A. Low Income Disabled and Low Income Senior Citizen Credit. A “low income disabled” or “low income senior citizen” credit of 50 percent of monthly water, sewer, King County Wastewater Treatment, and storm drain charges shall be allowed to persons who make application therefor to the City and who qualify for such credit. For the purposes of this section, “low income senior citizen” means a person who has attained the age of 62 years and whose total household income from all sources does not exceed the amount specified as “very low income” in the regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for Section 8 programs, as now existing or as hereafter amended. For the purposes of this section, “low income disabled” means a person whose total household income from all sources does not exceed the amount specified as “very low income” under the regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for Section 8 programs, as now existing or as hereafter amended, and who has been determined to be totally and permanently disabled as defined by the Social Security Administration or the Veterans Benefits Administration. Applications must include proof of such disability from the Social Security Administration or Veterans Affairs. To qualify for either credit you must be a “low income senior citizen” or “low income disabled”; and you must reside in a living unit that has a use classification of single-family residential, and you must be the person or spouse of the person named on the billing statement. The credit shall only be allowed from and after the date that the application is approved. The City shall not be liable for the failure of any qualified person to make application for the credit and there shall be no entitlement to such credit in the absence of an application.

B. Outside City Surcharge.

C. King County Supplemental Charges. King County supplemental charges shall be any special charge, surcharge, rate, or fee that is billed by King County and attributable to a single user for special services or treatment of high strength or special wastes.

D. Novelty Hill Service Area Depreciation Rate Surcharge. Within the Novelty Hill service area a depreciation rate surcharge shall be collected at the time of sale of water meters or side sewer permits and shall be collected for each meter and side sewer connection. The charge shall be based on water meter size for all classes of use and shall be as follows:

For sewer connections that do not have a water supply, the Public Works Director or his/her designee shall establish meter size equivalent for the use.

E. Miscellaneous Service Fees. The Public Works Director shall establish regulations, procedures and fees for incidental services provided by the utility for services, including but not limited to meter testing, exchanging, or removal; fire hydrant flow testing; the cross-connection and backflow prevention program; customer service requests; final bill reading; sewer television services; system damage and vandalism; pre-treatment device inspections; water and sewer availability letters and certificates; construction storm water discharges to the sanitary sewer; utility location requests; and other such services. (Ord. 3122 § 2, 2023; Ord. 2321 § 1, 2006: Ord. 2236 § 3, 2004; Ord. 2141 § 4, 2002: Ord. 2107 § 5, 2001: Ord. 2054 § 3, 1999: Ord. 1976 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1682 § 6 (part), 1992).