HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-27 Defining OccupanciesRESOLUTION NO. 95- ,~2 7'
A RESOLUTION DEFINING CLASSIFICATIONS OF USES AND
OCCUPANCIES FOR PURPOSES OF WATER AND SEWER RATES
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Water rates and sewer rates are established upon the use and
occupancy of the structure or property served. The following terms, when used in
resolutions establishing rates for water or for sewer, have the following meanings,
unless specifically indicated otherwise:
"Single Family Residential" means service furnished to a living unit that is
separately metered and is primarily used for domestic purposes. It includes any
second service determined to be domestic use and billed on the same residential
account, and common use facilities or open space associated with those structures.
It also includes a group home meeting the definition in the land use ordinance served
with a single meter where not more than five private sleeping rooms exist for use by
other than members of the customer's family. A living unit used jointly for both
domestic and business purposes shall be considered residential if it meets the
requirements for a home occupation under the land use ordinance. It excludes
dwellings where tenancy is typically of a transient nature such as motels, bed and
breakfast or traveler's accommodations, and lodges.
"Multi-family residential" means a structure or structures with two or more
separated living units served through a master meter, and common use facilities
associated with such structure. It includes condominiums (unless each condominium
is served through a separate meter), apartment complexes, duplexes, triplexes and
quads. Two dormitory rooms are equal to one multifamily residential unit in
determining the sewer rate.
"Non-residential" when used in water rate schedules means any use or
occupancy not included under such classification as single-family or multi-family
residential. Usually this rate will include all commercial uses of a profit or nonprofit
nature designed to manufacture, sell or convey an idea, service or product (tangible or
intangible); also includes public buildings, political subdivisions, governmental
agencies, schools, motels, bed and breakfast or traveler's accommodations, and
churches.
"Commercial, Industrial and Governmental" when used in sewer rate schedules
means any use or occupancy not included under such classification as single-family or
multi-family residential. Usually this rate will include all commercial uses of a profit or
nonprofit nature designed to manufacture, sell or convey an idea, service or product
(tangible or intangible); also includes public buildings, political subdivisions,
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governmental agencies, schools, motels, bed and breakfast or travelers
accommodations, and churches.
This resolution was read by title only in accordance with Ashland Municipal Code
§2.04.090 duly PASSED and ADOPTED this
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this Z day of
~' day of ///~4..2 ,1995.
,1995.
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor
eu~l~Nolte, City Attorney
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CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF ASHLAND
20 EAST MAIN STREET
(503) 482-3211, EXT. 59
MEMORANDUM
November 3, 1995
To:
Mayor and City Council
From: Paul Nolte
Subject:
Attached Resolution "DEFINING CLASSIFICATIONS OF USES AND
OCCUPANCIES FOR PURPOSES OF WATER AND SEWER RATES"
This resolution results from a request by the council approximately a year ago to
formalize the definitions the city has used for years in determining its rate
classifications for water and sewer. The council made the request after a bed and
breakfast owner appeared at a council meeting to protest why his bed and breakfast
business was classified as commercial. The resolution does not change the status quo
and will have no effect on the manner in which the city now classifies uses and
occupancies. The resolution merely puts into written form the definitions the city has
used in the past and continues to use.
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