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ORDINANCE NO. 730
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING SECTION 5-131, OF THE
REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN; RE-ENACTING
SAID SECTION 5-131M IF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF MERIDIAN WITH AN ADDITION RELATING TO CHARGES FOR WATER METERS;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Meridian, State of Idaho,
have concluded that it is in the best interest of the said City to repeal Section 5-131 of the
Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian.
WHEREAS, it is concluded that it is in the best interesfi of the City of Meridian to re-
enact Section 5-131 as it read basically before, but with the addition of fees for water
meters.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
Section 1: That Section 5-131 is hereby repealed.
Section 2. That Section 5-131 of the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City
of Meridian is hereby re-enacted to read as follows:
5-131: MONTHLY RATES: All owners who receive or have the right to receive
the benefit of the City's municipal water system shall; in return for said benefit,
pay monthly user charges as described below. The monthly user charge shall be
based on the amount of water supply system. The owners of all property within
the corporate limits, which property is within three hundred feet (300') of the
municipal water supply system, and all water users outside the corporate limits
shall pay a minimum monthly user charge. The minimum monthly user charge for
alt uses shall be based on one equivalent connection per single family resident.
All other water service connections shall be pro-rated as to the number of
equivalent service connections assigned to that water user by this Chapter, or as
determined by the Board of Appraisers, and will be computed on an individual
basis. Any user having more than one classification of use shall be charged for the
sum of classifications.
The minimum monthly user charge shall be six dollars ($6.00) per equivalent
connection. Any owner which has a total equivalent connection rating less than one
shall pay a minimum monthly user charge for one full equivalent connection. Any
owner which has an equivalent connection rating greater than one shall pay a
minimum monthly user charge that is the product of that user's equivalent
connection rating multiplied by six dollars ($6.00).
i.e. A laundry having twelve (12) machines would have an equivalent
connection rating of:
(4.00) + (2 x .25) _ $.50
and a subsequent minimum monthly user charge of:
(4.50) x ($6.00) _ $27.00
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All money extensions shall be totaled upward to the nearest figure divisible by
five cents (.05¢).
Each owner will pay a monthly user fee based on the quantity of-water used and the
Schedule of Water Use Fee in Table II. Each owner shall pay, as full compensation
for the benefits derived for the municipal water supply system, the minimum monthly
user fee or the monthly user fee, whichever is greater. Should an owner request
a City water service line to be disconnected, for any reason, there shall be paid to
the City a disconnection fee as set by the Water superintendent with approval of
the City Council. The owner must request the City to place the line back in service.
There will be a charge set by the Water Superintendent with approval of the City
Council associated with the reactivation of the existing service line. All monthly
water rates will be charged against the property for which the City water service
line is installed. The owner of record is liable for that amount, which much be paid
before the water service is resumed. In the even the owner leaves an unclaimed
balance in his account, that amount shall be kept for six (6) months after which time
it shall revert to the General Fund of the City. The owner of the property serviced
shall pay for the monthly user charge and such owner will be billed for such monthly
user charge.
CHARGES FOR WATER AND INSTALLATIONS:
The charge for water shall be as follows: In all cases, the minimum charge shall be
six dollars ($6.00) per month. Nonresident shall be charged the same monthly
user charge.
in case a water meter fails to register correctly the water used, the owner shall
pay for the water on the basis of the average reading of the meter for the previous
three (3) months. Water meter installation charges shall be as follows:
For alt meters installed the charge shall be set forth below. All installed
meters shall be property of the City.
The charge for water meters shall be as follows:
Size Exist. Meter Chg.
5/8"x3/4" $ 90.00
3/4" 120.00
1 " 150.00
1 1 /2" 390.00
2" 490.00
4" N/A
Water Hookup
Used Meter Chg.
$ 130.00
165.00
220.00
420.00
550.00
4, 370.00
Remote Meter Cost
$ 109.31
135.66
168.12
353.74
493.24
4,270.00
$500.00 per unit
PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE
Available only on the flat rate when used for fire protection only; owner to install
all lines to the City mains at their expense. All connections to be supervised by the City
and to conform to City requirements and City Plumbing Codes.
