3.38.040 Policy for service charges.
The City shall apply a rate structure as a utility service charge to all parcels within the City as authorized by LMC 3.38.050.
A. All parcels are subject to a service charge except the following exempt parcels:
1. All parcels consisting of mineral rights only.
2. All parcels consisting entirely of tidelands, rivers, lakes, creeks and/or streams.
3. All vacant/undeveloped parcels.
4. All parcels that are (a) used for church, community center, community hall, grange or community service-oriented purposes, and (b) owned by an organization with nonprofit public benefit status as defined by RCW 24.03.490. A service charge for these parcels will be phased in over a five-year period beginning in 2019, with the exempt status phased out in 2023.
B. Low-income senior citizens and disabled persons receiving relief under RCW 84.36.381 shall receive the following partial exemption from surface water service charges and surcharge, as applicable:
1. All parcels for which a person qualifies for an exemption under RCW 84.36.381(5)(a) shall be exempt from 40 percent of surface water utility fees and surcharge.
2. All parcels for which a person qualifies for an exemption under RCW 84.36.381(5)(b)(i) shall be exempt from 60 percent of surface water utility fees and surcharge.
3. All parcels for which a person qualifies for an exemption under RCW 84.36.381(5)(b)(ii) shall be exempt from 80 percent of surface water utility fees and surcharge. [Ord. 687 § 1, 2018; Ord. 411 § 1, 2006; Ord. 333 § 3 (Sunset clause to revert back to Ord. 321), 2003; Ord. 333 § 1, 2003; Ord. 321 § 1, 2003; Ord. 289 § 4, 2002; Ord. 186 § 1, 1998; Ord. 47 § 4, 1996.]