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A. Effective February 1, 2023, the rates for the area charge shall be as follows:

Basin Name

Area Charge

(Per RE)*

American Lake Gardens/Tillicum

$1,661.00

Brookdale

$2,014.00

Brown's Point

$1,635.00

Canyon

$3,258.00

Cascadia

$0.00**

Chambers Creek Properties

$613.00

DuPont

$1,916.00

East Basin

$4,239.00

Etloh

$0.00

Frederickson

$3,492.00

Golden Given

$1,409.00

Hylebos

$2,133.00

Lakewood East

$1,661.00

Lakewood West

$3,640.00

Oakbrook

$3,640.00

Parkland

$1,870.00

Rainier Terrace

$3,499.00

Spanaway

$5,370.00

South Tacoma

$1,705.00

Summit

$2,598.00

University Place East

$2,084.00

University Place West

$613.00

*– Each charge is determined by multiplying the appropriate rate by the number of Residential Equivalent (RE) units discharged to the public sewer system.

**– Subject to future charges.

B. Effective February 1st of each year, the treatment plant capacity charge for all basins except Cascadia and Etloh shall be as follows:

Capacity Charge*

(Per RE)**

2023

$4,047.00

*– Capacity charge applies to the American Lake Gardens/Tillicum, Brookdale, Brown's Point, Canyon, Chambers Creek Properties, DuPont, East Basin, Frederickson, Golden Given, Hylebos, Lakewood East, Lakewood West, Oakbrook, Parkland, Rainier Terrace, Spanaway, South Tacoma, Summit, University Place East, and University Place West.

**– Each charge is determined by multiplying the appropriate rate by the number of Residential Equivalent (RE) units discharged to the public sewer system.

C. Effective February 1, 2023, the rates for the treatment plant capacity charge for the Cascadia and Etloh basins shall be as follows:

Basin

Capacity Charge

(Per RE)*

Cascadia

$ 0.00**

Etloh

$17,689.00

*– Each charge is determined by multiplying the appropriate rate by the number of Residential Equivalent (RE) units discharged to the public sewer system.

**– Subject to future charges.

D. Effective January 1st of every year after 2015, the rates for the area charge and the treatment plant capacity charge shall be adjusted annually by the same amount as the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Metropolitan Statistical Area for the preceding 12-month period. This adjustment shall occur automatically on February 1st of each year unless otherwise determined by ordinance of the Council; provided, that no such adjustment shall be made to the capacity charge set forth in subsection B of this Section prior to January 1, 2018.

E. The following monthly usage charge shall be charged to commercial customers participating in the Alternative Commercial Connection Charge Program described in PCC 13.04.077.

Basin Name

Usage Charge
(Per RE/month)1,3

American Lake Gardens/Tillicum

$25.89

Brookdale

$27.49

Brown's Point

$25.78

Canyon

$33.14

Cascadia

$0.002

Chambers Creek Properties

$21.14

DuPont

$27.06

East Basin

$37.58

Etloh

$0.00

Frederickson

$34.19

Golden Given

$24.74

Hylebos

$28.04

Lakewood East

$25.89

Lakewood West

$34.87

Oakbrook

$34.87

Parkland

$26.84

Rainier Terrace

$34.23

Spanaway

$42.72

South Tacoma

$26.09

Summit

$30.15

University Place East

$27.81

University Place West

$21.14

1Each monthly usage charge is determined by multiplying the appropriate rate by the number of Residential Equivalent (RE) units discharged to the public sewer system.

2Subject to future charges.

3The monthly usage charge shall be adjusted annually to reflect annual changes to the area charge and treatment plant capacity charge pursuant to the provisions of PCC 13.04.085 D.

(Ord. 2019-28s § 1 (part), 2019; Ord. 2018-99s § 1 (part), 2018; Ord. 2016-73 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2015-67 § 1, 2015; Ord. 2014-54s2 § 1, 2014)