Size of Line Charge per month
'/ inch $ 2.75
2 inch 5.00
3 inch 5.00.
4 inch 6.75
6 inch 11.65
8 inch 16.50
10 inch 26.50
WATER METER FEES ORDINANCE PAGE 2
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Ali private fire service lines shall be equipped with a sealed gate valve or thermal
automatic openings.
Private fire service lines shall be use for fire control only. Any other use is unlawful.
THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATED OPERATIONS SHALL REQUIRE THE
FOLLOWING NUMBER OF HOOKUPS:
TABLE II
Equivalent Connection Determinations
Classifications
Apartment (see Multiple living unit)
Bank, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Bar, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Barber shop, per chair, (minimum 1.00)
Beauty salon, per operation station (min. 1.00)
Bowling Alley, per lane (minimum 1.00)
Cafe, per customer seating capacity
(minimum to be 2.00 equivalent connections)
Car Dealer
Car wash (to be computed on an individual basis)
Church
Club, private per 3,000 sq. ft.
Condominium (see Multiple living unit)
Dentist, per practitioner
Department store, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Doctor, per practitioner
Drug store, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Dry cleaners, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Duplex (see Multiple living unit)
Fourplex (see Multiple living unit)
Garage, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Grocery store (see Retail food store)
Hospital, per bed
Laundries:
Self-service up to and including ten (10)
washing machines
Each washing machine in excess of ten (10)
Commercial (to be computed on an individual basis)
Lodge or private club, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Mobile home court or park, per space
Short term tenant type per space
Mobile home or trailer house on own premises
Motel, hotel, rooming house, etc.
With cooking facilities
First unit
Each additional unit
Motel, hotel, rooming house, etc.
With cooking facilities
No. of Equiv.
connections
1.00
1.00
0.50
0.50
0.20
0.10
2.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.15
4.00
0.25
2.00
1.00
0.50
1.00
1.00
0.25
1.00
0.50
0.75
1.00
1.00
0.50
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First unit
Each additional unit
Multiple living unit
Studio or one bedroom
Two (2) bedrooms or more
Office building for each 2,500 square feet of gross
floor space or fraction thereof
Occasional use from standpipe,
Fire hydrant, etc.
for each 2,000 gallons or fraction thereof (min. to be
0.50 equivalent connection)
WATER METER FEES ORDINANCE
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Photo development lab 2.00
Restaurant, per customer seating capacity
(minimum to be 2.00 equivalent connections)
Retail store for each 3,000 square feet of gross floor
space or fraction thereof 1.00
Service station
Gas and restroom service only 2.00
Full service 4.00
With car wash (to be computed on an individual
basis) ------
Schools, per each 50 students in average daily attendance
of fraction thereof 1.00
Single family residence 1.00
Swimming .pool
Public, per 500 sq. ft. 1.00
Private, for each 500 sq. ft. of pool water -- water
surface area or faction thereof 1.00
Tavern, per 3,000 sq. ft. (minimum to be 2.00
equivalent connections) 1.00
Theater 1.00
Trailer court or park
Long term tenant type, per unit 1.00
Short term tenant type, per unit (minimum 1.00) 0.50
Triplex (see Multiple living unit)
Railroad depot 2.00
Variety stores, for each 3,000 sq. ft. of gross floor
space or faction thereof 1.00
TABLE III
Schedule of Water Use Fees
Gallons Consumed Water Use Fee
From To
0 4, 000 $6.00
4,001 gallons and up $1.00 per 1,000 gallons
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has required the State of Idaho
to test drinking water and the State of Idaho through the Department of Health and Welfare
Department of Environmental Quality, has passed the cost of such testing down to local
governmentals and private water suppliers. The City must pass the cost of such testing
to the water users. Therefore each water user shall be charged a monthly water
assessment of $.25 until the Department of Health and Welfare Department of
Environmental Quality amends or retracts this testing charge.
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefore, which
emergency is hereby declared to exist, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED and approved this 16th day of April, 1996.
