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ORDINANCE NO. 2013-001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON
DEFERRING CERTAIN INCREASES TO CITY WATER AND SEWER RATES AND
CHARGES
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington, Washington has the authority to enact laws to
promote the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington continues to examine equitable rates for water and
sewer service; and
WHEREAS, the City's water rate contains a CPI adjustment factor which the City
Council wishes to defer for 2013; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to reduce the planned sewer rate increase for 2013;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Arlington as
follows:
Section 1. The two prefatory subparagraphs of Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.040
shall be and hereby are amended to read as follows:
13.12.040 Water rates and charges. State and city utility taxes are included in the
following rates and charges for water service. The water charges shall include a base charge by
meter size, and a consumption rate, as set forth below.
Beginning on January 15, 2011, the rates set forth for the year 2010 shall be increased
annually by the October reported percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the
Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly used by
the city should it change; provided, however, that no CPI adjustment shall be made for the period
from January 15, 2012 to January 14, 2014; and provided further, however, that notwithstanding
any reduction in the CPI, rates shall not decrease.
Section 2. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.040(4)(B) shall be and hereby is amended
to read as follows:
(B) The usage rates set forth for temporary water service shall be increased annually
by the October reported percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the
Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly
used by the city should it change; provided, however, that no CPI adjustment shall be
made for the period from January 15, 2012 to January 14, 2014, and provided further,
however, that notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI, rates shall not decrease.
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Section 3. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12,130 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
13.12.130 - Residential and other sewer rates and charges.
State and city utility taxes are included in the following rates and charges for sewer service. The
effective dates for the following four-year plan will be based on the city's billing cycle for use
beginning on June 1, 2010, and January 15th of each year thereafter:
Sewer Charges(Monthly) 2010 RATE 1 2011 RATE 2012 RATE '2013 RATE
Base rate per residential unit 1 $ 57.45 $ 62.80 $ 68.15 $ 70.15
Beginning on January 15, 2014, the rates set forth for the year 2013 shall be increased annually
by the October reported percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Seattle -
Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly used by the city
should it change; provided, however, that notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI, rates shall
not decrease.
Section 4. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.140(a) shall be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
(a) All sanitary sewerage users consisting of any public or private premises not classified under
Section 13.12.110 or classified as an industrial user under Section 13.12.150 shall be classified
as commercial and charged upon the basis of water consumption. State and city utility taxes are
included in the following rates and charges for sewer service. The effective dates for the
following four-year plan will be based on the city's billing cycle for use beginning on June 1,
2010 and January 15th of each year thereafter. Each user shall pay a minimum monthly charge of
one base rate plus a volume rate for all consumption over three hundred cubic feet per month.
Sewer Charges
12010
2011
2012 2013
�
(Monthly)
IRATE
RATE
RATE RATE
Base rate (includes 300 cubic feet per
; $57.45
$62.80
$68.15 ; $70.15
month)
Volume rate (per 100 cubic feet per month)
1$5.95
1$6.50
$7.05 , $7.25
Section 5. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.150(2)(A) shall be and hereby is amended
to read as follows:
(A) For an industrial user with waste strength less than two hundred fifty mg/l, measured as
five-day BOD and TSS, and other parameters within limits established in Sections 13.08.240,
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13.28.050, and Chapter 13.36 of this title, and whose discharge does not require regular
monitoring other than flow, the minimum monthly charge is as set forth below:
Sewer Charges 2010 RATE ; 2011 RATE 2012 RATE 2013 RATE
(Monthly)
waste strength <250 mg/l i$352.00 %$384.00 $417.00 $429.00
Section 6. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.150(2)(B) shall be and hereby is amended
to read as follows:
(B) For an industrial user with waste strength in excess of two hundred fifty mg/l for two
months or more per year, the minimum monthly charge is as set forth below:
Sewer Charges 2010 RATE ' 2011 RATE 12012 RATE 2013 RATE
(Monthly)
waste strength>250 mg/l $1,406.00 1$1,536.00 1$1,666.00 1$1,715.00
Section 7. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.150(3) shall be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
Until such time as a sewer user charge analysis can be conducted to establish equitable charges
under a negotiated discharge permit between the city and the industrial user, the following shall
be used as the basis for industrial user charges:
(A) Flow based charge per cubic foot of wastewater discharged;
(B) BOD charge per pound of BOD discharged;
(C) TSS charge per pound of TSS discharged;
Sewer Charges 2010 RATE i 2011 RATE 12012 RATE 12013 RATE
(Monthly)
Flow -based charge (per cubic foot) $0.01681 , $0.01837 1 $0.01993 I $0.02051
BOD charge (per pound BOD) 1$0.529 I $0.578 $0.627 - I $0.645
TSS charge (per pound TSS) I $0.354 1$0.386 1$0.419 $0.431
Section 8. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this ordinance be preempted by state
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or federal law or regulation, such decision or preemption shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 9. Effective Date. The title of this ordinance, which summarizes the contents of this
ordinance, shall be published in the official newspaper of the City. The ordinance shall take
effect and be in full force five (5) days after the date of publication, provided, however, that the
amended rates shall be effective retroactive to January 15, 2013.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF ON THE
DAY OF*�� v' 2013.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
By yY Jr Z317,1-
Barbara Tolbert, Mayor
Attest:
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isti Banfi+eld, City Olerk
Approved as to form:
Ste en J. eif , Cy Attorney
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
You are hereby notified that on January 22, 2013, the City Council of the City of
Arlington, Washington, did adopt Ordinance No. 2013-001 entitled,
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON
DEFERRING CERTAIN INCREASES TO CITY WATER AND SEWER
RATES AND CHARGES"
This ordinance is effective five days from its passage and publication.
The full text of the ordinance is available to interested persons and will be mailed upon
request.
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Kristin anfield
City Cle
City of Arlington
CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
I, Kristin Banfield, being the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Arlington,
Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance #2013-001
was approved at the January 22, 2013 City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE #2013-001
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON
DEFERRING CERTAIN INCREASES TO CITY WATER AND SEWER
RATES AND CHARGES"
A true and correct copy of the original ordinance is attached.
Dated this 24t" day of January, 2013.
Kristin anfield
City in
for the City of Arlington