9.05.010 Definitions.
“Active account status” means a customer has a water and/or sewer connection to the district’s system.
“Condominium” means a land use term used to describe a wide range of residential structure types and property ownerships but is not a term used by the district to determine a customer classification.
“Customer class” shall mean the type of water and sewer connection to determine the associated water and sewer monthly rates. The district’s customer classes are:
(a) Commercial, Industrial and Irrigation Customer Classes.
(i) “Commercial” means all nonresidential customers receiving water and sewer service or discharging domestic flows to the district’s sewer system without one or more dwelling units. Schools, churches, public agencies, retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, gyms/fitness facilities, hotels, motels and parks are examples of commercial class customers. Commercial class customers can be for-profit or not-for-profit customers.
(ii) “Industrial” means a commercial customer with a business activity that meets the industrial classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget, or a customer whose sewer discharge meets the BOD, TSS, or other discharge standard of their respective sewer basin sewer treatment provider: either King County Metro or the city of Everett.
(iii) “Irrigation meter” means a water meter that is dedicated and plumbed solely to provide water to an irrigation system or water sprinkler system.
(b) Fire Meter Customer Classes.
(i) “Fire meter” means a water meter, regardless of size, that is dedicated and plumbed solely to provide water to a fire suppression or fire sprinkler system. Fire meters can be installed in any structure(s).
(ii) “Fire meter – Residential combo/domestic meter” means a five-eighths-inch or one-inch residential water meter specially plumbed under the Uniform Plumbing Code to provide combined fire and domestic water. Residential combo/domestic meters shall pay the base monthly water rate for a five-eighths-inch residential water meter and a five-eighths-inch fire meter plus the water consumption charge.
(c) Multifamily Residential Customer Classes.
(i) “Mobile home park” means a tract of land that is either owned or rented that contains three or more mobile homes served by a master water meter. Each mobile home attached to a master meter shall count as one multifamily dwelling unit.
(ii) “Multifamily live/work structure” means a dwelling unit or dwelling units contained within a multifamily structure designed to provide space for both living and commercial or business activities for the occupant.
(iii) “Multifamily structure” means a structure or portion of a structure containing three or more dwelling units with water service provided by a master water meter per structure.
(d) Residential Customer Classes.
(i) “Duplex,” “two-family dwelling units,” or “single-family attached units” means a detached structure containing two dwelling units. Each separate duplex dwelling unit shall be considered a single-family customer class and billed one ERU. For example, two duplex structures, containing four dwelling units, would be served by four separate water meters and would be billed for four residential units. Duplex connections may be provided fire service by either a dedicated fire meter or a residential combo/domestic meter serving each unit.
(ii) “Mobile home” means a prefabricated structure built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to a site and used as a permanent living space on a tract of land. Each individual mobile home served by an individual water meter shall be counted as one residential unit.
(iii) “Single-family detached unit” means a structure containing one family living area and having a permanent foundation including the fee simple interest of the respective underlying real property for the structure. Each single-family detached structure shall be counted as one residential unit, though any additional accessory dwelling units shall be counted as an additional dwelling unit.
(iv) “Townhomes” means a structure containing multiple single-family dwelling units, sharing a common wall, with each dwelling unit separately owned. Each individual townhome served by an individual water meter shall be counted as one residential unit.
“Customers outside the district’s corporate boundaries” means any customer, either an individual, corporate, or public agency, which is located outside the corporate boundaries of the Silver Lake Water and Sewer District.
“Delinquent notice – Door hanger” means when a notice is posted to, or otherwise provided to, a property informing the resident that their utility service is scheduled for disconnection due to nonpayment of district utility charges, noncompliance with backflow assembly regulations, or other violations of district specifications and regulations.
“Delinquent service disconnection (lock)” means when the district disconnects or shuts off utility service to a property due to nonpayment of charges. District personnel shall have the authority to determine whether an account is locked off or not. Not locking a service shall not decrease the district’s fees, charges and rates applicable to such service or account.
