Charges for sewer service furnished by the city of Forks shall be as follows:
For each month (or portion of a month, where service is commenced or ended at a time other than the regular monthly meter-reading date) the following rates shall be charged, and shall be due when billed.
Separate family residence including each unit of a duplex
$28.82 per unit
Apartment houses, meaning any multifamily residential structure or complex containing three or more residence units
$28.82 per unit
Mobile home courts
$28.82 per occupied mobile home space and $4.11 per recreational vehicle space
All others
$28.82 for the first 700 cubic feet of water consumption and $0.0413 per cubic foot of water consumption thereafter
(Ord. 287 § 1, 1986; Ord. 381 § 7, 1994; Ord. 461 § 4, 1999; Ord. 470 § 2, 2000; Ord. 515 § 4, 2004; Ord. 566 § 4, 2009; Ord. 598 § 2, 2012)
The rates listed in FMC § 13.10.010 shall be increased annually in January by a percentage equal to the annual percentage increase indicated in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U for the Seattle-Tacoma Bellevue area), All Items category, as indicated for the June-to-June period of the previous year.
(Ord. 598 § 3, 2012)
The city of Forks shall have a lien for delinquent and unpaid rates and charges for sewer and connection charges against the premises to which such service has been furnished, which lien shall be superior to all other liens and encumbrances except general taxes and local and special assessments. In addition to all other methods of enforcement of this lien provided by law, this lien may be enforced by cutting off the water service from the premises to which such sewer service was furnished after the charges become delinquent and unpaid for a period of at least 30 days, until the charges are paid.
(Ord. 287 § 2, 1986)