HomeMy WebLinkAbout2374Ordinance No. 2374
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=110 Water/Sewer/Garbage Rates & Policies
Passed 11/15/1982
Procedures & Regulations for Connections Sanitary Sewers, Private Sewer
Systems, Fixing Rates
(Enacts new Ch. 7.05 and repeals Ords. 1777;1898;1901;1954;2009;2204;
2299 and KCC Ch. 7.04)
Amends Ords. 2446;2510;3596;2827;2873;2962;3077;3140;
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3449
(Sec. 7.05.280)
3487
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7.05.280 {now 7.04.2801)
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7.04.280)
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7.04.280)
3578
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7.04.280)
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Sec. 7.05.070 {now 7.04.070})
3713
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7.04.100 & 7.04.240)
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7.04.280 & repeals Sec. 7.04.290)
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7.04.280)
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7.04.080;7.04.100;7.04.110)
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7.04.280)
The date ["Beginning July 1, 1998'1 has led to confusion. This date will be deleted from cover
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ORDINANCE --2a,7
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, enacting a new Chapter 7.05 of
the Kent City Code, relating to sanitary
sewers, providing procedures and regulations
for connecting public sanitary sewers,
regulating and controlling private sewer
systems, fixing rates for sanitary sewer
service both within and without the City,
providing penalties for violations of Code
provisions; and repealing Ordinances 1777, 1898,1901,
1954, 2009, 2204, and 2299 and Chapter 7.04
of the Kent City Code.
WHEREAS, Chapter 7.04 of the Kent City Code concerning
sewers is a codification of Ordinance 1777; and
WHEREAS, all subsequent amendments to Ordinance 1777 have
not been codified; and
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WHEREAS, it is desirable to enact updated Code provisions
d' to incorporate prior changes and currect revisions to the City's
�] sewerage utility laws in a comprehensive and convenient Chapter of
�-- the Code; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DO
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Section 1. A new Chapter 7.05 of the Kent City Code is
enacted as follows:
"7.05.010. PURPOSE -CONSTRUCTION. This ordinance shall be
deemed an exercise of the police power of the State of Washington,
'Its and of the City of Kent and is deemed expedient to maintain the
peace, good government and welfare of said City and its trade,
commerce and manufactures and to insure greater protection to
life and health and all of its provisions shall be liberally
construed for the accomplishment of such purposes.
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G ,1,05' "7.05.020. DEFINITIONS. Unless the content specifically
^'- indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Chapter
aj0 shall be as follows:
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(1) As Builts shall mean the detailed sketch or drawing of the
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building sewer or disposal system as constructed.
(2) B.O.D. (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the
quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of
organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days
at 200 C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
(3) Building Sewer shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal
piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from
soil, wastes, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the
building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning five
(5) feet outside the wall.
(4) Combined Sewer shall mean a sewer receiving both surface
runoff and sewage.
(5) Director shall mean the Director of Public Works as designated
from time to time in accordance with personnel policies of the
City; the Director's or his authorized deputy, agent, or
representative.
(6) Garbage shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking,
and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
(7) Industrial Wastes shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial
process as distinct from sanitary sewage.
(8) Natural Outlet shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond,
ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
(9) PH shall mean the logarithm of the recipocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
(10) Properly Shredded Garbage shall mean the wastes from the
preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been
Shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried
freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public
sewers, with no particles greater than 1/2 inch in any
direction.
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(11) Public Sanitary Sewer shall mean a sewer in which all owners
of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is
controlled by public authority.
(12) Sanitary Sewer shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to
which storm, surface, and ground water are not intentionally
admitted.
(13) Sewage shall mean a combination of water -carried wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial
establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm
waters as may be present.
(14) Sewage Treatment Plant shall mean any arrangement of devices
and structures used for treating sewage.
(15) Sewage Works shall mean all facilities for collecting,
pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
(16) Sewer shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
(17) Storm Sewer and Storm Drain shall mean a sewer which carries
storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and
polluted water.
