Chapter 13.16
WATER AND SEWER RATES
Sections:
13.16.010 Charges and connection fees set by resolution.
13.16.020 Charges to be lien against property.
13.16.030 Deposit required for service turnon.
13.16.040 Water service--High level rates.
13.16.050 Water service--Minimum charge due when.
13.16.060 Water service--Owner liability.
13.16.070 Water service--Billing and shutoff.
13.16.080 Water service--Turning on and off.
13.16.090 Water service--Connection funds.
13.16.100 Sewage processing charge.
13.16.110 Sewage disposal systems development charge.
13.16.010 Charges and connection fees set by resolution.
Charges for the sewer and water connection fees and usage rates may be made by resolution of the city.
(Ord. 639 §1, 1987)
13.16.020 Charges to be lien against property.
All water and sewer service charges shall be a lien against the premises served from and after the date of billing and entry in the city lien docket. The lien docket shall be made accessible for inspection by anyone interested in ascertaining the amount of the charges against the property. When a bill for water and sewer service remains unpaid sixty days after it has been rendered, the lien thereby created may be foreclosed in the manner provided for by ORS 223.610, or in any other manner provided by law, this code or city ordinance.
(Ord. 612 §1, 1986)
13.16.030 Deposit required for service turnon.
A. A water and/or sewer customer shall deposit forty dollars with the city before such service is turned on.
B. The deposit shall be refunded to the customer if the customer is not more than ten days late on two occasions during one continuous year.
(Ord. 610 §§1, 2, 1986)
13.16.040 Water service--High level rates.
Area deemed to be the high level water rate area is in the city and described as follows:
Lots 2, 3 and 4 of Block 1 and Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 2 of Eleven Oaks Subdivision Number Two as recorded in Volume 11, Page 58, Records of Jackson County, Oregon.
A. Needs of Area. This area requires special water pumps and it is determined that it should pay the cost of the maintenance and supplying of power to such pumps with the cost to be distributed among the owners of the area contained in the high level water system area.
B. Additional Charge to be Levied in the High Level Water Rate Area. Each dwelling unit in this area will pay each month to the city the city’s actual cost of electricity, maintenance, repair or replacement if necessary of any of the equipment that is used to furnish water to this high level area and that is necessitated by the area being above the water level for service to the rest of the city.
(Ord. 568 §1, 1983; Ord. 541 §1 (3), 1982)
13.16.050 Water service--Minimum charge due when.
Any such property that is so situated as to have available to it water service so that it could reasonably be connected to the city water system shall be charged the minimum water bill and the occupant of such property shall be liable for such minimum charges.
(Ord. 541 §1 (4), 1982)
13.16.060 Water service--Owner liability.
Where a business or a residential property in the city is rented to a third party, the owner of such property shall be liable for water service charges incurred by the renter of such property unless the owner shall have given notice to the city that the owner will not be liable for such charges and that the owner does not wish water to be furnished to such property except pursuant to an agreement between the renter and the city.
(Ord. 541 §1 (5), 1982)
13.16.070 Water service--Billing and shutoff.
A. Due Date. Water bills are due when sent and if not paid within twenty days after date of being sent, they are delinquent. Then a second notice will be sent stating the date the water will be shut off if the bill is not paid in full. If not paid in full by the shutoff date as stated in the second notice, then such water service shall be disconnected and shall remain disconnected until the water service charge is paid in full. However, such time period may be extended if hardship or extenuating circumstances are shown to the city administrator or city council.
B. On and Off Charge. If the water service is disconnected for failure to pay the water charge, then a reconnection fee of (1) forty dollars shall be charged if the water service is reconnected between the hours of four p.m. and eight-thirty a.m., or on Saturday, Sunday or a holiday and (2) a fee of twenty dollars if the water service is reconnected during the regular working hours with such fee to be paid in full before the water service is reconnected.
(Ord. 541 §1 (6), 1982)
13.16.080 Water service--Turning on and off.
Any damage done to a water meter by a person other than a Phoenix employee and done in the process of turning on or off water shall be at the expense of the occupant of the property.
(Ord. 541 §1 (7), 1982)
13.16.090 Water service--Connection funds.
All of the funds collected for the connection fee to the city water system shall remain in the city utility fund.
(Ord. 541 §1 (8), 1982)
13.16.100 Sewage processing charge.
Any additional charge made for the processing and transmission of sewage, with such charges made to the city, shall be paid to the city by the person, firm or business from which such sewage originated, whether it be for extra-strength sewage, charges for commercial recreational vehicle dump stations, or any other extra charge whatsoever.
(Ord. 600 §1, 1985)
13.16.110 Sewage disposal systems development charge.
A. Beginning January 6, 1980, there shall be a systems development charge for property connected or to be connected to the regional sewage disposal plant with the charge and with the definitions and determinations to be in accord with Exhibit A, attached to the ordinance codified in this section, which is labeled "Schedule of Systems Development Charges for Sewer Service Established By: The Regional Sewer Rate Committee" and incorporated herein.
B. Definitions.
1. "Connected to the regional plant" means connected to a sewage collection system which discharges into the regional sewage treatment plant. "Building" includes a mobile home "space" or "pad."
2. "Single family residence equivalent unit" means a single-family dwelling unit and shall further be defined as determined by the regional sewer rate committee.
C. The systems development charge as stated in this section shall be applicable as follows:
1. Category A. Buildings for which building permits have been issued or which are occupied prior to January 6, 1980 and are connected to the regional plant are not subject to a systems development charge;
2. Category B. Buildings for which building permits have been issued or which are occupied prior to January 6, 1980 and are not connected to the regional plant. When connected to the regional plant, buildings in Category B are not subject to the systems development charge unless a sewer permit for the connection is issued on or after January 1, 1994;
3. Category C. Buildings for which building permits are issued on or after January 6, 1980 and may be connected to the regional plant upon completion of construction. Buildings in Category C are subject to the systems development charge;
4. Category D. Buildings for which building permits are issued on or after January 6, 1980 for which sewer service to the regional plant is not available upon completion of construction. When connected to the regional plant buildings in Category D are subject to the systems development charge and the owner of the property at that time shall pay the systems development charge to the city before the property is connected to the regional plant.
(Ord. 492 §1, 1980)