ORD 2711 ORDINANCE NO . 2711
AN ORDINANCE amending Chapters 13 . 3 6 , 13 . 40 , 13 . 44 , 13 . 62 ,
13 . 64 , 13 . 80 , 13 . 84 , and 13 . 86 of the Camas Municipal Code .
The Council of the City of Camas do ordain as follows :
Section I
Section 13 . 36 . 020 of the Camas Municipal Code is hereby repealed .
Section II
Section 13 . 36 . 040 Monthly service charge and rate for automatic sprinkler systems is
hereby amended to provide as follows :
The monthly flat- rate charge for automatic sprinkler systems with fire
hydrants and for standpipes in conjunction with fire protection shall be as
provided in Section 13 . 36 . 010 . of the Camas Municipal Code .
Section III
Section 13 . 36 . 050 , Subsections (A) (2 ) and (A) ( 3 ) Connection charges shall be amended to
provide as follows :
(A ) (2 ) For installing a water meter for services one inch or smaller , the
connection charge shall be as per the fee schedule established by the City
Council per Resolution .
(A) (3 ) For installing a water meter , service line , and tapping the water main
for a service one inch or smaller, the connection charge shall be as per the fee
schedule established by the City Council per Resolution or the actual cost to
the City calculated in accordance with subsection ( A ) ( 1 ) of this section ,
whichever is greater .
Section IV
The first sentence of Section 13 . 36 . 060 Temporary water service is hereby amended to
provide as follows :
For temporary irrigation or commercial hydrant use , all connections shall pay
a deposit as per the fee schedule established by the City Council per
Resolution , with the nonrefundable amount established as per the fee schedule
established by the City Council per Resolution .
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Section V
Section 13 . 36 . 070 , Subsection (A) and ( B) Utility charge–Governmental users shall be
amended to provide as follows :
( A ) Rental by the Camas fire department of all fire hydrants within the city
shall be as per the fee schedule established by the City Council per Resolution .
(B ) Rental of fire hydrants , per hydrant, outside the limits of the city by any
other municipality or fire district shall be as per the fee schedule established
by the City Council per Resolution .
Section VI
Section 13 . 40 . 010 , Subsection ( G) Meters—Installation—Reading - -Accuracy shall be
amended to provide as follows :
( G) When a customer requests a meter test , a deposit as per the fee schedule
established by the City Council per Resolution to cover the cost of the test
may be required of the customer .
Section VII
A new Subsection 13 . 40 . 010 (R) - Meters—Installation—Reading - -Accuracy shall be
established as follows :
( R) Water connection shall be charged beginning on the date of installation .
All connections will be billed continuously for the base charge even during
periods of non - use , including vacancy and disconnection for non - payment .
Section VIII
Section 13 . 40 . 020 Meter, Subsections (A) and ( B) Meter - - Reading shall be amended to
provide as follows :
( A ) Meters shall be read as nearly as possible at regular thirty - day intervals or
sixty - day intervals , and the bill rendered will be based on consumption to the
nearest hundred cubic feet .
( B ) Other than regularly scheduled reading of water meters , the meters shall
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be read only upon any sale of the property serviced by said meter . No meter
shall be read at any intervals which occur between any renters or lessees of the
property .
Section IX
Section 13 . 44 . 010 , Subsection ( C ) and (D ) Charges Metered service —Billing intervals
shall be amended to provide as follows :
( C ) A customer shall be charged the sum as per the fee schedule established
by the City Council per Resolution for each nonsufficient fund check, or a
check written on a closed account and returned by the bank to the city .
(D ) There shall be a penalty on all delinquent accounts assessed at the rate of
five percent of the outstanding balance , with a minimum per utility account as
per the fee schedule established by the City Council per Resolution .
