HomeMy WebLinkAbout1462CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. J60 --
AN ORDINANCE establishing the policy of the
City for allowing connections of properties to the
water and sewer utilities of the City and making
charges for such connections to pay the part of the
cost of those utilities.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Any property located within a local improvement
district or utility local improvement district of the City which has been
specially assessed for all or a portion of the costs of the construction and
installation of water or sewer pipelines may be permitted to connect onto
any such pipeline for which the assessment was made and be served thereby
without further payment except for any charge for inspection, stub charge
or charge to pay the cost of making such connection.
Section 2. Properties which have not been specially assessed
for all or a portion of the costs of the construction and installation of water
or sewer pipelines of the City to which connection is desired may be
permitted to connect onto any such pipeline and be served thereby if:
(a) The City Engineer certifies that the pipeline to
which the connection is made and the utility
facilities serving that property have sufficient
capacity to serve that property and all property
which the City has the obligation to serve thereby
because of the levying of special assessments,
charges in lieu of assessment, contract, or other
reason; and
(b) There is paid to the City the applicable
charge for inspection, stub charge, charge
to pay the cost of making such connection,
and design review charge; and
(c) ( 1) If that property connects to a pipeline
and facilities for which special assess-
ments have been levied, there shall be
paid into the applicable City utility fund
a charge in lieu of assessment for such
connection of an amount computed in the
same manner as those special assess-
ments were computed for that pipeline
and related facilities ( including applicable
assessments for lateral or local service,
trunk service, stub or service connection
and any other charge assessed for like
property) ; or
( 2) If that property connects to a pipeline and
facilities for which special assessments
were not levied, there shall be paid into
the applicable city utility fund a
connection charge representing the pro
rata share of that property of the original
cost of that pipeline and related facilities
necessary to serve that pipeline, plus the
cost of any improvement thereto, which pro rata
share shall be calculated from a formula
determined by the City Engineer and approved
by the City Council by resolution as applicable
to that pipeline and related facilities.
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Section 3. Subject to the approval of the City Council, properties
described in Section 2 may be connected to water or sewer pipelines of the
City, and in lieu of the payment of all or part of the charges provided in
Section 2 (c) , the City may receive title to water or sewer pipelines,
related easements, facilities and appurtenances thereto of comparable
value, approved by and installed under the supervision of the City Engineer,
if all other conditions of Section 2 are satisfied.
Section 4. All connections to water and sewer pipelines must
be made under the rules and regulations of the City and subject to the
approval of design and installation by the City Engineer. No such
connection shall be made until the conditions of Sections 1, 2 or 3 shall
first have been satisfied or the City is assured that they will be performed.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor of the
City of Kent, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, this 3rd day of
July, 1967.
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
City C,erc
FORM APPROVED:
City Attorney
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