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Chapter 13.04
Section 13.04.2002
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.04 Water

Article II. Rates

Section 13.04.2002 City Residence Rates
  1. Single-family Residence – Basic Charge.
    1. Within the City limits, the basic monthly service charge for each single-family residence where the water is being used or water is available to the property shall be:
      1.  

2024

$18.76
      1. Unless otherwise provided, for two or more single-family residences on one meter, the above service charge shall apply for each residence.
    1. For purposes of this chapter, a "single-family residence" or “equivalent residential unit” designation applies to each self-contained, stand-alone living unit with at least one:
      1. kitchen or cooking area room, which must include a sink;
      1. bathroom, which must include a toilet, bathtub, and sink or a toilet, shower, and sink.
      1. a separate entrance that does not require residents to co-mingle.
  1. Consumption Charge.

The following consumption charge rate schedule is adopted to encourage water conservation and promote environmental quality. Within the City limits, for each one hundred cubic feet, or major fraction (approximately seven hundred fifty gallons) of water used, there will be the following consumption charges:

Monthly Water Usage

(in cubic feet)

Rate

Per Hundred Cubic Feet

 

2024

Zero up to 600

$0.3581

Greater than 600 up to 1,200

$0.7577

Greater than 1,200 up to 2,500

$1.0193

Greater than 2,500 up to 4,500

$1.3088

Greater than 4,500

$1.6344
  1. No vacancy allowance will be made on any house in a group served by one meter unless all houses served by one meter are vacant and the water is shut off at the City valve by the water and hydroelectric services department upon proper request in writing.
  1. Family daycare homes shall be billed at the single-family rate. For purposes of this provision, "family daycare homes" shall mean a daycare facility:
    1. furnishing care, supervision, and guidance for persons twelve years of age or younger for more than four but less than twenty-four hours in a day;
    1. licensed as such by the state department of social and health services; and;
    1. which regularly provides such care during part of a twenty-four hour day for no more than twelve children in the dwelling of the person(s) in charge.
  1. Capital Charge.

In addition to the basic charge and consumption charge, there shall be charged a capital charge for all accounts as established and provided for in SMC 13.035.500.

Date Passed: Monday, August 28, 2023

Effective Date: Monday, January 1, 2024

ORD C36424 Section 1