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ATTEST-
WILLIAM G. BERG, JR. ,CI ERK
WATER METER FEES ORDINANCE
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ORDINANCE NO. =`
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING SECTION 5-131, OF
THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN; RE-
ENACTING SAID SECTION 5-131, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN WITH AN ADDITION RELATING TO CHARGES FOR
WATER METERS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best
interest of the said City to repeal Section 5-131 of the Revised
and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian.
WHEREAS, it is concluded that it is in the best interest of
the City of Meridian to re-enact Section 5-131 as it read basically
before, but with the addition of fees for water meters.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO;
SECTION 1: That Section 5-131 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: That Section 5-131 of the Revised and Compiled
Ordinances of the City of Meridian is hereby re-enacted to read as
follows:
5-131: MONTHLY RATES: All owners who receive or have the
right to receive the benefit of the City's municipal water
system shall, in return for said benefit, pay monthly user
charges as described below. The monthly user charge shall be
based on the amount of water supply system. The owners of all
property within the corporate limits, which property is within
three hundred feet (3001) of the municipal water supply
system, and all water users outside the corporate limits shall
pay a minimum monthly user charge. The minimum monthly user
charge for all uses shall be based on one equivalent
connection per single family resident. All other water
service connections shall be pro -rated as to the number of
equivalent service connections assigned to that water user by
this Chapter, or as determined by the Board of Appraisers, and
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will be computed on an individual basis. Any user having more
than one classification of use shall be charged for the sum of
classifications.
The minimum monthly user charge shall be six dollars ($6.00)
per equivalent connection. Any owner which has a total
equivalent connection rating less than one shall pay a minimum
monthly user charge for one full equivalent connection. Any
owner which has an equivalent connection rating greater than
one shall pay a minimum monthly user charge that is the
product of that user's equivalent connection rating multiplied
by six dollars ($6.00).
i.e., A laundry having twelve (12) machines would have
an equivalent connection rating of:
(4.00) + (2 x .25) = 4.50
and a subsequent minimum monthly user charge of:
(4.50) x ($6.00) _ $27.00
All money extensions shall be totaled upward to the nearest
figure divisible by five cents (.050).
Each owner will pay a monthly user fee based on the quantity
of water used and the Schedule of Water Use Fee in Table II.
Each owner shall pay, as full compensation for the benefits
derived for the municipal water supply system, the minimum
monthly user fee or the monthly user fee, whichever is
greater. Should an owner request a City water service line to
be disconnected, for any reason, there shall be paid to the
City a disconnection fee as set by the Water Superintendent
with approval of the City Council. The owner must request the
City to place the line back in service. There will be a
charge set by the Water Superintendent with approval of the
City Council associated with the reactivation of the existing
service line. All monthly water rates will be charged against
the property for which the City water service line is
installed. The owner of record is liable for that amount,
which must be paid before the water service is resumed. In
the event the owner leaves an unclaimed balance in his
account, that amount shall be kept for six (6) months after
which time it shall revert to the General Fund of the City.
The owner of the property serviced shall pay for the monthly
user charge and such owner will be billed for such monthly
user charge.
CITY ORDINANCE PAGE 2
CHARGES FOR WATER AND INSTALLATIONS:
The charges for water shall be as follows: In all cases, the
minimum charge shall be six dollars ($6.00) per month.
Nonresident shall be charged the same monthly user charge.
In case a water meter fails to register correctly the water
used, the owner shall pay for the water on the basis of the
average reading of the meter for the previous three (3)
months. Water meter installation charges shall be as follows:
For all meters installed the charge shall be as set forth
below. All installed meters shall be property of the
City.
The charges for water meters shall be as follows:
Size Exist. Meter Chg. Remote Meter Cost User Meter Chg.
5/8"x3/4"
$ 90.00
$ 109.31
$ 130.00
3/4"
120.00
135.66
165.00
1"
150.00
168.12
220.00
1 1/2"
390.00
353.74
420.00
2"
490.00
493.24
550.00
4"
N/A
4,270.00
4,370.00
Water hookup $500.00 per unit
PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE
Available only on the flat rate when used for fire protection
only; owner to install all lines to the City mains at their
expense. All connections to be supervised by the City and to
conform to City requirements and City Plumbing Codes.
