HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-1876 REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE RATES. ORDINANCE NO. /f7(,
AN ORDINANCE relating to garbage collection and removal; establish-
ing refuse collection service rates; amending Subsections
4.16.140 (c) (1.a) and 4.16.140 (c) (2) of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency.
II/ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 4.16.140 (c) (1.a) of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4.16.140 Classification of premises--Charges.
(c) (1.a) Commencing January 1, 1976, except as pro-
vided in Subsection (1.b) of this section, there are hereby
imposed for refuse collection in the residential classifica-
tion the following charges for each single family or multiple
dwelling residential unit:
Basic charge for one-can residential service
at alley or curb $2 00 per month
Extra charge for the second and each additional
can at alley or curb 1 25 per month
Surcharge for carry-out service Additional 50%
of basic or
extra charge
Basic charge for single bin service (1.5 yd.) . . 16.25 per month
Extra charge for the second and each additional
bin 10 De per month
'Carry-out service' as used herein means any service performed
for collecting from any container not placed at the curb or alley
line from which collection is made. No container shall be collected
if placed more than one hundred feet from the curb or alley from
which collection is made."
Section 2. Subsection 4.16.140 (c) (2) of the City of Yakima Muni-
cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4.16.140 Classification of premises--Charges.
• (c) (2) A surcharge of one dollar twenty-five cents per
month, in addition to the charges imposed by subsections (1.a)
and (1.b) of this section, is imposed on each residential unit
for an eight month period of each year. Such an eight month
period shall commence during the month of February or March, and
shall terminate during the month of October or November, as the
case may be for any particular residential unit depending on
and to coincide with the billing cycle for city services to such
residential unit.
Where refuse collection service is performed for multiple
dwellings wherein all units are carried under a single account
number and street address for water department metered services,
the multiple dwelling shall be deemed a single residential unit
for the purpose of computing the surcharge imposed by this sub-
section.
The surchafge imposed by this subsection shall be known as
the 'yard service charge', and it is .the intent of this subsec-
tion to impose such charge for additional service performed by
the city for collecting lawn clippings, yard trimmings and similar
refuse during the period for which the surcharge is imposed as
contemplated and regulated by Section 4.16.140(d) of the city
of Yakima Municipal Code. Any person billed for such 'yard sera'
vice charge' who does not utilize any such additional refuse corl.
lecting service may request such surcharge, to be cancelled from
his billing by notifying the utility accounts office of the city
of Yakima and upon such notification being made, the request
for such cancellation shall be granted, subject to verification
by the city that such additional service is not utilized."
Section 3. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare
of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby declared
to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately
upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by
the City Charter.
/PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved thi-,. " .ay of
, 975.
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