HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-967 Water Sewer Rate AmdCITY OF MERIDIAN
ORDINANCE N0.02- ~~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING MERIDIAN CITY
CODE BY EITHER ADDING OR DELETING LANGUAGE TO SECTIONS 9-1-7 B
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; FEES; 9-1-19 A 1., 2. AND 4. USER CHARGE, B. 1. AND
2. CHARGES FOR WATER AND INSTALLATIONS, C. 1. PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE;9-
1-21 A. TERMINATION OF SERVICE AND B. RIGHT TO HEARING; 9-4-24 A.
MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGES; 9-4-25 A. PERMIT REQUIRED; FEES, AND B.
SEWER CONNECTION CHARGE; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
VALIDITY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: Meridian City Code Section 9-1-7 B. shall be amended to read as follows:
B. Application For Permit; Fees: To obtain Municipal water service, the owner or
his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application
shall be supplemented pertinent in the judgment of the City and requested by the City. A permit
and inspection fee as established by resolution of the City Council
shall be paid to the City at the time the applicafion is filed. The owner or his agent shall pay a
connection fee to the City at the time the application is filed. The amount of the connection fee
will, vary depending on the equivalent residential unit (ERU) rating, or other rating established by
the City C-exnei} En ineer for the user in question. The connection fee shall be wed
as established b resolution of the Cit Council.
SECTION 2: Meridian City Code Section, 9-1-19 A. 1., 2., and 4, and B. 1. and 2. and C. 1.
shall be amended to read as follows:
A. User Charge:
1. All owners who receive or have the right to receive the benefit of the
Municipal water system shall, in return for said benefit, pay monthly user
chazges °- a°°~.. ..,.~roW ~ established by resolution of the City
Council. The monthly user charge shall be based on the amount of water
used and the amount of fire and health protection provided by the
Municipal water supply system.
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The minimum monthly user chazge for all uses shall be based on one
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equivalent residential unit (ERU) which is asingle-family residence. All
other water service connections shall be prorated as to the number of
ERUs assigned to that water user by this Chapter, or as determined by the
City Engineer or the Board of Appraisers, and will be computed on an
individual basis. Any user having more than one classification of use shall
be chazged for the sum of classifications.
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4. Each owner will pay a monthly user fee based on the quantity of water
used °°a "-- °-L ~a~~'- -''"' ' T T ' TTT Each owner shall
pay, as full compensation for the benefits derived from the Municipal
water supply system, the
charges as established by resolution of the Citv
Council. 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 established by resolution of the City Council.as-setk~
. The owner
must request the City to place the line back in service. There will be a
charge as established
by resolution of the City Council associated with the reactivation of the
existing service line. All monthly water rates will be chazged 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 an 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.
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B. Charges For Water And Installations:
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1. The charges for water shall be as ,
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Council.
2. 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:
a. For all meters installed, the charge shall be set by the Cites 1f?~neer
or Board of Appraisers. All installed meters shall be property of the
City.
b. Water hooku , as
established by resolution of the Citv Council
C. Private Fire Service:
1. Available only on 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. The flat rate fees shall be as established by resolution of the Citv Council
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SECTION 3: Meridian City Code Section 9-1-21 A., B. 1. shall be amended to read as follows:
A. Termination Of Service; Notice: The City C-lerie shall furnish each
property owner en after the first of each month a statement of the
amount due for water for the preceding month or up to the time that
the meter has been read and For other charges relating to the water
system; and if any owner neglects to pay his water bill by the tenth day
of the month following mailine of the billing, or shall fail or refuse to
pay the water bill in that time period, the water user's account shall be
delinquent. Owners shall be notified by regular mail of this
delinquency and if the bill is not paid in full within ten (10) days after
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set~iee mailine of this notification ea to the owner, the right to water
shall cease and terminate unless the owner or occupant requests apre-
termination hearing. Should the owner or occupant not request apre-
termination hearing or if an adverse decision is rendered against the
owner or occupant as a result of the pre-termination hearing, the City
may require the owner to pay the delinquent water bill attributable to
the use, plus a'-E$}g;ggj turn_on charge as established by
resolution of the City Council as a condition of receiving water service
again, and in the event the water meter must be removed, an additional
fi~E~r-de~{'(r5Ad39j fee as established by resolution of the Citv
Council must be paid as a condition of receiving water service again.
Any owner not using water after the first of the month, or incase a
meter is used after the meter has been read, must report the same to the
City Clerk and have the water shut off, and if he fails to do so, the full
amount for said month must be paid. No allowance will be made for
nonuse for less than one month. All corrections as to the chazge and
all abatements shall be made under the direction of the Mayor and
Council and shall be certified by the City Clerk, and all water bills
must be paid by the owner of the property upon which the same is used
and not by the tenants thereof.
B. Right To Hearing:
1. The City, in its delinquency notice to all owners, shall inform in
writing all owners of their right to apre-termination hearing, with such
hearing to be held with the due process protection described below.
The City will not discontinue water service to any e~uner~ property
prior to a fair and impartial hearing, after timely and adequate notice
and an opportunity to confront witnesses, to personally appear with
retained counsel to be judged on facts adduced at the hearing and to
otherwise be heard and defend the claim made by the City, if a pre-
terminationhearing is requested by any owner or occupant. The City
Council shall have the responsibility of holding pre-termination
hearings. The City Council shall make a record of any pre-termination
hearing. The City Council shall render its decision in writing, giving
the reasons for its determination. In decisions adverse to the owner,
the City Council will inform the water consumer of the right to appeal
the decision pursuant to the Idaho State Administrative Procedures
Act.
SECTION 4 Meridian City Code Section 9-4-24A. 1. and 2. shall be amended to read as
follows:
A. Monthly Service Charges:
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1. The minimum sewer charge shall be
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Council.
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SECTION 5: Meridian City Code Section 9-4-25 A. 2., and B. 1. and 2. shall be amended to
read as follows:
A. Permit Required; Fees:
2. Permit And Inspection Fee: A permit and inspection fee shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed. Also, the
owner or his agent shall pay to the City, at the time the
application is filed, a connection charge in the amount as
provided for in Section 9-4-24 of this Chapter. The amount of
t e permit and inspection fee shall be :..,..,.......,,,. „y u ,,,,,,,,~
as established by
resolution of the City Council.
B. Sewer Connection Charge:
The owner, or his agent, of all properties connecting to the
public sewer of the City under the terms of this Chapter shall
pay a sewer connection charge
as established by resolution of the City
Council for each equivalent connection or fraction thereof as
maybe assigned to the property by the City.
2. For properties that have an existing public sewer adjacent to
their property without direct cost to the present owner or former
owners of the property, there shall be an additional connection
charge
as established by resolution of the City Council for each
equivalent connection thereof as maybe assigned to the
property by the City.
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SECTION 6: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
SECTION 7: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that
any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended herein be
declared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City Council that it would
have passed all other portions of this Ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any
portion as maybe declared invalid.
SECTION 8: SAVINGS CLAUSE: This Ordinance does not affect an action
or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this Ordinance takes effect.
SECTION 9: DATE OF EFFECT: This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
r~ day of , 2002.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
day of , 2002.
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Attest:
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City Clerk ~ ' ~~'
First Reading: 7 ~ 3 '~ ~c 9p ~~'sr t$t ~ ~ tt
Adopted after first reading by su3~ r~ e~24i
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Second Reading:
Third Reading: ~'
allowed pursuant to Idaho Code
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