HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-2144 REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE RATES. ORDINANCE NO. ,-,2/5
AN ORDINANCE relating to garbage collection and removal; establish-
ing refuse collection service rates; amending Sub -
sections 4.16.140 (c) (1.a) and 4.16.140 (c) (2)'
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring
• an emergency.
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, 1978, except as pro-
vided in Subsection (1.6) of this section, there are hereby
imposed for refuse collection in the residential classifi-
cation the following charges for each single family or
multiple dwelling residential unit:
Basic charge for one -can residential service
at alley or curb . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.20 per month
Extra charge for the second and each additional
can at alley or curb . . . . . . . . . . . 1.40 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 11.00 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
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4.16.140 Classification of premises -- Charges.
(c) (2) Commencing January 1, 1978, a surcharge of one
dollar per month, in addition to the charges imposed by Sub-
sections (1.a) and (1.b) of this section, is imposed on each
• residential unit.
Where reuse collection service is performed for multiple
dwellings wherein all units are carried under a single account
number and street address for water department metered ser-
vices, the multiple dwelling shall be deemed a single residen-
tial unit for the purpose of computing the surcharge imposed
by this subsection.
The surcharge imposed by this subsection shall be known
as the 'yard service charge', and it is the intent of this
subsection to impose such charge for additional service per-
formed by the City for collecting lawn clippings, yard trimmings
and similar refuse. Any person billed for such 'yard service
charge' who does not utilize any such additional refuse col-
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 wel-
fare 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 this /7 'day
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of 1977.
Mayor
ATTEST:
C Clerk
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