Section X
A new Section 13 . 44 . 015 Subsections (A) , (B ) and ( C ) Billing Liability Rental
Properties shall be established as follows :
(A) The record owner of any real property provided utility services by the
City shall be and act as the sole customer of the City . All utility services
provided to the real property shall be the responsibility of the record owner of
the subject property . The City shall not be responsible for unpaid billings
resulting from tenants moving in or out without paying charges due , nor the
collection thereof, and said charges shall be a lien on the real property until
paid .
(B ) Except as hereinafter provided , all billings for utility services provided by
the City shall be mailed to the record owner of the subject property at the
record owner ' s address . The City shall have no duty to place any billing
associated with any utilities services provided by the City in any other name ,
including , but not limited to , any renter or lessee .
( C) In the event a record owner requests billings of non - owner occupied real
property be mailed to an address other than that of the record owner including
but not limited to , any management company or to the premise address , the
record owner must complete , sign , and have notarized a form provided by the
Finance Department agreeing to the regulations and provisions associated with
the request for an exception . Such form shall provide in part that the record
owner agrees to be responsible for any prorating of utility billings between
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any tenants or lessees , any utility billings which remain unpaid , and any
disconnect charges otherwise imposed pursuant to the Camas Municipal Code
that may be due in the event of any delinquency associated with any tenancy .
Section XI
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Section 13 . 44 . 020 , Subsections (A) (2 ) , ( B) , ( C ) , (D ) , ( E) , ( G) , (H) , and (J)
Nonpayment Shutoff Hearing Disconnection fees shall be amended to provide as follows :
(A) (2 ) A statement that the person billed may request a hearing to contest the
amount or validity of the charges ;
(B ) The notice of intent to disconnect shall also contain a request for hearing
form to be utilized by any person desiring to contest the amount or validity of
such charges . Any person desiring such a hearing shall file the request for
hearing with the Finance Department within ten days of the date of the notice ,
and shall accompany such request with a tender of the amount of charges
billed . Failure to file a request for hearing and tender the amount of charges
owing within such time limit shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a
hearing .
( C ) In the event the charges are not paid , or a hearing requested accompanied
with a tender of the amount owing within ten days of the date of the date of
the notice , or if the customer ' s check is tendered and then is returned unpaid
by the bank , then the city shall proceed to disconnect the water service to the
premises .
(D ) In the event a hearing is requested, the amount tendered by the customer
shall be deposited into the customer account . If all or a portion of the charges
are found not to be owing , such amount shall be refunded to the customer or
credited to the customer ' s account .
(E) Whenever a disconnection is made at the owner ' s request, the sum as per
the fee schedule established by the City Council per Resolution shall be
charged for the cost of disconnecting . Whenever a disconnection is made for
non- payment, the sum as per the fee schedule established by the City Council
per Resolution shall be charged for disconnecting .
( G) There shall be an additional charge as per the fee schedule established by
the City Council per Resolution for each time a service is found wrongfully or
illegally reconnected after being disconnected for non - payment .
(H) If a meter or spacer must be removed , padlocked , or other means used to
prevent illegal reconnection of a service , then there shall be an additional
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charge as per the fee schedule established by the City Council per Resolution
for removal of such meter or spacer .
( J) If a customer ' s meter has been turned off for non - payment and the
customer requests reconnection after the hours of 5 . : 00 p . m . or on a weekend
or holiday , the customer shall be charged an additional turn - on fee as per the
fee schedule established by the City Council per Resolution .
Section XII
Section 13 . 44 . 030 Adjustments for broken pipes shall be amended to provide as follows :
When a property owner , in any given billing period because of a broker water
pipe on the owner ' s premises , has used , according to the meter , a quantity of
water which is more than double the most recent average without leak as set
forth in 13 . 64 . 060 (A ) , a written application may be made to the Finance
Director , for a reduction in said billing . If the application states that the main
underground service line between the meter and house or inside a crawlspace
was broken on the owner ' s premises which caused the large consumption of
water, and it is established that such broken pipe has been repaired and
documentation in the form of a bill from a certified plumber or receipt for
parts is attached , the finance director shall authorize a credit to such billing as
follows :
(A ) Average water consumption will be determined by the customer ' s most
recent winter average without leak as set forth in Camas Municipal Code
13 . 64 . 060 (A ) . Customers with no winter average will have the most recent
two meter reads without leak used to define an average . Customers with no
prior billing , or whose prior reads are zero , will use the City ' s default as set
forth in Camas Municipal Code 13 . 64 . 060 (B ) .
