A. The monthly rates and charges for water furnished inside the city limits to all users are fixed as follows:

B. All industrial users inside the city limits shall pay one dollar and thirty-five cents per one hundred cubic feet of usage over fifty thousand cubic feet per month up to three hundred fifty thousand cubic feet.
C. Qualifying users inside the city limits shall pay one dollar and thirty cents per one hundred cubic feet for all usage over three hundred fifty thousand cubic feet per month up to two million cubic feet per month. No user shall be entitled to use more than two million cubic feet per month, unless such capacity exists and is readily available in the water system. A qualifying user is defined as a customer who has negotiated and paid an agreed upon financial contribution with the city based upon its maximum usage capacity, for capital improvements to the water system, treatment costs or future maintenance costs.
D. All charges for water services provided to residential and multifamily residential customers outside the Kalama city limits shall be set at a rate of one hundred seventy-five percent of the charges for water services within the Kalama city limits. All charges for water services provided to commercial and industrial customers outside the Kalama city limits shall be set at a rate of one hundred fifty percent of the charges for water services within the Kalama city limits.
E. Any existing structure having mixed uses and serviced by only one meter shall be classified and charged at the higher applicable meter fee. Any new structures shall be required to meter each classification of usage separately.
F. The base meter fee for water service provided to all manufactured home parks or housing development with multifamily units serviced through a master meter shall be computed on the single or multifamily dwellings with the meter fee computed as if each individual unit were metered separately.
G. The use of fire hydrants and standpipes connected to the city water system for other than fire prevention purposes shall be by special permit obtained from the department of public works. Any individual, firm, company, contractor, corporation, or other entity, withdrawing water from city water hydrants and standpipes, prior to first withdrawing such water, shall obtain a permit therefor from the city clerk-treasurer at the cost as set by resolution of the city council which shall allow the permittee to withdraw up to five thousand gallons of water under such permit at no additional charge. Additional water may be withdrawn under such permit for the payment of all such additional water at the rate as set by resolution of the city council. All applicants for such permit shall receive written instructions on fire hydrant use and shall be required, as part of the permit process, to agree to comply with such instructions or be held accountable therefor for any damage to city property. (Ord. 1207 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1206 § 1, 2007: Ord. 1169 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1156 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1136 § 2[3], 2004).

A. In addition to the rates and charges in Section 12.12.010, the city shall charge, for each new connection made to the water system, the following connection charges, plus the cost of all labor and material actually expended by the city in making such connection:

Connection charges for meters larger than a two-inch meter shall be negotiated on a case by case basis using all applicable water usage information and requirements related to the type of use being proposed. If no information regarding the type of usage or water usage estimate for a new service is available, the connection fee shall be based upon the base connection fee above multiplied by the applicable meter capacity factor for the size meter required per the city’s adopted Plumbing Codes in KMC Chapter 14.04.
These connection charges shall be paid concurrent with the city building permit fees for new connections inside the city limits. Prior to accepting payment of the connection fee and the placement of any service proof of a county building permit is required for new connections outside the city limits. Service to vacant land for agricultural purposes shall be granted upon payment of the connection charge, provided that should the land be developed in the future for purposes other than agricultural, the difference between the future connection charge and the connection charge paid at the time of service installation shall be paid to the city.
B. The cost of all labor and material actually expended by the city in making such connections becomes due and payable at the time the connection is completed and, in any event, shall be paid in full before water service through the connection is made.
C. The connection charge for a multi-dwelling facility such as an apartment, multiplex or condominium, shall be calculated as follows:
Numbers of units multiplied by the 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter charge in subsection A of this section multiplied by seventy percent.
The connection charges for manufactured home parks shall be seventy percent of the 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter charge in subsection A of this section for each manufactured home placed within the park. (Ord. 1128 § 1, 2004: Ord. 1090 §§ 11, 12, 2002; Ord. 892 § 1, 1995; Res. 311, 1994; Res. 303, 1993; Ord. 279 (part), 1991; Ord. 277, 1990; Res. 257, 1989; Res. 248, 1987; Ord. 713, 1985; Ord. 661 § 2, 1981; Res. 182, 1980: Ord. 595 § 3, 1977: Res. 130 (part), 1974: Ord. 551 § 5, 1973: Ord. 464 § 5, 1962: Ord. 440 § 8, 1956).

In lieu of the minimum monthly charges elsewhere provided in this chapter, there is established a monthly availability charge of twenty-five dollars per month for all fire sprinkler systems or other water systems used solely and exclusively for fire protection purposes. All of such systems shall utilize only a detector-type water meter. Any water actually utilized, as metered by said meter, shall be paid for at the applicable rates provided in this chapter according to the classification of the user involved multiplied by ten, and said charges shall be in addition to the minimum monthly availability charge herein provided. (Ord. 595 § 4, 1977).

The city has water lines providing domestic water service to various locations outside the city limits, and it is the policy of the city to allow only as many hookups to said lines as can be provided with adequate water service, and thus prevent overloading of said lines. Water meter connections have been installed on property which is vacant, unoccupied or unimproved, and by reason thereof, revenue needed by the city for the operation and maintenance of said water lines is not being received, thus frustrating the policy of the city to promote the fullest possible use of existing water distribution lines so as to provide said needed revenue. (Ord. 488 § 1, 1965).

There is established a minimum monthly service charge of four dollars and fifty cents per month for each water meter located outside the city limits. Said charge shall be paid regardless of whether or not water service is being received through said meter, and regardless of whether or not the property served by said meter is improved or unimproved; provided however, that in the event water service is being received through said meter, the rates shall be as provided by Chapter 12.08. (Ord. 488 § 2, 1965).

In the event the minimum monthly service charge as above provided in Section 12.12.040 is not paid for a period of three consecutive months, then the city water superintendent shall be authorized to remove said water meter, and the same may thereupon be used to provide water service to other consumers on said water line. (Ord. 488 § 3, 1965).

The rates and charges in this chapter provided may hereafter be modified or amended by the city council by resolution duly enacted and approved at any regular meeting of the city council or at any special meeting called for that purpose. (Ord. 551 § 6, 1973).