Chapter 13.36
CONNECTIONS AND CHARGES
Sections:
13.36.010 Notice to connect – Sanitation requirements – Inspection.
13.36.020 Mandatory sewer connection fee.
13.36.030 Unpaid charges – Lien against the property.
13.36.040 Cut-off of water and sewer service.
13.36.060 Cost payment responsibility.
13.36.070 Lots and tracts – Connection required – When.
13.36.010 Notice to connect – Sanitation requirements – Inspection.
A. All owners of property within the municipal areas within the city, now or hereafter served by the general sewer system of the city, and physically, or the areas capable of receiving the service of the system of sewerage, shall, within 30 days after publication in a legal newspaper of the state and of general circulation within the city of a notice signed by the city clerk-treasurer for connections to be made therewith, cause a connection to be made between said sewer and each such property which is within 210 feet of a city sewer line. All connections of said sewer system heretofore constructed and made shall be maintained in a sanitary and watertight condition. All connections made hereafter shall be made in a permanent and sanitary manner and shall be sufficient to carry all the sewage and waste fluids of every kind from the building into the said system of sewage and each toilet, sink, stationary wash stand and other piece or type of equipment having waste fluids shall be connected with said system of sewerage; provided, that where the building or structure has not been completed before the publication of such notice, connection shall be made on or before the completion of such building or structure and before any occupancy or use thereof. No connection to the city sewer line shall be made until the water superintendent is present to inspect the connection, and no part of the connecting pipe shall extend to the interior of the city sewer line. [Ord. 341 §1, 1957].
13.36.020 Mandatory sewer connection fee.
All persons shall connect with the sewer system now existing or hereafter established in the city, as aforesaid, and shall pay to Palouse City Hall the mandatory connection charge of $1,825 as a hook-up fee for each connection hereafter made to the city sewer line. Such sum shall be paid to Palouse City Hall before the connection is made. Monthly sewer charges will commence immediately upon connection. [Ord. 1002 §1, 2020; Ord. 542 §2, 1980; Ord. 341 §2, 1957].
13.36.030 Unpaid charges – Lien against the property.
All charges for connection and for sewerage service provided for in PMC 13.36.010 through 13.36.040, together with penalties and interest thereon, shall be a lien upon the property with which such connection is made or sewerage service rendered, respectively, superior to all other liens and encumbrances whatsoever except for general taxes and local special assessments. The city clerk-treasurer is authorized and directed, prior to the expiration of six months from the first day of the first month for which such charges were unpaid, to certify to the auditor of Whitman County all of such charges as a lien upon such property in the manner provided for in Chapter 35.67 RCW, and such property shall be subject to foreclosure pursuant to the terms of said chapter. [Ord. 341 §5, 1957].
13.36.040 Cut-off of water and sewer service.
As an additional and concurrent method of enforcing the lien of the city for said charges, the city council is authorized and directed at the end of 30 days after the date of the first delinquency of any such charges, to cut off the water and sewer services from the premises to which such services were furnished, and said services shall remain cut off until all such charges, plus penalties and interest thereon, shall be paid. [Ord. 341 §6, 1957].
13.36.060 Cost payment responsibility.
The cost of all pipes, fittings and installation from the property line where the line enters private property to the point of hook-up to the city sewer line, shall be paid by the party for whom such installation is made, to the city clerk-treasurer, prior to the said installation, except where such sewer hook-up and installation is made in pursuance to a local improvement where the cost thereof is assessed against the property pursuant to state statutes, or said installation is made by the city and the costs assessed against the premises. [Ord. 429 §3, 1970].
13.36.070 Lots and tracts – Connection required – When.
Every lot, tract or parcel of land on which a dwelling house, building, business or enterprise is located, and each dwelling, house, building, business or enterprise where sewage or waste product is created, and where any part of the boundary of said lot, tract or parcel of land or dwelling house, building, business or enterprise is located within 210 feet from a sewer line belonging to the city, shall be served by a sewer line that is connected with and into the sewer system of the city; and in the event the owner of said lot, tract or parcel of land, dwelling house, building, business or enterprise fails to make or cause to be made such connection to the city sewer within the time fixed by the city council, it may cause such connection to be made and assess against the property served thereby the costs of such installation and hook-up charge, and the city clerk-treasurer may proceed to foreclose such assessment in the manner provided in Chapter 35.50 RCW for foreclosure of local improvement assessment. [Ord. 759 §1, 2001; Ord. 429 §4, 1970].