(B ) The average consumption will then be deducted from the consumption
which occurred at the time of the broken water pipe .
( C ) A credit shall be permitted only once per customer account in a five year
period . The credit shall apply to a single billing cycle and only up through the
day of repair . No additional credit shall be given for a delay in repair of pipes
beyond one billing period .
(D ) The reduction provided for by this section shall not be allowed if such
excess water consumption is due to the owner ' s neglect or failure to repair the
water system of the premises . A reduction shall not be permitted if such
excess consumption is due to leaking faucets , other plumbing fixtures or
irrigation systems .
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Section XIII
Section 13 . 62 . 040 , Subsection (B ) Installation responsibility Inspection fee shall be
amended to provide as follows :
(B ) During and at the completion of installation , the STEP/ STE system shall
be inspected by the city to ensure that it has been properly installed . There
shall be a fee as per the fee schedule established by the City Council per
Resolution for inspection of the STEP system , which fee shall be collected by
the building department at the time the permit for connection to the municipal
sewer system is issued .
Section XIV
A new introductory sentence shall be inserted in Section 13 . 64 . 010 Monthly service charges
and rates for sewer services as follows :
Billing and collection . Customers shall be billed for sewer utility charges at
the same time and in the same manner as the customer is billed for water ,
storm water , garbage and recycling services pursuant to Camas Municipal
Code Section 13 . 44 . 010 .
Section XV
Section 13 . 64 . 020 Adjustment Commercial is hereby repealed .
Section XVI
Section 13 . 64 . 030 , Subsection (B ) Adjustment for broken water line shall be amended to
provide as follows :
(B ) Eligibility for the adjustment provided herein shall be contingent upon
repair of the broken water line as provided for in Section 13 . 44 . 030 , Camas
Municipal Code . Any adjustment allowed shall be limited to one billing
period .
Section XVII
Section 13 . 64 . 040 , Subsection (A) Septage users shall be amended to provide as follows :
(A ) There is imposed upon customers of the City of Camas water and sewer
utility who have septic tanks or chemical toilets and reside within the city
limits a service charge as per the fee schedule established by the City Council
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per Resolution when waste from the septic tank or chemical toilet is dumped
into the city sanitary sewer system .
Section XVIII
Section 13 . 64 . 050 , Subsection (B ) Connection charges for STEP systems shall be
amended to provide as follows :
(B ) The connection charge for connecting a STEP/ STE sewer system to the
Camas municipal sanitary sewer system with a one inch service line or less
shall be as per the fee schedule established by the City Council per Resolution ,
or the actual cost to the city calculated in accordance with subsection (A) of
the section , whichever is greater .
Section XVIX
Section 13 . 64 . 060 , Introductory Paragraph and Subsection ( C ) Sewer volume charges
shall be amended to provide as follows :
The sewer volume charges for each residential customer from November 1
through February 28 shall be based upon that customer ' s actual water
consumption during that period . The two billing cycles between November 1
through February 28 shall be the customer ' s "two billing cycle water
consumption history " . The sewer volume charges for each residential unit for
the remainder of the year shall be based on the average water consumption in
the previous "two billing cycle water consumption history " . Zero water
consumption in any of the two water consumption history billing periods shall
not constitute a " complete two billing cycle water consumption history " .
( C ) Residential customers may apply for a reduction in sewer rates when , due
to a qualifying leak as defined in Camas Municipal Code 13 . 44 . 030 , the sewer
charge is substantially increased . The amount of the reduction shall be
calculated in the same manner as a water leak credit as set forth in Camas
Municipal Section 13 . 44 . 030 .