(18) Suspended Solids shall mean solids that either float on the
surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other
liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
(19) Watercourse shall mean a channel in which a flow of water
occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(20) Unless the context clearly demonstrates the contrary "shall"
is mandatory and "may" is permissive, when used in this
Chapter.
"7.05.030 APPOINTMENT OF SEWER UTILITY PERSONNEL. All
personnel of the Sewer Utility shall be appointed in accordance
with personnel policies of the City of Kent.
"7.05.040 POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR,
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INSPECTORS AND ASSISTANTS. The Director and other duly authorized
employees of the City or of the Seattle -King County Department of
Public Health bearing proper credentials and identification shall
be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of
inspection, observation, measurements, sampling, and testing in
accordance with provision of this Chapter."
"7.05.050. WHO MAY CONNECT WITH PUBLIC SEWER. It shall
be unlawful for any person to make any opening in any public sewer
or to connect any private sewer, or drain therewith, or to lay,
repair, alter, or connect any private drain or sewer in public
street, alley, or easement, except person, firm, or corporation
holding a valid State of Washington contractor's license as
defined in RCW 18.27, and a valid Business License issued by the
City of Kent. Provided, however, that the property owner may
connect a side sewer to a side stub with the approval of and under
the supervision of the Director.
"7.05.060. RESTRICTIONS ON LICENSED CONTRACTOR. The
licensed contractor shall be responsible for all work done under
any permits issued him. It shall be the duty of every licensed
contractor to leave the name and telephone number of the person
responsible for work in any public street, alley, or easement with
the Kent Police Department.
"7.05.070. CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. All side sewers
shall be installed in strict accordance with specifications
contained in any existing City Ordinance or Code and any
construction standards or uniform codes which may be at any time
in the future adopted by the City. All construction shall be
subject to the inspection of the Director or his designee.
"7.05.080. PERMIT TO OWNER, AGENT, OR OCCUPANT TO
CONSTRUCT, EXTEND OR REPAIR SEWER PRIVATE PROPERTY.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
extend, relay, repair or make connections to private or lateral
sewer on private property without obtaining a permit therefore as
herein provided and filing a scale drawing showing the location
thereof.
(2) The Department of Public Works may issue a permit to
the owner of any property to construct, extend, relay, repair or
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make connections to a lateral or private sewer inside of the
owner's property line; provided, that such owner shall comply with
the applicable provisions of this Chapter. Said permit shall not
become effective until the installation is completed to the
satisfaction of the Director. The Director shall be allowed to
inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event,
the applicant for the permit shall notify the Director when the
work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within
seventy-two (72) hours after the receipt of written notice
,directed to the Director. Work shall be done by the owner or a
licensed contractor.
"7.05.090. PERMITS FOR ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED. When a
permit has been issued for a private sewer, as herein provied, no
additional work shall be put in without the approval of the
Director, and a new permit must be taken out covering all such
additional work.
"7.05.100. PERMIT FEES.
(1) The fee for each permit to connect with any public
sewer or to construct, extend, relay, repair, or make connections
with a lateral or private sewer inside of property line is hereby
fixed at Twenty -Five dollars ($25.00) and said fee shall be paid
to the Finance Department who shall issue a receipt therefor and
such receipt must be filed with the Department of Public Works
before the permit is issued.
(2) The fees for permits to construct, install or repair
septic tanks shall be those established by the Seattle -King County
Department of Public Health. These fees shall be paid directly to
that Department.
"7.05.110. PERMIT RENEWAL FEES. In case work shall not
be done or completed within the time specified in any permit and
no extention thereof has been granted, a renewal of the permit
shall be required for which a fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be
charged.
"7.05.120. ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY PERMIT. In the
discretion of the Director a temporary permit may be issued
permitting connection to a public sewer, sewer outfall, or side
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sewer which said temporary permit shall be revocable upon sixty
(60) days notice posted on the premises directed to the owner or
occupant of the premises, and in the event that said private
sewers or drains are not disconnected at the -xpiration of such
notice, the Director may disconnect the same and collect the cost
of such disconnection from the owner or occupant of the premises
by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any such
permittee will save the City harmless from any damage by reason of
the issuance or revocation of such temporary permit.
