ORD 2450 ORDINANCE NO .
AN ORDINANCE amending Section 17 . 19 . 040 ( c) of the
Camas Municipal Code by revising the design standards for
Utilities in the City ' s Land Development Regulations .
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMAS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
Section I
Section 17 . 19 . 040 ( c ) of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows .
17 . 19 . 040 ( c) Utilities .
1 . Generally . All utilities designed to serve the development shall be placed
underground and , if located within a critical area, shall be designed to meet the standards of the
critical areas ordinance .
a) Those utilities to be located beneath paved surfaces shall be installed ,
including all service connections , as approved by the public works department ; such installation
shall be completed and approved prior to application of any surface materials .
b ) Easements may be required for the maintenance and operation of
utilities as specified by the public works department .
2 . Sanitary Sewers shall be provided to each lot at no cost to the city and designed
in accordance with city standards .
a) Detached units shall have their own sewer service and STEP or STEF
or Conventional Gravity system as required .
b ) Duplex units may have up to two sewer services at the discretion of the
engineering and public works departments .
c ) Multifamily units shall have one sewer lateral per building .
d) Commercial. or industrial units shall have privately owned and
maintained sewer systems acceptable to the City .
e ) Capacity , grade and materials shall be as required by the city engineer .
Design shall take into account the capacity and grade to allow for desirable extension beyond the
development . The city will not .require the developer to pay the extra cost of required oversize
sewer mains or excessive depth of mains necessary to provide for extension beyond the
development .
f) If sewer facilities mandated by this section will , without additional
sewer construction , directly serve property outside the development , equitable distribution of the
costs thereof shall be made as follows .
1 ) If the property outside the development is in a stage of
development wherein the installation of sewer facilities may occur , then the city council may
require construction as an assessment project , with appropriate arrangements to be established
with the developer to insure financing their proportional share of the construction .
11 . ) In the event the sewer facility installation is not constructed as
an assessment prof ect , then the city shall reimburse the developer an amount estimated to be
equal to the proportionate share of the cost for each connection made to the sewer facilities by
property owners outside of the development , limited to a period of fifteen years from the time of
installation . At the time of the approval of the plat , the planning commission shall establish the
actual amount of reimbursement , considering current construction costs .
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3 . Storm Drainage . The storm drainage collection system shall meet the
requirements of the city ' s officially adopted storm water standards .
a) Storm drainage facilities shall be placed on their own tract or within an
open space tract and are to be maintained by the homeowners within the development in
accordance with city standards . Alternatively ., the City may allow on a case by case basis , a
development to connect to an off site storm drainage facility provided such facility will be
adequately sized and appropriate agreements are in place for maintenance of said facility .
Provisions must be in writing informing the homeowners of the responsibility and outlining the
maintenance procedures in accordance with adopted city standards .
b ) Drainage facilities shall be provided within the development . when
available and required by the public works department , drainage facilities shall connect to storm
sewers outside of the development .
c ) Capacity , grade and materials shall. be as provided by the city engineer ,
Design of drainage within the development shall take into account the capacity and grade
necessary to maintain unrestricted flow from areas draining through the development and to
allow extension of the system to serve such areas .
d) All storm water generated by projects shall be treated , detained , and
disposed of in accordance with the applicable standards set forth in the stormwater management
for Puget Sound Basin , February 1. 992 . Anv deviations from the aforementioned standards shall
be submitted in writing to the director of public works for his review wnd approval .
4 . water System .
a) Each lot within a. proposed development shall be served by a water
distribution system designed and installed in accordance with city design standards . Locations of
fire hydrants and flow rates shall be in accordance with city standards and the International Fire
Code . The distance between fire hydrants , as indicated in the fire code , is allowed to be doubled
when automatic fire sprinklers are installed throughout the development .
b ) Each Unit of a duplex shall have its own water service .
c ) Multifamily units shall have one service for each building .
d) Landscaping in open space tracts must have a. service for an irrigation
meter , The owner of the tract is responsible for payment for all fees ,associated with the
installation of the meter and the water usage
Section II
This ordinance shall take force and be " n effect five ( .5 ) days from and after its publication
according to law .
PASSED by the Council and APPROVED by th& Mayor this _ day of August ; 20060
SIGNED .
Mayor
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Clerk
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