Section XX
Section 13 . 80 . 070 , Subsection (A) (2 ) Service - - Recordkeeping shall be amended to provide
as follows :
(A ) (2 ) Curb service must have refuse cans placed on the street curb by 6 : 30
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a . m . on the day the area is scheduled by the department for refuse to be
collected .
Section XXI
Section 13 . 80 . 090 , Subsection ( C ) Contract- - Bid Bond shall be amended to provide as
follows :
( C ) Each successful bidder shall furnish corporate surety bond to the city in
the sum as per the fee schedule established by the City Council per Resolution
conditioned upon the faithful performance of his contract and compliance with
all ordinances of the city and all rules , regulations , laws and statutes relating
to his business .
Section XXII
Section 13 . 80 . 120 Charge schedule shall be amended to provide as follows :
(A) Customers shall be billed for garbage charges at the same time and in the
same manner as the customer is billed for water , sewer , storm water, and
recycling services pursuant to Camas Municipal Section 13 . 44 . 010 .
(B ) Immediately upon award of a contract as above stated , the Council shall
by Resolution adopt a schedule of charges for the services rendered . All
charges for the services to be rendered shall be payable to the Finance
Department and if not paid on or before twenty days from the date of the bill ,
such charge shall be delinquent . Upon failure to pay such charges and upon
delinquency , the amount thereof shall become a lien against the property for
which the garbage collection service is rendered . Such lien shall be made
effective by filing a notice thereof specifying the charges , the period covered
by the charges , and giving a legal description of the premises for which the
service was rendered . Such lien shall be filed with the same official and
within the time and shall be foreclosed within the time and manner prescribed
by law for filing and foreclosing lines for labor and material . Furthermore ,
such lien shall be prior to any and all other liens , but shall be subject to all
general taxes and local improvement assessments , whether levied prior or
subsequent thereto .
Section XXIII
Section 13 . 84 . 010 , Subsections (D ) and (F) Schedule of charges shall be amended to
provide as follows :
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(D ) Changes in service will become effective within two weeks of request .
The containers are the property of the City of Camas . To change can ,
requiring the removal and replacement container . . . 00 $ 11 000
(F) Residential and Commercial 1 . 5 and 2 Cubic Yard Container Rates .
CITY OF CAMAS
SANITATION UTILITY RATE STUDY
Monthly Rates
Sanitation 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Rates
Annual 2 . 75 % 2 . 75 % 2 . 50 % 2 . 50 % 2 . 50 %
Rate
Ad ' ustment
Residential /Commercial 1 . 5 and 2 Cubic Yard Container Service
Placement 18 . 62 19 . 13 19 . 66 20 . 15 20 . 65 21 . 17
Charge
Monthly Rental Charge
1 . 5 cubic 16 . 15 16 . 59 17 . 05 17 . 48 17 . 92 18 . 37
and
2 cubic 18 . 23 18 . 73 1925 19 . 73 20 . 22 20 . 73
and
Disposal Charge $ per pick - u
1 . 5 cubic 16 . 71 17 . 17 17 . 64 18 . 08 18 . 53 18 . 99
and
2 cubic 23 . 19 23 . 83 24 . 49 25 . 10 25 . 73 26 . 37
and
Compacted Disposal Charge $ per ick - u
1 . 5 cubic 16 . 71 17 . 17 17 . 64 18 . 08 18 . 53 18 . 99
and
2 cubic 23 . 19 23 . 83 24 . 49 25 . 10 25 . 73 26 . 37
and
Permanent
1 . 5 Yard Dum stet $ per month disposal )
# of Empties per Week
1 Regular 72 . 43 74 . 42 76 . 47 78 . 38 80 . 34 82 . 35