"7.05.130. DISPLAY OF PERMITS. The permits required
under the terms of this chapter, must at all times during the
performance of the work and until the completion thereof, be
posted in some conspicuous place at or near the work.
"7.05.140. PERMIT TIME LIMIT. Any permit issued under
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be valid for a period of
six (6) months. Renewal permits shall be valid for an additional
six (6) months.
"7.05.150. PERMITS TO INSTALL OR REPAIR SEPTIC SYSTEMS.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
install or repair any septic system within the City of Kent
without first obtaining a permit from the Seattle -King County
Department of Public Health. That Department shall issue permits
pursuant to the applicable County standards; subject, however, to
the other provisions of this Chapter.
(2) The Department of Public Health shall not issue a
permit to construct, install or repair a septic system if there is
a public sanitary sewer available and the City Council has ordered
connection thereto, unless it shall be necessary for public health
and safety that repairs to the septic system be made.
(3) All liquids and solids removed from septic tanks
shall be disposed of to the satisfaction of the Director.
"7.05.160. USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED.
(1) 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 objectional waste.
(2) Except as hereinafter provided, 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.
(3) The owners of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other
purpose, situated within the City of Kent and abutting on any
street, alley, or easement in which there is now located or may in
the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the City of Kent,
are hereby required at their expense to install suitable toilet
facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with
the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this
ordinance, within Ninety (90) days after date of official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within two hundred
(200) feet of the building or buildings and specific provisions
have been made to connect such to the public sewer and that no
public health or safety hazards exist as determined by the
Director.
(4) In all cases where a public health or safety hazard
exists as determined by the Director and the property is available
to the public sewer the City Council shall compel the owners of
such buildings or properties to connect to the public sewer at
their expense within twenty (20) days of such notice.
07.05.170. PRIVY WELLS OR VAULTS, AND CESSPOOLS,
PROHIBITED.
(1) Whenever, in the judgment of any Public Health
Officer, the use and maintenance of any privy well, or vault, or
cesspool, located upon any premises in the City of Kent is
detrimental or dangerous to life or health, the City Council may
prohibit the use of such privy well, or vault, or cesspool and may
order the same to be disinfected and filled with fresh earth. To
that end the City Council shall direct the Director to notify in
writing the owner or occupant of such premises that the privy well
or vault, or cesspool, must be disinfected and filled with fresh
earth, and a suitable sewage disposal system constructed within a
period of twenty (20) days from and after the time when such
notice shall be served.
(2) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use of
cesspools or sumps for the disposition of liquids from floor
drains, or laundry trays where said fixtures are too low to drain
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into the sanitary sewer."
"7.05.180. PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
(1) No septic tank shall be permitted to discharge to
any public sewer or outlet.
(2) Any abandoned septic tanks, cesspools, and similar
private sewage disposal facilities shall be filled with suitable
material and in a manner which will insure the public safety,
health and well-being.
(3) All private sewage disposal facilites shall be
operated and maintained in a sanitary manner at the entire expense
of the owner.
"7.05.190 SEPTIC TANK REPAIRS REQUIRED.
(1) Whenever, in the judgment of the Director, or any
Public Health Officer, any private septic tank shall fail to
function properly or the continued use of such private septic tank
will be detrimental to life or health, it shall be the duty of the
Director or Health Officer to report that fact in writing to the
City Council. If the City Council determines that the continued
use of such private septic tank will be detrimental to life or
health, it may order such work to be done upon the premises where
the private septic tank is situated as it deems necessary to
restore and insure sanitary conditions upon such premises. The
work shall be done according to the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) The City Council shall direct the Director to notify
in writing the owner or occupant of such premises, which written
notice shall state the particular work to be done and that such
work must be completed within the period of twenty (20) days from
and after receipt of said notice."
