Special Connection 21903_21904_21911-88th Ave W.pdf
ORDINANCE NO. 3657
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF
CHAPTER 7.30 ECC WATER RATES AND SEWER CHARGES
TO ADD A NEW SECTION 7.30.036 SEWER SPECIAL
CONNECTION DISTRICTS, ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL
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CONNECTION FEE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES ON 88
AVENUE WEST, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds has constructed a major street improvement
project for 220th Street Southwest; and
WHEREAS, an opportunity existed to install sanitary sewers in conjunction with
said improvements and said sanitary sewer construction has now been completed; and
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WHEREAS, residential properties located on 88 Avenue West near the street
improvements are served by septic systems rather than sanitary sewers; and
WHEREAS, the existing septic systems are likely to fail within the foreseeable
future; and
WHEREAS, due to the localized nature of the sewer project and its limited
benefit to the rest of the sewer utility, the City Council deems it to be in the public interest to
fund the project with monies from the City’s sewer utility subject to the payment of a special
connection fee by affected property owners when they connect to the sewer system, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it appropriate to create a special connection
fee based on the actual costs of construction of this component of the City’s sanitary sewer
system and to levy that charge against the properties described herein at the date of connection,
and
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WHEREAS, the City Council deems it appropriate, when connection to the
sanitary sewer system and payment of the special connection fee is deferred, that the fee be
adjusted in consideration of the time value of money applied to the original actual cost of
construction,
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. ECC Chapter 7.30 Water Rates and Sewer Charges is hereby
amended by the addition of a new Section 7.30.036 Sewer Special Connection Districts to read
as follows:
7.30.036 Sewer Special Connection Districts
A. A connection charge shall be paid by each new customer
connecting to the City’s sewer system within the following
described district(s). This special connection charge is based upon
the actual cost of constructing improvements which relate directly
and exclusively to homes within the district(s) and which are,
because of the special nature of the construction, separate and
distinct from the overall costs of the system paid by a customer
pursuant to ECC Chapter 7.30.035. These charges shall be in
addition to the charges paid by a new customer pursuant to
7.30.035 and do not duplicate any costs contained in the
underlying sewer utility connection charge.
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B. 88 Avenue West Sewer Special Connection District.
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1. Properties addressed as 21903, 21904, and 21911 88
Avenue West shown on the attached Exhibit A maintained on file
in the City Clerk’s office and any subdivision, lot line adjustment
or reconfiguration of the lots or the property represented by such
addresses shall pay a special connection fee, to be paid in full at
the time of connection to the sewer system, of $2,941.39 per lot.
2. Due to the significant additional sewer system
construction that will be required at the property owners’ expense
to connect these properties to the sewer system after completion of
the sewer project by the City, these properties may defer
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connection and shall not be required to connect to the sewer
system within the time limit requirements of ECDC 18.10.010 and
ECC 7.30.040.
3. The owner of any of these properties that does not
connect to the sewer system within the time limits in accordance
with Edmonds Community Development Code 18.10.010 shall,
upon connection to the sewer system, pay the above established
special connection fee, increased based upon the Department of
Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for
construction for the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett area from the
effective date of this ordinance to the time of connection to the
sewer system.
Section 2.Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
MAYOR GARY HAAKENSON
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 08/03/2007
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 08/07/2007
PUBLISHED: 08/12/2007
EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/17/2007
ORDINANCE NO. 3657
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3657
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 7th day of August, 2007, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3657. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE
PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 7.30 ECC WATER RATES AND SEWER CHARGES TO ADD
A NEW SECTION 7.30.036 SEWER SPECIAL CONNECTION DISTRICTS,
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ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL CONNECTION FEE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES ON 88
AVENUE WEST, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 8th day of August, 2007.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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