1 144 . 85 148 . 83 152 . 92 156 . 74 160 . 66 164 . 68
Compacted
2 Regular 144 . 85 148 . 83 152 . 92 156 . 74 160 . 66 164 . 68
2 289 . 71 297 . 68 305 . 87 313 . 52 321 . 36 329 . 39
Compacted
3 Regular 217 . 28 223 . 26 229 . 40 235 . 14 241 . 02 247 . 05
3 434 . 56 446 . 51 458 . 79 470 . 26 482 . 02 494 . 07
Compacted
4 Regular 289 . 71 297 . 68 305 . 87 313 . 52 321 . 36 329 . 39
4 579 . 41 595 . 34 611 . 71 627 . 00 642 . 68 658 . 75
Compacted
5 Regular 362 . 13 372 . 09 38232 391 . 88 1 401 . 68 1 411 . 72
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Sanitation 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Rates
5 724 . 26 744 . 18 764 . 64 783 . 76 803 . 35 823 . 43
r
Compacted
2 Yard Dum ster
# of Empties per Week
1 Regular 100 . 47 103 . 23 106 . 07 108 . 72 111 . 44 114 . 23
1 200 . 94 206 . 47 212 . 15 217 . 45 222 . 89 228 . 46
Compacted
2 Regular 200 . 94 206 . 47 212 . 15 217 . 45 222 . 89 228 . 46
2 401 . 88 412 . 93 424 . 29 434 . 90 445 . 77 456 . 91
Compacted
3 Regular 301 . 41 309 . 70 318 . 22 326 . 18 334 . 33 342 . 69
3 602 . 82 619 . 40 636 . 43 652 . 34 668 . 65 685 . 37
Compacted
4 Regular 401 . 88 412 . 93 424 . 29 434 . 90 445 . 77 456 . 91
4 803 . 76 825 . 86 848 . 57 869 . 78 891 . 52 913 . 81
Compacted
5 Regular 502 . 35 516 . 16 530 . 35 543 . 61 557 . 20 571 . 13
5 1004 . 70 1032 . 33 1060 . 72 1087 . 24 1114 . 42 1142 . 28
Compacted
Section XXIV
Section 13 . 86 . 025 Residential yard debris recycling is hereby amended to provide as
follows :
(A) Customers shall be billed for recycling charges at the same time and in the
same manner as the customer is billed for water , sewer , storm water , and
garbage and services pursuant to Camas Municipal Code Section 13 . 44 . 010 .
(B ) There is established a voluntary system for the collection of yard debris
generated by residential dwellings within the service area of the City . Any
person who owns any residential dwelling within the service area may enroll
with the City to have yard debris collected , transported and disposed of.
Persons enrolling in the yard waste recycling program will be furnished a yard
debris container by the City of it contractor .
Section XXV
Section 13 . 86 . 060 Rates for recyclable collection shall be amended to provide as follows :
The rate for collection of recyclables shall be as per the fee schedule
established by the City Council per resolution per month for each residential
unit .
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Section XXVI
Section 13 . 86 . 065 Rates for yard debris collection shall be amended to provide as follows :
The rates for collection of recyclable yard debris shall be as follows :
(A ) Basic yard debris service shall include the pick up of one ninety - gallon
yard debris container every other week . The rate for basic service shall be as
per the fee schedule established by the City Council per resolution , per year .
( B ) Excess material of yard debris set out in excess of the basic service
amount shall be charged as per the fee schedule established by the City
Council per resolution , per thirty - two gallon can or kraft bag .
( C ) Restart Fee . Customers who stop and then restart yard debris recycling
services without having completed one year shall be charged a restart fee as
per the fee schedule established by the City Council per resolution .
Section XXVII
This Ordinance shall take force and be in effect five ( 5 ) days from and after its publication
according to law .
PASSED BY the Council and APPROVED by the M or this day of
�cfo6er- , 2014 .
SIGNED :
Ma or
ATTEST : ni
C erk
APPROVED as to form :
City Attorney