07.05.200 CITY MAY CONNECT AND ASSESS COSTS. If any
owner or occupant shall fail, neglect or refuse to connect his
lands, buildings, or premises with the public sewer within the
time specified in the notice referred within this Chapter, or
shall fail, neglect or refuse to do the other work specified and
ordered to be done as this Chapter provides within the time
specified in the notice theretofore served upon such owner or
occupant, the Director shall make such connection or do such work
and the cost of the connection or of such work done by the
Director shall be assessed against the property so connected or
upon which such work is done and the amount of such cost shall
become a lien upon the said premises so connected or upon which
said work is done, and the City Attorney of the City of Kent is
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to collect the amount of
the cost of such connection or the doing of such work, either by
foreclosure of said lien or by a suit against the owner or
occupant of said premises, which suit shall be maintained in the
name of the City of Kent, as plaintiff, in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
"7.05.210 REPAIR OF OBSTRUCTED OR BROKEN SEWERS.
Whenever any private sewer pipe connected with any public sewer
becomes obstructed, broken or out of order, and if the owner,
agent or occupant of such premises fails to repair the same within
five (5) days after notification to do so by the Director, the
Director is hereby authorized to remove, reconstruct, replace,
alter or clear the same as required, at the expense of the owner,
agent or occupant of such premises, and when two or more houses or
buildings are connected with the same private sewer, the owners,
agent or occupants of such premises, shall be jointly and equally
liable for any work done at the direction of the Director under
this section. No permit shall be required for the removal of
obstructions from private sewers, providing the pipe is not
damaged.
"7.05.220. USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS.
(1) No person or business firm, shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted
industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(2) Storm water and other unpolluted drainage shall be
discharged to such drains as are specifically designated as storm
sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Director.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be
discharaged, upon approval of the Director and other authorizing
government agencies to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(3) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters to any public sewer:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150°F.
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B.
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million, by weight of fat, oil, or grease.
C.
Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
E.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood,
paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous
substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in sewers or other interference with the proper
operation of the sewage works.
F.
Any waters or wastes having a PH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive
property capable or causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage
works.
G.
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or
interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage
treatment plant.
H.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention
or expense is required to handle such materials at
the sewage treatment plant.
I.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
or creating a public nuisance.
(4)
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when in the
opinion of the Director, they are necessary for the
proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts, or
any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful
ingredients;
except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private
living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors
shall be of
the type and capacity approved by the Director, and
shall be located
as to be readily and easily accessible for
cleaning and
inspection at the expense of the owner or user.
(5)
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of
impervious materials
capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme
changes in temperature.
They shall be of substantial
construction,
watertight, and equipped with easily removable
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covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and
watertight.
(6) Where installed, all grease, oil and sand
interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in
efficient operaton at all times.
(7) The admission into the public sewers of any waters
or wastes having (a) a 5 -day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater
than 300 parts per million by weight, or (b) containing more than
350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (c)
containing any quantity or substances having the characteristics
described above in this section, or (d) having an average daily
flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the City,
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director.
Where necessary in the opinion of the Director, the owner shall
provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be
necessary to, (a) reduce the Biochemical Oxygen Demand to 300
parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per
million by weight, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or
constituents to within the maximum limits provided for above, or
(c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters
or wastes. Plans, specifications, and other pertinent information
relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be
submitted for the approval of the Director and of the Municipality
of Metropolitan Seattle and the Department of Ecology of the State
of Washington, and no construction of such facilities shall be
commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
(8) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintainted continuousy in
satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense.
