Chapter 13.41
SEWER DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR COUNTY-FINANCED DEVELOPMENT
Sections:
13.41.010 Purpose.
13.41.020 Interlocal agreement.
13.41.030 Sewer service area fees.
13.41.040 Boege Road service area and other service areas.
13.41.050 Contract time period.
13.41.060 Collection and disbursement of fees.
13.41.070 Charging of town sewer rates.
13.41.010 Purpose.
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to define the rules and regulations that will enable the town to assess and collect sewer development fees for facilities constructed at the expense of Wahkiakum County.
(2) For the purpose of this chapter, “sewer facilities” shall have the meaning specified in RCW 35.91.020 as it now reads or is hereafter amended. (Ord. 483 § 1, 2006)
13.41.020 Interlocal agreement.
(1) Pursuant to the terms of any interlocal agreement between the county of Wahkiakum and the town of Cathlamet, sewer trunk/interceptor lines may be constructed in the county of Wahkiakum with such facilities to become a part of the town sewer system.
(2) Pursuant to said agreement, the town may contract for the payment to the town of any or all costs of such sewer trunk/interceptor lines as a condition of the town’s acceptance of said lines.
(3) Said agreement shall provide for the determination of the sewer service area to be served by the sewer trunk/interceptor lines.
(4) System development fees shall be collected for the benefit of the county of Wahkiakum and shall be in addition to any and all connection fees, charges, assessments, levies or deposits required by the town. (Ord. 483 § 1, 2006)
13.41.030 Sewer service area fees.
(1) The town of Cathlamet shall collect and retain all sewer hookup fees, charges, assessments, levies or deposits as established under CMC 13.20.060, and all monthly sewer user fees as established by town ordinance for out-of-town services, or otherwise.
(2) The town of Cathlamet shall collect and remit to the county of Wahkiakum at the time of sewer hookup a system development fee of $3,000 per equivalent customer unit in such service area, or such other amount as may be agreed in an interlocal agreement for construction of sewer trunk/interceptor lines. (Ord. 483 § 1, 2006)
13.41.040 Boege Road service area and other service areas.
(1) There is hereby created the Boege Road service area described as follows:
Sewer service Area 24 as described in figure F‑2 of the General Wastewater Facilities Plan dated January, 2003, and more particularly described as follows:
That portion of Sections 1 and 12, Township 8 North, Range 6 West of the Willamette Meridian, Wahkiakum County, Washington, described as follows:
BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of Section 1; THENCE Northwesterly to the Northeast corner of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast Quarter, of said Section 1; THENCE continuing Northwesterly to the Northeast corner of the Southwest quarter of said Section 1; THENCE West to the Northwest corner of the East half of the Southwest quarter of said Section 1; THENCE South along the West line of said East half and its extension to its intersection with State Highway S.R. 4; THENCE Southeasterly along the centerline of said S.R. 4, and being within said Section 12, to its intersection with Fern Hill Road; THENCE Easterly along the centerline of said Fern Hill Road to its intersection with the East line of said Section 12; THENCE North along the East line of said Section 12 to the Northeast corner of said Section 12, also being the Southeast corner of said Section 1, and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
(2) Additional service areas may be created from time to time pursuant to interlocal agreement between the town and county, and to which this chapter shall apply. (Ord. 483 § 1, 2006)
13.41.050 Contract time period.
All contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter shall provide for a period of 15 years or more for the reimbursement of sewer facilities costs. (Ord. 483 § 1, 2006)
13.41.060 Collection and disbursement of fees.
(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall be granted a permit or be authorized to tap into or use any sewer facilities or extensions thereof in the described service area during the period of time prescribed in such interlocal agreement without first paying to the town, in addition to all other costs and charges made or assessed for such tap, or use, or for the sewers constructed in connection therewith, the amount required by the provisions of the interlocal agreement under which the sewer facilities so tapped into or used were constructed.
(2) The town clerk/treasurer shall be the responsible town official for the collection and disbursement of system development fees.
(3) All system development fees collected shall be disbursed under the terms and conditions of each interlocal agreement within 60 days after their receipt. (Ord. 483 § 1, 2006)
13.41.070 Charging of town sewer rates.
Upon approval and acceptance of sewer facilities, the town clerk/treasurer shall charge such sewer rates authorized by town sewer ordinance. (Ord. 483 § 1, 2006)