A. Single-family unmetered water services and unmetered duplex water services shall be charged a monthly rate for each month of service or portion thereof. Unmetered duplex water services shall be twice the rate for single-family unmetered services. Effective January 1, 2017, all services in the city of Bellingham shall be metered and no customer will be charged on a flat rate.

B. Single-family metered water services shall be charged a fixed rate based on meter size and a volume rate per 100 cubic feet of water used.

C. Transitional single-family services include those services less than one inch connected to the water system prior to January 1, 2013, and not participating in the voluntary metering program and who were billed based on a flat rate basis in 2012. For billing purposes, single-family unmetered services converted to single-family metered services shall be charged the current transitional single-family service rate on January 1st of the year following installation of the meter by the city of Bellingham. Beginning January 1, 2016, all customers moving from a flat rate to a metered rate shall be billed at the standard metered single-family rate. Transitional single-family services shall be charged a fixed rate based on meter size and a volume rate per 100 cubic feet of water used.

D. Contract sales of water for resale by water districts and associations shall be as covered by agreement between the city and the water district or association in accordance with Chapter 15.36 BMC.

E. Non-single-family water services including multiple dwelling units, commercial, and institutional, shall be charged a fixed rate based on meter size and a volume rate per 100 cubic feet of water used.

F. Irrigation water services shall be charged a fixed rate based on meter size and a volume rate per 100 cubic feet of water used.

G. Funds received for the connection charges shall be credited to a reserve cash line in the water fund.

H. Funds received for the connection charges covered under BMC 15.08.230(A)(2) and (3) shall be credited to a capital cash line in the water fund. All system development charges covered under BMC 15.08.250 shall be credited to a capital cash line in the water fund.

I. If a meter is found to be out of order by failing to register properly, the account shall be charged at the average monthly consumption as shown by the meter during the corresponding period of the preceding year. [Ord. 2012-12-060 § 8; Ord. 2007-12-107; Ord. 2004-10-071; Ord. 2002-03-016].