(9) Canneries, Vegetable and Fruit. Vegetable and fruit
canneries (unless other arrangements are made with the Director
with the approval of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle of
the State of Washington) shall provide an effecient screen for the
removal of skins, seeds, pomace, culls, discarded product and
other suspended material from the wastes from the washing,
sorting, or other canning processes. This screen must be 20 -mesh,
U.S. Standard guage, and may be of the vibrating, rotary or any
other effective type. It shall be located on the main outlet
sewer line or lines from the cannery in such a way that all waste
waters, except cooling or other clean waters, will pass through
the screen. Cooling or other clean waters may be by-passed around
the screen or discharged through a separate outlet. Prior to the
installation of the screen, a plan drawing of the facility,
together with data as to capacity, shall be submitted to the
Director, METRO and to the Department of Ecology of the State of
Washington for approval. Screenings and other solid material
removed from the product during the cannery operations shall be
disposed of in a manner satisfactory to the Director, and, in any
event, in such a manner that it will not enter a water of the
State of Washington.
(10) When required by the Director, the owner of any
property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to
facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely
located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Director. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at
his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and
accessible at all times.
(11) All measurements, tests, and analysis of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
this section above shall be determined in accordance with
"Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage", and
shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in the
above paragraph in this section upon suitable samples taken at
said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has
been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the
nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at
which the building sewer is connected.
"7.05.230. SIDE SEWER CONSTRUCTION MUST COMPLY WITH
ORDINANCE.
When any side sewer is constructed, laid, connected or
repaired and does not comply with the provisions of this Chapter
or any construction standards, or codes which may hereafter be
adopted, or where it is determined by the Director that a side
sewer is obstructed, broken or inadequate and is a menace to
health, or is liable to cause damage to public or private
property, the Director shall give notice to the owner, agent, or
occupant of the property in which such condition exists, of such
condition, and if he shall refuse to construct relay, reconstruct,
or remove the obstruction of said side sewer, within the time
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specified in such notice, the Director may perform such work as
may be necessary to comply with this ordinance, and the cost of
such work shall be assessed against such property, or collected
from the person responsible for such condition, and the amount
thereof shall become a lien upon the said property, and the City
Attorney is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to collect
such cost, either by the foreclosure of said lien or by a suit
against the owner or occupant of such property, or other person
responsible for such condition, which suit shall be maintained in
the name of the City of Kent, as plaintiff, in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
"7.05.240. FEES FOR INSPECTION.
(1) There shall be no charge for required inspections
unless an inspection is necessary because of failure to comply
with the terms of this Chapter or any instruction standards,
specifications or codes of the City; provided that, if the
Seattle -King County Department of Public Health requires
inspection fees for the construction, installation or repairs of
septic tank systems, such fees shall be paid to that Department.
For all inspections for which a charge is made by the City of
Kent, the charge shall consist of the actual cost per hour,
including overhead, of sending Public Works Department personnel
to make the inspections, plus equipment rental charges, if any.
In no event shall the charge be less than Twenty -Five dollars
($25.00).
(2) All inspection fees shall be paid to the Finance
Director who shall issue receipts therefor. No permit shall be
issued to any person who is delinquent in the payment of
inspection charges.
7.05.250. DAMAGE TO PUBLIC SEWERS. No person shall
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any
structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the
sewage works.
7.05.260. PLANTING OF CERTAIN TREES AND SHRUBBERY
PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to plant poplar, cottonwood,
soft maples, willow, or any other tree or shrub whose roots are
likely to obstruct public or private sewers. The Director is
hereby authorized to remove any trees or shrubs from any public
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street, or the roots of any trees or shrubs which extend into any
public street, when said trees or the roots thereof, are
obstructing, or when he shall determine that they are liable to
obstruct, public or private sewers. Provided, however, that he
shall give ten (10) days notice in writing to the owner or
occupant of the abutting property to remove the same, and if such
owner or occupant fails or refuses to do so, the reasonable cost
of such removal from either private property, alleys or streets,
when done at the direction of the Director shall be a charge
against, and a lien upon the abutting property from which such
trees or shrubs are removed, and the City Attorney is hereby
authorized and directed to collect such charge by suit maintained
in the name of the City of Kent as plaintiff, against the owner in
any court of competent jurisdiction.
"7.05.270. PROPERTY NOT ASSESSED FOR SEWER CONSTRUCTION
UNDER A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO PAY SUM IN LIEU OF
ASSESSMENT.
