ORD 06-544ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE RATE
STRUCTURE FOR STORM AND SURFACE WATER
UTILITY TO REFLECT AN INCREASE IN UTILITY TAX
FROM 6% TO 7.75% (AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 90 -32,
91 -117, 96 -277, AND 02 -433)
WHEREAS, RCW 35.67 authorizes the City to establish a Storm Water Utility; and
WHEREAS, the City of Federal Way established a Storm and Surface Water Utility by
Ordinance 90 -32 to adequately support the necessary maintenance, operations, and capital
improvement of the surface and storm water management system; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Way City Council finds it in the best interest of the citizens to
increase the Surface Water utility rates to reflect an increase in the utility tax rate from 6% to 7.75%
in accordance with Proposition 1 approved by the citizens of Federal Way on November 7`h, 2006
and effective January 1, 2007.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 16, Article III, Section 16 -123 of Federal Way City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
16 -123 Service area annual service charge.
There is hereby imposed upon all developed properties in the service area annual service
charges as follows:
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Class
Residential (R)*
Very light (VL)
Light (L)**
Moderate (M) **
Percentage
NA
0-10%
10-20%
20 -45%
Moderately heavy (MH) ** 45-65%
Heavy (H) ** 65-85%
Very heavy (VH) ** 85-100%
City or county roads NA
Rate/Parcel (P)
or Acre (A)/Year
$79.03 (P)
$79.03 (P)
$178.98 (A)
$366.41 (A)
$706.96 (A)
$891.19 (A)
$1,166.06 (A)
$264.13 (A)
Utility Tax (7.75 %)
$4:74 6.12 (P)
$4 .74— 6.12 (P)
$10.74 13.87 (A)
$21.99 28.40 (A)
$42.42 54.79 (A)
$33.47 69.07 A
$69.36 90.37 (A)
$15.83 20.47 A
State highways NA * ** NA
* Parcel is owned by and is the personal residence of a person or persons determined by the
public works director as qualified for a low income senior citizen property tax exemption under
RCW 84.36.381, the parcel shall be exempt from the service charge.
** The minimum service charge shall be $83.77 85.15 /parcel/year (utility tax included). The
maximum annual service charge for mobile home parks shall be $24-00 34.56 (utility tax included)
times per the number of mobile home spaces.
* ** The rate charged to the state department of transportation will be determined in
accordance with RCW 90.03.525. (Ord. No. 90 -32, § 6(C), 2- 13 -90; Ord. No. 91 -117, § 1,12- 10 -91;
Ord. No. 96 -277, § 1(C), 12 -3 -96; Ord. No. 02 -433, § 1, 11- 19 -02)
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Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared separate and severable.
The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or portion of this ordinance
or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall not affect the validity
of the remainder of the ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 2007.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Federal Way this i9 �" day of
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CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
ATTEST:
CIT CLERK, LA ATHAWAY, CMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY, PATRICIA A. RICHARDSON
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 1$
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 14 f 1 D 0
PUBLISHED: l�, '-q3 d
EFFECTIVE DATE: '7
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