to all other liens and encumbrances
except general taxes and local and special assessments.
F All delinquent charges imposed under the authority of
this Section shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent
(8%) per annum.
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The
invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application
thereof to any person or circumstances shall not affect the
validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its
'application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force thirty (30) da from the time of its final
approval and passage as provided b law
KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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BRENDA JACOBER, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
A. LUBOVICH, CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED the day of I C t- u'�- �`�-; ..L . 1992.
APPROVED the day of }u' c `L 1992.
PUBLISHED the - day of %L �" � (� , 1992.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 3(16-- , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent
hereon indicated.
SEWRCNCT.wpf
BRENDA JACOBER, C TY CLERK
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