HomeMy WebLinkAbout4473 ORDINANCE No. 4473
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending various
sections within Chapter 7.02 of the Kent City Code
entitled "Water", relating to the City's water utility
services, in order to simplify administrative billing
practices and update the fee imposed for stopping
or restoring water service.
RECITALS
A. Chapter 7.02 of the Kent City Code relates to the City's water
utility services. Some sections of this Chapter no longer align with the
current City water rate structure, and revisions are necessary to recognize
current billing practices.
B. The revisions to the Kent City Code made by this ordinance
simplify administrative billing practices, recognize the capabilities of the
City's current billing technology, and update fees imposed for stopping or
restoring water service to be more consistent and easier to administer.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. - Repeal - KCC 7.02.060. Section 7.02.060 of the
Kent City Code, entitled "Existing service to more than one building", is
hereby repealed in its entirety.
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SECTION 2. - Amendment - KCC 7.02.180. Section 7.02.180 of
the Kent City Code, entitled "Water turned on by owner or tenant
prohibited", is amended as follows:
Sec. 7.02.180. Water turned on by owner or tenant
prohibited. If the water is turned on to the premises by anyone other
than an employee of the water utility or the finance department after it has
been turned off at the city stop cock, it will be turned off again at the city
stop cock and locked, and will not be turned on again until the charges as
prescribed in this chapter have been paid. These charges are based on the
actual cost per hour, including overhead, of sending water utility
employees to address the unauthorized meter turn onr-etuFiq seFviee te the
. In no case will the charge be less
than $453G.
SECTION 3. - Amendment - KCC 7.02.190. Section 7.02.190 of
the Kent City Code, entitled "Vacant premises - Water supply", is amended
as follows:
Sec. 7.02.190. Vacant premises - Water supply. If it is decided
to discontinue the use of water supply to vacant premises for a period of
30 days or more, notice in writing must be given to the finance
department. The water will be turned off and will be turned on again upon
written application at a charge of $45-3G for such turn on. No remission of
charges will be made for a lesser period than 30 days or without receipt of
notice by the finance department.
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Re. Water Service
SECTION 4. - Amendment - KCC 7.02.210. Section 7.02.210 of
the Kent City Code, entitled "Turn off and turn on charges", is amended as
follows:
Sec. 7.02.210. Turn off and turn on charges.
A. For the purpose of paying the expense to the water utility or finance
department, a charge as set forth in this chapter is hereby fixed and made
to turn off or turn on the water service to any building for the making
within the building of any inspection, repair, maintenance, enlargement,
replacement, addition, or change in or to the water line or lines, or
plumbing, or plumbing fixtures, or for the purpose of connecting any kind
of machine, appliance, toilet, or bath facilities, or any kind of plumbing in
or to the water system located within the building when the building does
not have stop and waste cock as required in this section.
B. The total charge shall be $45 for the turn off and turn on of the
meter during regular business hoursiF„ the t r tUFn en is-deFe within
which charge shall be
paid to the finance department
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SECTION 5. - Repeal - KCC 7.02.250. Section 7.02.250 of the
Kent City Code, entitled 'Billing for service", is hereby repealed in its
entirety.
SECTION 6. - Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 7. - Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering;
or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or
regulations.
SECTIONS. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force thirty days from and after its passage, as provided by law.
November 7, 2023
DANA RALPH, M YO Date Approved
ATT T:
November 7, 2023
KIMBERL q
A. KOM , CITY CLERK Date Adopted
November 10, 2023
Date Published
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Kent Reporter
Affidavit of Publication
State of Washington}
County of King } ss
Rudi Alcott being first duly sworn, upon oath
deposes and says: that he/she is the legal
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representative of the Kent Reporter a weekly
newspaper. The said newspaper is a legal
newspaper by order of the superior court in the
county in which it is published and is now and
has been for more than six months prior to the
date of the first publication of the Notice
E hereinafter referred to, published in the English
language continually as a weekly newspaper in
King County, Washington and is and always
has been printed in whole or part in the Kent
Reporter and is of general circulation in said
County, and is a legal newspaper, in accordance
with the Chapter 99 of the Laws of 1921, as
amended by Chapter 213, Laws of 1941, and
approved as a legal newspaper by order of the
Superior Court of King County, State of
Washington, by order dated June 16, 1941, and
that the annexed is a true copy of KEN986313
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entire issue of said paper and not as a
supplement form thereof for a period of 1
issue(s), such publication commencing on
11/10/2023 and ending on 11/10/2023 and that
said newspaper was regularly distributed to its
subscribers during all of said period.
The amount of the fee for ch publication is
$81.52.
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CITY OF KENT
NOTICE OF
ORDINANCE
PASSED BY THE KENT
CITY COUNCIL
The following is the sum-
mary of an ordinance
passed by the Kent City
Council on November 7,
2023.
ORDINANCE NO.4473
-AN ORDINANCE of the
City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington,
amending various sec-
tions within Chapter 7.02
of the Kent City Code
entdled "Alater'• relating
to the City's water utiftr
services,in order to sine
plify adrnin stra ive billing
practices and update the
fee imposed for stopping
or restoring water ser-
vice. This ordinance
shall take effect and be
in force 30 days from
and after its passage,as
provided by law.A copy
of the complete text o1
any ordinance will be
mailed upon request of
the City Clerk.
Kimberley A_ Komoto,
City Clerk
KkomotoeS tWA,gov
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