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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2000-082 1998-2000 COUNTY OF HAWAII ~ STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 177 (Draft 3) ORDINANCE NO. 8'L AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO SEWERS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Article 1, General Provisions, Section 21-2(a)(22) and (24), Hawaii County Code, is amended to read as follows: "(22) "Sewage works", "sewer system", or "sewer", means all up blic facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage. "(24) "Public sewer" means a sewer system, including a cesspool and a gang cesspool system, controlled by the County." SECTION 2. Chapter 21, Article 1, General Provisions, Section 21-2, Hawaii County Code, is amended by adding the following new definitions to be numbered accordingly, and to read as follows: "O "Cesspool" means an individual wastewater system consisting of an excavation in the ground whose depth is greater than its widest surface dimension, which receives untreated wastewater and retains the organic matter and solids dischazging therein but permits the liquid to seep through the bottom or sides to gain access to the underground formation." "(1 "C'anv cesspool" means a cesspool designed to accept sewage from two or more sources." SECTION 3. Chapter 21, Article 4, Sewer Service Charges, Section 21-29, Hawaii County Code, is amended as follows: "Sewer user charges for nonresidential customers including those connected to gang cesspools, shall be assessed to all lots accessible to a up blic sewer whether connected or not. User charges for sewer service to non residential customers which include industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental and miscellaneous services users, hotels and service stations shall be based on water volume usage based on water meter reading and shall be assessed according to the schedule shown under section 21- 36.1;provided that water consumed for the propose of coolers or swimming pools shall not be included in water consumption totals on which these rates are based. No sewer chazges shall be levied on water used for irrigation or other uses only when separate water meters are installed for such purposes and the water drawn through such meters is not discharged into the sanitary sewage system. A minimum monthly charge shall be applicable and shall be equal to the schedule under section 21-36.1. Unoccupied units will be assessed a monthly maintenance fee equal to the current minimum monthly charge." SECTION 3. Chapter 21, Article 4, Sewer Service Charges, Section 21-31, Hawaii County Code, is amended as follows: "Sewer user charges for residential customers shall be assessed to all lots accessible to a public sewer or public gang cesspools whether connected or not. User charges for sewer service to residential customers, which include service for single family dwellings, duplexes, housing projects, condominiums, townhouses, apartments and dormitories shall be according to the schedule shown under section 21-36.1. Unoccupied units will be assessed a monthly maintenance fee equal to the current monthly sewer user fee." SECTION 4. Chapter 21, Article 4, Sewer Service Charges, Section 21-36.1, Hawaii County Code, is amended as follows: "Sewer user charges for customers connected to gang cesspools shall be effective August 1 2000 and sewer service charges paid prior to the effective date shall be reimbursed or credited. Sewer charges not paid prior to the effective date shall be waived. Rate Section 21-36.1 Wastewater service charge rates. USER CATEGORY Effective Date' 7/01197 2/01198 7/01/00 7/01/02 A. Single Unit Residential: 1. Monthly charge per unit $25.00 $26.00 $27.00 B. Multi-Unit Residential: 1. Monthly charge per unit 25.00 26.00 27.0 C. Nonresidential: 1. Monthly base rate charge per unit 20.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 2. Monthly usage charge per 1,000 gallons (after the frst 8,000 3.55 3.55 3.80 4.05 gallons) per unit D. Private Haulers Discharge Fee: 1. Discharge fee per 500 gallons or 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 - - - fractionthereof - 2. Minimum charge-per load 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 E. Ganq Cesspools _ 1. Monthly charge per unit 15_00 15.00 *Rate begins on first full billing cycle after effective date" SECTION 5. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 6. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: ~a ^o'~ C L MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII Hilo, Hawaii Date of Introduction: ~p~ii 19, 2000 Date of ls` Reading: July 2000 Date 2°d Reading: July 26, 2000 Effective Date: August 4, 2000 FtEFEREitiCE: Comm. „.~~ADS..__~._ OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawaii xilo ,Hawaii (DRAFT 3) ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX Introduced By: Dominic Yaqonq p, aka'ki ' ' ' M ) DateIn[roduced: April 19, 2000 Chung X First Reading: July 7 2000 Elarignoff X Published: July 19, 2000 (HTH & WHT) Jacobson X July 24, 2000 (RFD Publ.) Leithead-Todd X REAGIR>;.5: 04/19/00 - Referred back to Pisicchio X PWPC' Smith X Tyler X Yagong X 8 1 0 0 ROLL CALL VOTE Second Reading: July 26, 2000 AYES NOES ABS EX To Mayor: July 31 2000 Arakaki X Resumed: August 4, 2000 Chung X Effective: August 4, 2000 Elarionoff X Riblished: August 21, 2000 Jacobson X Leithead-Todd X RF,tilARKS: Pisicchio X Smith X Tyler X Yagong X 7 1 1 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the, foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Coancil pnhlished as indicated above. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: i 7 c~~GGc.~-... _ / DEP T CORPORATION COUNSEL COUNTY OF HAWAII ~ COIhUC'It, ('FLIIRAL4N p;i~h q ~~-;r ~y?yam` Date r; ,~i ~ f I ~ t C(1F' T Z'LER/7 Approved~Brmxp/3rerrcl this ~ day of ~C ~ - (J BiIINo.: 177 ;Draft 3) MAR, COUNTY FHAWAII Reference: e-569/PwPC-75 Ord. No.: ~~o~'