Size of Line
inch
2 inch
3 inch
4 inch
6 inch
8 inch
10 inch
Charge per month
$ 2.75
5.00
5.00
6.75
11.65
16.50
26.50
All private fire service lines shall be equipped with a sealed
gate valve or thermal automatic openings.
Private fire service lines shall be used for fire control
CITY ORDINANCE PAGE 3
only. Any other use is unlawful.
THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATED OPERATIONS SHALL REQUIRE THE
FOLLOWING NUMBER OF HOOKUPS:
TABLE II
Equivalent Connection Determinations
Classification
No. of Equiv.
Connections
Apartment (see Multiple living unit)
Bank, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Bar, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Barber shop, per chair, (minimum 1.00)
Beauty salon, per operation station
(minimum 1.00)
Bowling Alley, per lane, (minimum 1.00)
Cafe, per customer seating capacity
(minimum to be 2.00 equivalent connections)
Car dealer
Car wash (to be computed on an individual
basis)
Church
Club, private, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Condominium (see Multiple living unit)
Dentist, per practitioner
Department store, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Doctor, per practitioner
Drug store, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Dry Cleaners, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Duplex (see Multiple Living Unit)
Fourplex (see Multiple Living Unit)
Garage, per 3,000 sq. ft.
Grocery store (see Retail food store)
Hospital, per bed
Laundries:
Self-service up to and including
washing machines
Each washing machine in excess of
ten (10)
Commercial (to be computed on an
individual basis)
Lodge or private club, per 3,000
sq. ft.
Mobile home court or park, per space
Short term tenant type, per space
Mobile home or trailer house on own
premises
1.00
1.00
0.50
0.50
0.20
0.10
2.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.15
ten (10)
4.00
0.25
Motel, hotel, rooming house, etc. (cont.)
2.00
1.00
0.50
1.00
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With cooking facilities
First unit
1.00
Each additional unit
0.25
Motel, hotel, rooming house, etc. (cont.)
With cooking facilities
First unit
1.00
Each additional unit
0.50
Multiple living unit
Studio or one bedroom
0.75
Two (2) bedrooms or more
1.00
Office building for each 2,500 square
feet of gross floor space or fraction
thereof
1.00
Occasional use from standpipe,
Fire hydrant, etc.
for each 2,000 gallons or fraction
thereof
0.50
(minimum to be 0.50 equivalent
connection)
Photo development lab
2.00
Restaurant, per customer seating capacity
(minimum to be 2.00 equivalent
connections)
Retail store for each 3,000 square
feet of gross floor space or
fraction thereof
1.00
Service station
Gas and restroom service only
2.00
Full service
4.00
With car wash (to be computed on an
individual basis)
---
Schools, per each 50 students in average
daily attendance or fraction
thereof
1.00
Single family residence
1.00
Swimming pool
Public, per 500 sq. ft.
1.00
Private, for each 500 sq. ft. of
pool water -- water surface area
of fraction thereof
1.00
Tavern, per 3,000 sq. ft. (minimum to
be 2.00 equivalent connections)
1.00
Theater
1.00
Trailer court or park
Long term tenant type, per unit
1.00
Short term tenant type, per unit
(minimum 1.00)
0.50
Triplex (see Multiple living unit)
Railroad depot
2.00
Variety store, for each 3,000 sq. ft.
of gross floor space or fraction
thereof
1.00
CITY ORDINANCE PAGE 5
TABLE III
Schedule of Water
Use Fees
Gallons Consumed Water Use Fee
From To
0 4,000 $6.00
4,001 gallons and up $ 1. 0 0 p e r 1, 0 0 0
gallons
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has
required the State of Idaho to test drinking water and the State of
Idaho through the Department of Health and Welfare, Department of
Environmental Quality, has passed the cost of such testing down to
local governmentals and private water suppliers. The City must
pass the cost of such testing to the water users. Therefore each
water user shall be charged a monthly water assessment of $.25
until the Department of Health and Welfare, Department of
Environmental Quality amends or retracts this testing charge.
SECTION 3: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency
therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 16th day of April, 1996.
ATTEST'
WILLIAM G. BERG, JR C Y CLERK
CITY ORDINANCE
MERIDIANCi
C'iCOT D. CORRIE••
OF
SEAL _
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