12.12.020 Drainage system rates and charges.
For the furnishing of the service to the users and potential users of the city drainage system, the rates and charges per month are established for the classifications indicated below:
(1) Definitions.
(a) “Customer” means the legal property owner at time of billing.
(b) “Accounts” means customer.
(c) “Low-income household” means a household in which the total annual income is below the very low-income level for the Seattle/Everett area as established and amended by survey from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(d) “Senior citizen” means a person of 62 years of age or older.
(e) “Disabled person” means a person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, learning, performing manual tasks, caring for oneself, etc.
(f) “Equivalent residential unit, or ERU” means the base impervious surface area upon which the drainage utility rate is based. Currently established ERU amount is 3,500 square feet.
(g) “Impervious surface” means any structure, surface, or improvement that reduces or prevents absorption of stormwater into land, and includes porous paving, paver blocks, gravel, crushed stone, decks, patios, elevated structures, and other similar structures, surfaces, or improvements.
(2) Classifications, Rates and Charges.
(a) Classifications.
(i) Residential Uses.
(A) Single-family residences.
(B) “Multifamily residences” means a multifamily residence such as a duplex, apartment or condominium; with separate rooms or living units in a nursing home, congregate care or assisted living facility; each having separate bathroom and/or kitchen facilities.
(ii) Nonresidential Uses.
(A) Commercial structure.
(B) Improved land areas not provided for in subsection (2)(a)(i)(A) or (2)(a)(i)(B) of this section.
(b) Rates and charges effective dates:
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Bimonthly Rates |
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Classification |
Effective Jan. 1, 2019 |
Effective Jan. 1, 2020 |
Effective Jan. 1, 2021 |
Effective Jan. 1, 2022 |
Effective Jan. 1, 2023 |
Effective Jan. 1, 2024 |
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Single-Family Residential |
$28.39 |
$34.78 |
$42.60 |
$46.54 |
$50.85 |
$54.03 |
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Multifamily Residential per ERU (3,500 sq. ft.) |
$28.39 |
$34.78 |
$42.60 |
$46.54 |
$50.85 |
$54.03 |
|
Nonresidential per ERU (3,500 sq. ft.) |
$28.39 |
$34.78 |
$42.60 |
$46.54 |
$50.85 |
$54.03 |
(3) Low-Income Senior Citizen and Low-Income Disabled Rates.
(a) Low-income senior citizens or low-income disabled persons who are customers of the utility shall be eligible to apply for drainage service at 70 percent of the monthly charge.
(b) Low-income households in which the principal financial resources are provided by a senior citizen or a disabled person, as defined in this chapter, may apply for these reduced rates. The city may require a customer who is receiving service at a reduced rate to provide information annually to confirm their continued eligibility for the reduced rate.
(c) The reduced rate provided by this section shall apply only to single-family residential services. (Ord. 1461 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2018; Ord. 1431 § 1, 2016; Ord. 1405 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2015; Ord. 1235 § 2, 2008; Ord. 1189 § 2, 2006; Ord. 830 § 1, 1991; Ord. 807 § 1, 1990; Ord. 758 § 1, 1988; Ord. 672 § 1, 1985; Ord. 606 § 1, 1982; Ord. 578 § 1, 1981; Ord. 563 § 2, 1981).