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ORDINANCE NO. 96 83
AN ORDINANCE relating to health and sanitation, adjusting fees for various services
for garbage storage, collection, and disposal, and amending City of
Yakima Municipal Code Section 4.16.140.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
1 Section 1 Section 4 16 140 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
2 amended to read as follows:
3 "4.16.140 Classification of premises -- Charges.
4 A. For the purpose of regulating the collection of garbage and refuse
5 in the City of Yakima there are hereby established two classifications. One to be
6 known as the "residential classification," and the other as the "business
7 classification." The residential classification shall include all premises occupied
8 as a single - family housekeeping unit, either in dwelling houses, apartments, or
9 other multiple residences. "Residential unit" as used herein, is defined as a unit
10 in which all persons reside together as a single family, whether in single or
11 multiple dwellings. The business classification shall include all other premises.
Provided, P P tY ro er owned by the,City may be served by City equipment
13 and crews independently of the classifications and rates established by this
14 chapter; provided further, the rules and regulations established by this chapter
15 pertaining to receptacles and to the preparation, storage, and collection of
16 garbage, refuse and debris shall be applicable to all property within the City,
17 including that owned by the City
18 B. The collection of all refuse in the business classification shall be
19 made only by licensed collectors, hereinafter provided for, at rates to be agreed
20 upon between such collector and the business houses served by him.
21 C. The collection of all refuse in the residential classification shall be
22 conducted by the City of Yakima equipment and personnel and financed by
23 garbage and refuse collection fees hereinafter set forth. The City of Yakima shall
24 not collect refuse from apartments or multiple units in excess of four units except
25 upon the request of the owner or operator thereof. The following collection fees
26 and practices shall apply for all garbage collection services conducted by the City
27 of Yakima.
28 1. Commencing February 1, 1995 February 1, 1997, there are hereby
29 imposed for refuse collection in the residential classification the following
0 charges for each single - family dwelling and for each residential unit in any
31 multiple dwelling:
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32 Basic charge for one -can
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33 residential service at alley
34 or curb .... .... .... .... .. ... .. $ 6:08 6.81 per month
35 Extra charge for the second
36 and each additional can at alley
37 or curb .. .... .. $ 349 351 per month
38 Basic charge for one-can
39 residential carry-out service $11.78 J3 per month
40 Extra charge for the second and
41 each additional can with carry-out
42 service .. •• •••• •••• $ 3.54 3.96 per month
43 Call -back charge . . ... ... ... $ 6:08 6.81 flat rate
44 "Call -back charge" as used herein means a charge to be imposed when any
45 customer fails to place the garbage can at the appropriate place for collection
46 during the regularly scheduled pickup, resulting in a customer request for
47 garbage collection service at a time other than the regularly scheduled time.
48 Bin (1.84 yards) service as follows:
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49 Number of bins Pickups per week One -month period Two -month period
50 1 1 $ 45.20 50.62 $ 90740 101.24
51 2 72.31 80.98 44462 161.96
52 3 99:42 111.34 198.84 222.68
53 4 126.53 141.70 253.06 283.40
54 5 153.64 172.06 307.28 344.12
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56 2 1 90:40 101.24 180780 20 .48
57 2 4442 161.96 289724 323.92
58 3 498784 222.68 397.68 445.36
59 4 253706 283.40 506.12 566.80
60 5 307.28 11112 61456 688.
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62 3 1 435:60 151.86 2 303.72
63 2 216.93 242.94 433,86 485.88
64 3 298.26 334.02 596.52 668.04
65 4 379:59 425.10 759.18 $50.20
66 5 468:92 516.18 921.84 1.032.36
67 4 1 488.80 202.48 361:60 404.96
68 2 289.21 323.92 578.48 447.84
69 3 397.68 445.36 795.36 890.72
70 4 58642 566.80 1,012.24 1.133.60
71 5 614.56 688.24 1,229.12 1.376.48
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0 2 5 1 226.00 253.10 452.00 506.20
73 2 361.55 404.90 723.10 809.80
74 3 49730 556.70 994.20 L113.40
75 4 632.65 708.50 1,265.30 1.417.00
76 5 768729 860.30 1,536A0 1/20.60
77 2. A surcharge, in addition to the charges imposed by subsection.
78 (C)(1) of this section, is hereby imposed on each residential unit as a charge for
79 service performed by the City for collecting yard material during the nine -month
80 period of each year commencing March 1st and ending November 30th. The
81 surcharge, to be known as the "yard service charge," shall be the amount of seven
82 eight dollars and ferty -feur fifty-six cents per month, and shall be billed to each _ 1
83 residential unit at the time and as a part of the billings rendered for other City
84 services applicable for that nine -month period.
85 Any person billed for such yard service charge who does not utilize any
86 such additional refuse collection service may request such surcharge to be
87 canceled from his billing by notifying the utility accounts office of the City of _
88 Yakima, and upon such notification being made the request for such cancellation
89 shall be granted, subject to verification by the City that such additional service is
90 not utilized.
0 1 Where refuse collection service is performed for multiple dwellings
92 wherein all units are carried under a single account number and street address
93 for water department metered services, the multiple dwelling shall be deemed a
94 single residential unit for the purpose of computing the surcharge imposed by
95 this section.
