HomeMy WebLinkAbout1775ORDINANCE NO. 1' ,
6 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Wash-
ington, transferring the Municipal Utilities
.� Department to the Department of Finance, pro-
viding procedures for applications for utili-
ties service, establishing procedures for
billing for utilities service, designating
the City Treasurer as the person responsible
for accepting payment for utilities service,
providing procedures for handling delinquent
utilities accounts, and repealing Sections 1
through 14 of Ordinance 1332 of the City of
Kent relating to the Municipal Utilities De-
partment and water regulations.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. By this ordinance the duties of the City
of Kent Municipal Utilities Department are transferred to the De-
partment of Finance.
Section 2. The Department of Finance shall be under
the direct supervision of the Director of Finance, who shall re-
port to the City Administrator.
Section 3. Application. All applications for utility
service on established accounts of water, sewer, garbage and
storm drainage shall be made to the Finance Department. The
written application shall be made by the owner or authorized
agent of the property where service is requested. For a new ser-
vice for water or sewer, the application shall be made to the Cit
Engineer, which, after approval, will then be taken to the Financ
Department to be processed in the normal manner. Whenever an ap-
plication for utility service is made by an agent, the agent shal
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submit written authority from the owner authorizing said agent to
receive that utility service requested. Included in this written
authority will be an acknowledgement that the owner is legally
liable for all service.
Section 4. Utility Accounts. All accounts for water,
sewer and storm drainage shall be kept in the name of the owner,
provided, however, that whenever the owner by written stipulation
directs that the account shall be billed to a renter, tenant or
lessee, and within such stipulation acknowledges his legal liabi-
lity for the payment of said account, said account may be billed
to the renter, tenant or lessee. No change of ownership or oc-
cupancy shall affect the application of this Section.
Section 5. All monies received for the payment of uti-
lity bills shall be by the City Treasurer or her authorized agent.
Section 6. Utility Billings. All utility bills are
due and payable in the office of the City Treasurer within ten
(10) days after the billing date appearing on the bill. Bills
not paid within thirty (30) days of the billing date, shall be
subject to shut-off of service without notice to customer. Ser-
vice shall not be restored in the case of water or sewer until
payment of delinquent bill or bills is received together with a
turn -on charge of three (3) dollars; provided, however, that when
the 30th day falls on a legal holiday, Saturday or Sunday, the
first business day thereafter shall be considered the 30th day.
Whenever a water or sewer bill is in the name of a renter, tenant
or lessee, and is subject to turn-off for delinquency, the Finance
Department shall send a duplicate bill to the owner of record as
shown on the application, as well as the user. In the event a
turn-off is made with a subsequent turn -on, the owner of record
as shown on the application will also be notified.
Section 7. Lien for delinquent Charges. Whenever a
sewer, garbage or storm drain customer does not have a Kent water
account, and collection cannot be enforced through discontinuance
of water service, the City of Kent shall have a lien for delinqu-
ent and unpaid charges for said utility service, and penalties;
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which lien shall be effective for a total of not to exceed six
(6) months delinquent charges without the necessity of any writing
or recording. In order to make a lien effective for more than
six (6) months charges, the Director of Finance shall cause to be
filed for record in the office of the county auditor of King
County a notice setting forth the amount of the delinquency, the
name of the owner or reputed owner who owes the bill and the de-
scription of the lot, tract or parcel of land to which such lien
shall attach. This lien may be foreclosed in an action in the
Superior Court.
Section 8. Repeal. Sections 1 through 14 of Ordinance
1332 (1966) are hereby repealed.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and pub-
lication, as provided by law.
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ISABEL HOGAN, MAY
ATTEST:
MARIE JENSEN) Citv Clierk
A1,0VED AS TO FORM:
D NALD E. MIRK, City Attorney
PASSED The j�� day of June, 1972.
APPROVED the day of June, 1972.
PUBLISHED the ,7, day of June, 1972.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. V75 , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as here-
on indicated.
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MARIE JENSEN y Clerk
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