“Disconnected account status” means a customer that has requested their water and/or sewer connection be temporarily removed, for a period of time not to exceed 365 days, for the purposes of property improvement, reconstruction, or renovation.
“Domestic user” means any and all customers of the district discharging domestic wastewater only to the district sewerage system.
“Domestic wastewater” means water carrying human waste, including kitchen, bath and laundry waste, from residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with such groundwater infiltration or surface water as may be present.
“Estimated closing bill” means the preparation by the district of a property’s utility bill at a future date when requested by a customer, title company or escrow company, relating to the termination or closing of a water or sewer service account.
“Equivalent residential unit” or “ERU” means:
(a) For commercial customers, for calculation of monthly sewer service charges, an ERU equals the total cubic feet of water utilized by the user for a month divided by 750.
(b) For industrial customers, for calculation of monthly sewer service charges, an ERU equals the total cubic feet of sewage flow to the district’s sewer system for a month divided by 750.
(c) For industrial customers, for calculation of sewer general facility charges, an ERU equals the design capacity in total gallons of sewage that such customer’s facilities may deliver to the district’s sewer system in a month divided by 750.
“Everett sewer basin” means an area identified by the district where sewer flows are delivered to the city of Everett for sewer treatment per interlocal agreement.
“Factor ratio” means the percentage increase used to calculate a larger meter size’s water base rate from the base meter size.
“Hydrant rental” means when a customer requests use of a metered hydrant for one or more days. The customer shall be responsible for the hydrant meter including any damage or loss to the hydrant rental meter. The customers shall pay the hydrant rental charge, the hydrant rental water base rate, and the hydrant rental water consumption charges. The general manager or designee shall have the authority to develop procedures related to hydrant rentals.
“Hydrant rental charge” mean a fixed rental charge which will be charged in addition to the base monthly rate unit for the water rate adopted by the district.
“Hydrant rental deposit” means a deposit of up to $1,000 to rent a district hydrant. District developers, working under a developer extension agreement with the district, may request that their developer deposit be extended to the use of the hydrant rental.
“Hydrant rental late return fee” means the fee assessed by the district when a hydrant is returned late from the rental agreement or when the district’s request for a meter read is not provided by the specified date.
“Hydrant rental water consumption” means the usage of water, as measured by the hydrant’s meter.
“Meter size” means the size of the water meter requested or required to meet water and sewer demands.
“Multifamily customer class during construction” means a new multifamily customer class connection during its construction phase. During a new multifamily customer class connection construction phase, the new multifamily customer class connection may be billed at the commercial class rates for water and sewer. The new multifamily customer connection phase shall last from the time of connection to the district’s system until either the underlying general purpose government issues a certificate of occupancy or a maximum of 120 days from the date of connection, whichever comes first.
“Summer seasonal water rates” means that the water per unit (consumption) rate shall be higher for four billing months of the summer. The water summer seasonal months for bimonthly customers billed every even month, currently cycle 1 and cycle 7, shall be May, June, July, and August. The water summer seasonal months for bimonthly customers billed every odd month, currently cycle 2, shall be June, July, August, and September. The water summer seasonal months for customers billed monthly, currently cycle 3, shall be May, June, July, and August.
“Surcharge” means a percentage or fixed dollar amount in excess of an adopted water or sewer rate. A surcharge of 25 percent shall equate to the water or sewer rate, times 1.25, equals the surcharge rate. For example, a service rate of $10.00 shall equate to a surcharge rate of $12.50 ($10.00 * 1.25 = $12.50).
“Terminated account status” means a customer that has requested their water and/or sewer connection be permanently removed from the district’s system or the district has determined that a water or sewer connection has been abandoned or should otherwise be terminated. [Res. 814 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2021; Res. 772 § 2, 2019; Res. 756 § 2, 2018; Res. 466 § 1, 1996; Res. 465 § 1, 1996; Res. 455 § 3, 1995; Res. 454 § 1, 1995; Res. 453 § 2, 1995; Res. 424 § 1, 1991.]