96 3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in
97 subsections (C)(1) and (C)(2) shall be billed for and paid at the same time and for
98 the same period as billings and payments are made for other City utility services,
99 or, in the event a customer is served by the municipal garbage division but is not
100 served with other City utility, garbage and refuse collection charges shall be
101 billed and paid for according to the schedule which would be applicable to such
102 customer were he so served with another City utility service. Accounts shall
103 become delinquent if not paid within the time specified by Section 7.68.025 for
104 payment of water service charges.
105 4. Garbage and refuse collection charges will be suspended for any
106 customer upon advance notice to the office of the division of utility accounts that
107 a particular premises served will be unoccupied and such charges will be
108 resumed on notice to such office to resume service. No such suspension of
109 charges for garbage and refuse collection service will be made for any premises
el 0 served with any other City utility unless all City utility service to such premises
1 is likewise suspended.
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112 Application for resumption of service to a new customer shall be made to
113 the office of the division of utility accounts on forms provided for that purpose
114 which shall contain the name of the customer and the street address and number
115 of units of the premises to be served.
116 5. Collection service may be suspended for nonpayment of accounts,
117 but such suspension shall not relieve the person owing such account from the
118 duty of complying with the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances
119 pertaining to garbage, refuse, or sanitation. Such suspension of service shall
120 render the premises where such collection service is suspended subject to
121 condemnation for lack of sanitary requirements, and the owner or person in
122 charge or in possession of said premises shall be subject to prosecution for
123 maintaining a nuisance thereon.
124 6. Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency, the
125 amount thereof shall a lien against the property from which the garbage
126 collection service shall have been rendered. Such lien shall be made effective by
127 filing a notice thereof specifying the charges, the period covered by the charges
128 and giving a legal description of the premises at which the service was rendered.
129 Such lien shall be filed with the same official and within the time and shall be
130 foreclosed within the time and manner prescribed by law for filing and
131 foreclosing liens for labor and material, and shall be superior to encumbrances
132 filed subsequent to the filing of such line, but shall be subject to all general taxes
133 and local improvement assessments, whether levied prior or subsequent thereto.
134 D. The yard service collection, for which the yard service charge is
135 imposed by subsection (C)(2) of this section, shall include the collection of yard
136 material from automated /semiautomated plastic containers furnished by the
137 City Department of Public Works or, as an alternative, yard material, not to
138 exceed the equivalent of five containers, bags or boxes (each of which shall not
139 exceed thirty - two-gallon capacity) per week during the nine -month period for
140 which the yard service charge is billed to any particular premises. Except for tree
141 and shrub trimmings, the yard material shall be collected in nonporous,
142 disposable containers, bags or boxes to be collected and disposed of along with
143 the yard material contents, and collection crews shall not be required to return
144 containers used for disposing yard material. The yard material which will be so
145 collected shall not include trees or large limbs; and tree and shrub trimmings not
146 susceptible to being stored for collection in containers, bags or boxes shall be
147 securely tied in bundles not to exceed two feet in diameter or four feet in length.
148 Yard trimmings must not be placed against any building or fence so as to
149 constitute a fire hazard. City service does not include the collection of discarded
150 fruit from trees, nor rubbish or debris of any kind except in minor quantities
151 resulting from construction, alterations, demolition, remodeling or landscaping
152 of any property Grass, rakings or rubbish must be in nonporous containers.
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10 3 E. In addition to the regulations adopted and charges imposed by
4 subsections C and D of this section, further charges are imposed in the following
155 types of service:
156 1. A charge of one dollar and seventy -one cents, in addition
157 to the regular monthly charge, shall be made each time an extra can or partial can
158 of refuse or yard material is collected from any particular residential premises,
159 2. A charge of one dollar and €eeen twenty -eight cents, in addition
160 to the surcharge for collecting refuse and yard material, shall be made for each
161 extra container, bag, box or bundle of tree or shrub trimmings, collected from any
162 particular residential premises.
163 3. For a special garbage pickup, actual cost shall be charged to the
164 customer Actual cost shall include the City's actual cost for labor, equipment .;
165 rental, and landfill fees. The minimum charge for this service shall be twenty -
166 five dollars."
167 Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
168 approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter "'
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 17 th day of
December ,1996.
A'1 "1'EST , ynn Buchanan, Mayor
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City Clerk
Publication Date: 12/20/96
Effective Date: 01/19/97
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 3 0 t
For Meeting of December 17. 1996
ITEM TITLE. 1997 Refuse Collection Rates
SUBMITTED BY Jerry Copeland, Director of Public Works
Nancy Gaudette, Refuse and Recycling Manageul
CONTACT PERSON /TELEPHONE. Nancy Gaudette
576 -6421
SUMMARY EXPLANATION
The 1997 Refuse Division Budget includes a budgeted policy issue to increase refuse rates. At
the 1997 Budget Wrap -up held December 3, 1996, City Council approved a 12% rate
adjustment on bin service, residential can service and charges for extra containers and a 15%
rate adjustment on yard service. The increase in refuse rates is estimated to generate an
additional $221,130 in revenue for 1997
The attached Ordinance contains revisions to Subsections 4.16.140C and 4.16.140E of the
Municipal Code Amended refuse rates will become effective February 1, 1997
Resolution _ Ordinance X Contract _ Other (Specify)
Funding Source
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL:
City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION Approve Ordinance
O BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
COUNCIL ACTION