11.02.040 Policy for Service Charges.
The County shall apply a rate structure as a utility service charge to all parcels within unincorporated Pierce County and those incorporated areas defined by an interlocal drainage agreement as authorized by PCC 11.02.050.
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 less than two-tenths of an acre (8,712 square feet) in total area.
4. All parcels within national, state, county, and park and recreation district parks (except Lake Spanaway Golf Course) due to the community service these parcels serve.
5. Tax title parcels which the County has offered for public sale but no willing buyer came forward to bid on the property.
6. Cemetery parcels which are owned by a nonprofit corporation or an association which receives no profit from the sale of lots or crypts.
7. All parcels which are: (1) used for church, community center, community hall, or grange purposes; and (2) owned by an organization with a nonprofit public benefit status as defined by RCW 24.03.490.
8. All parcels which are taxed as forest land under Chapter 84.33 RCW or as timber land under Chapter 84.34 RCW.
9. All federally-owned lands which are covered by an NPDES Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit, or equivalent.
10. Tribal lands held in trust by the Federal Government.
11. All parcels qualifying for a property tax exemption under RCW 84.36.260 where the primary purpose of the qualifying nonprofit corporation or association is to conduct or facilitate scientific research or to conserve natural resources or open space for the general public.
12. All parcels qualifying for a property tax exemption under RCW 84.36.060 where the qualifying organization is a nonprofit miscellaneous scientific or historical society.
B. Low income seniors and disabled persons receiving relief under RCW 84.36.381 shall receive the following partial exemptions from surface water service charges.
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 fees.
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 fees.
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 fees.
C. Pursuant to RCW 85.38.160, real property within a drainage district imposing an annual special purpose district assessment shall be given a credit equal to the dollar value of the annual special district assessment. This credit shall be applied against the annual service charge billed under the authority of Chapter 36.89 RCW. This annual credit shall not exceed the annual service charge authorized by Chapter 36.89 RCW.