Chapter 7.78
TRANSFER OF DOMESTIC WATER SERVICE
Sections:
7.78.020 Transfer of water service authorized.
7.78.030 Restriction on transfer.
7.78.010 Purpose of chapter.
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the orderly transfer of domestic water service to consumers presently served by a private domestic water supply company from such private company’s system to the city of Yakima municipal domestic water system; and to enable the Yakima city council to exercise its discretion in authorizing such transfers of service by examining each proposed transfer and by establishing conditions and requirements applicable to any such transfer, as those conditions and requirements are determined by the city council to be necessary and in the public interests, depending on the circumstances surrounding each such proposed transfer of service. (Ord. 747 § 1 (part), 1965).
7.78.020 Transfer of water service authorized.
Any domestic water consumer served by a private domestic water supply company may discontinue such private domestic water service and connect to and be served by the city of Yakima domestic water system upon the approval, by resolution of the city council, of an application to the manager of the water/irrigation division of the city, or his or her authorized agent, by the owner of the property served for the transfer of service. The manager of the water/irrigation division shall forward the application for transfer of service to the city council with a recommendation regarding the application. The city council may authorize the execution of a contract, or contracts, with any private domestic water supply company providing for transfer of service to domestic water consumers within an area or along routes specified in such contract. The city council’s approval of such transfer of service, whether pursuant to individual application or to a contract with a private domestic water supply company, may be conditional and subject to requirements which the city council may specify in any particular instance, and may be approved by the city council either with or without a requirement that the consumer pay connection charges pursuant to Chapter 7.56, notwithstanding this code or any ordinance of the city of Yakima which may otherwise require such fees to be paid. (Ord. 2006-07 § 60, 2006: Ord. 97-63 § 8, 1997: Ord. 747 § 1 (part), 1965).
7.78.030 Restriction on transfer.
No consumer served by a private domestic water supply company shall be transferred and connected to the city of Yakima domestic water system without the consent of the responsible officers of any such private domestic water supply company. (Ord. 747 § 1 (part), 1965).