(1) No permits shall be issued for a connection to any
public sewer for any property that has not been assessed for the
construction of said sewer by a local improvement district, except
as follows:
(A) Property which was not assessed for a local
improvement district, but which has a sanitary sewer
in the street, alley, or sewer easement abutting
said property shall be charged an assessment on the
same basis as property which was in the local
improvement district, said property should pay an
assessment equal to two dollars and fifty cents
($2.50) for every one hundred (100) square feet of
area of the lot, tract or parcel of property to be
provided sewer service.
(B) Satisfactory arrangement shall be made with the
Finance Director for payment prior to the issuing of
any permits provided for above.
(2) Side sewers constructed without the payment of the
above charges shall be disconnected within fifteen (15) days after
the owner is notified by the Director that the above charge has
not been paid in the event the payment is not made.
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"7.05.280. SCHEDULE OF CHARGES/WITHIN CITY.
(1) Single Family Residential $12.05 per month.
(2) Single Family Residential/Lifeline
9.85 per month.
Eligibility criteria for life line
rate shall be established by City
Y Council.
(3) Other than single family residential
shall be billed in accordance with
the consumption of water and at the
following rates:
All 2.15 + 1.10 Per Cu Ft. per month
"7.05.290 SCHEDULE OF CHARGES/OUTSIDE CITY. Sewer
service charges for customers residing outside the City shall be
the charges set forth in KCC 7.05.280.
07.05.300 WATER METERS FOR METRO BILLING. All sewer
accounts for other than single family residential uses must have
water meters or sewer meters for billing purposes.
"7.05.310 EXEMPTION METERS. The amount of flow for the
purpose of sewer service billing may be measured by a sewer meter
installed and maintained at the customer's expense, or by reading
a water meter with allowance made for water measured by any
exemption meter which has been approved by both METRO and the City.
"7.05.320 CERTIFICATION OF SEWER METERS. All sewer
meters shall be certified for accuracy at least once each year by
an independent testing agency. In the event the City demands an
inspection other than a regular annual inspection and the
inspection reveals that the meter is operating properly the City
shall bear the cost of the inspection, otherwise, the cost shall
be borne by the customer.
"7.05.330 SEWER SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS OBTAINING WATER
FROM OTHER SOURCES THAN THE KENT WATER UTILITY. For sewer service
to customers obtaining water from other sources than the Kent
Water Utility, the following regulations shall apply:
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(1) Single family residential customers shall pay the
flat rate.
(2) All customers other than single family residential
shall install a meter on their source of water
within thirty (30) days of date of application or
service will be discontinued. Upon request of the
customer, the City will install a meter in
accordance with its standard practice for such
installations.
(3) City of Kent personnel will read the privately owned
meters on normal water meter reading dates.
(4) If the meter is the property of a water district or
other municipal corporation, the customer must
submit written permission from the water district or
municipal corporation for the Kent meter reader to
read such meter on the normal reading date.
"7.05.340. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person, firm, or
corporation found guilty of violating this chapter or any part
thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding three hundred
dollars ($300.00)."
Section 2. Ordinances and Code Chapter Repealed.
Ordinances 1777, 1898, 1901, 1954, 2009, 2204, and 2299 and
Chapter 7.04 of the Kent City Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Severability. The invalidity of any
sentence, clause, section, or provision of this ordinance shall
not affect the validity of any other part thereof which can be
given effect without such invalid part or parts.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and
publication as provided by law, provided however that the new
rates shall be effective from and after the start of the next
billing cycle.
IS BEL HOGAN, MAYORkJ
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ATTEST:
MARIE JEN , CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
P. STEPHEN DiJULIO, CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED the 5 day of , 1982.
APPROVED the --4_day of }L�� -- , 1982.
PUBLISHED the Z�Z day of _�alL , 1982.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. 0 3"7 , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon
indicated.
3639-91A
SEAL
MARIE JEN N, CITY CLERK
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