HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-3507 Adjusting fees ORDINANCE NO.
3507
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:
Section 1 Section 4 16.140 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"4.16.140 Classification of premiss -- Charges.
A. For the purpose of regulating the collection of garbage
and refuse in the City of Yakima there are hereby established two
classifications. One to be known as the "residential classification," and
the other as the "business classification " The residential classification
shall include all premises occupied as a single - family housekeeping
unit, either in dwelling houses, apartments, or other multiple
residence. "Residential unit" as used herein, is defined as a unit in
which all persons reside together as a single family, whether in single
or multiple dwellings. The business classification shall include all other
premises.
Provided, property owned by the City may be served by City
equipment and crews independently of the classifications and rates
established by this chapter; provided further, the rules and,regulations
established by this chapter pertaining to receptacles and to the
preparation, storage, and collection of garbage, refuse and debris shall
be applicable to all property within the City, including that owned by
the City
B . The collection of all refuse in the business classification
shall be made only by licensed collectors, hereinafter provided for, at
rates to be agreed upon between such collector and the business houses
served by him.
C. The collection of all refuse in the residential classification
shall be conducted by the City of Yakima equipment and personnel and
financed by garbage and refuse collection fees hereinafter set forth.
The City of Yakima shall not collect refuse from apartments or multiple
units in excess of four units except upon the request of the owner or
operator thereof The following collection fees and practices shall
apply for all garbage collection services conducted by the City of
Yakima.
1. Commencing February 15, 1993, there are hereby imposed
• for refuse collection in the residential classification the
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following charges for each single - family dwelling and for each
residential unit in any multiple dwelling:
Basic charge for one -can
residential service at alley
or curb ... $ 5 79 per month
Extra charge for the second
and each additional can at alley
or curb . • • .. .. $ 3.04 per month
Basic charge for one -can
residential carry -out service . $11.20 per month
Extra charge for the second and
each additional can with carry-out
service . .$ 3.37 per month
"Carry -out service" as used herein means any service performed for
collection from sunken containers or 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.
Call -back charge $ 5 79 flat rate
"Call -back charge" as used herein means a charge to be imposed when
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any customer fails to place the garbage can at the appropriate place for
collection during the regularly scheduled pickup, resulting in a
customer request for garbage collection service at a time other than the
regularly scheduled time.
Bin (1 84 yards) service as follows:
Number of bins Pickups per week One -month period Two -month period
1 1 $ 43.05 $ 86.10
2 68.87 137 74
3 94.69 189.38
4 120.51 241.02
5 146.33 292.66
2 1 86.10 172.20
2 137 74 275.48
3 ' 189.38 378.76
4 241.02 482.04
5 292.66 585.32
3 1 129.15 258.30
2 206.61 413.22
3 284.07 568.14
4 361.53 723.06
5 438.99 877.98
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4 1 172.20 344 40
2 275.48 550.96
3 378.76 757.52
4 482.04 964.08
5 585.32 1,170.64
5 1 215.25 430.50
2 344.35 688.70
3 473.45 946.90
4 602.55 1,205 10
5 731.65 1,463.30
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2. A surcharge, in addition to the charges imposed by subsection
(C)(1) of this section, is hereby imposed on each residential unit as a
charge for service performed by the City for collecting yard material
during the eight -month period of each year commencing April 1st and
ending November 30th The surcharge, to be known as the "yard
service charge," shall be the amount of seven dollars and forty -four
cents per month, and shall be billed to each residential unit at the time
and as a part of the billings rendered for other City services applicable
for that eight -month period.
Any person billed for such yard service charge who does not
utilize any such additional refuse collection service may request such
surcharge to be canceled 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.
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 section.
3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection
provided in subsections (C)(1) and (C)(2) shall be billed for and paid at
the same time and for the same period as billings and payments are
made for other City utility services; or, in the event a customer is served
by the municipal garbage division but is not served with other City
utility, garbage and refuse collection charges shall be billed and paid
for according to the schedule which would be applicable to such
customer were he so served with another City utility service. Accounts
shall become delinquent if not paid within the time specified by Section
7 68.025 for payment of water service charges.
4. Garbage and refuse collection charges will be suspended
for any customer upon advance notice to the office of the division of
utility accounts that a particular premises served will be unoccupied
411 and such charges will be resumed on notice to such office to resume
service No such suspension of charges for garbage and refuse
collection service will be made for any premises served with any other
City utility unless all City utility service to such premises is likewise
suspended.
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Application for resumption of service to a new customer shall be
made to the office of the division of utility accounts on forms provided •
for that purpose which shall contain the name of the customer and the
street address and number of units of the premises to be served.
S . Collection service may be suspended for nonpayment of
accounts, but such suspension shall not relieve the person owing such
account from the duty of complying with the provisions of this chapter
or other ordinances pertaining to garbage, refuse, or sanitation. Such
suspension of service shall render the premises where such collection
service is suspended subject to condemnation for lack of sanitary
requirements, and the owner or person in charge or in possession of
said premises shall be subject to prosecution for maintaining a nuisance
thereon.
6 Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency,
the amount thereof shall become a lien against the property from
which the garbage collection service shall have been rendered. Such
lien shall be made effective by filing a notice thereof specifying the
charges, the period covered by the charges and giving a legal
description of the premises at which the service was rendered. Such
lien shall be filed with the same official and within the time and shall
be foreclosed within the time and manner prescribed by law for filing
and foreclosing liens for labor and material, and shall be superior to
encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of such line, but shall be
subject to all general taxes and local improvement assessments, whether
levied prior or subsequent thereto.
D. The yard service collection, for which the yard service
charge is imposed by subsection (C)(2) of this section, shall include the
collection of yard material, not to exceed the equivalent of five
containers, bags or boxes (each of which shall not exceed thirty- three-
gallon capacity) per week during the eight -month period for which the
yard service charge is billed to any particular premises. Except for tree
and shrub trimmings, the yard material shall be collected in nonporous,
disposable containers, bags or boxes to be collected and disposed of along
with the yard material contents, and collection crews shall not be
required to return containers used for disposing yard material. The
yard material which will be so collected shall not include trees or large
limbs, and tree and shrub trimmings not susceptible to being stored for
collection in containers, bags or boxes shall be securely tied in bundles
not to exceed two feet in diameter or four feet in length. Yard
trimmings must not be placed against any building or fence so as to
constitute a fire hazard. City service does not include the collection of
discarded fruit from trees, nor rubbish or debris of any kind except in
minor quantities resulting from construction, alterations, demolition,
remodeling or landscaping of any property Grass, rakings or rubbish
must be in nonporous containers.
E. In addition to the regulations adopted and charges imposed
by subsections C and D of this section, further charges are imposed in
the following types of service:
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• 1. A charge of one dollar and forty -six cents, in addition to
the regular monthly charge, shall be made each time an extra can or
partial can of refuse is collected from any particular residential
premises;
2. A charge of one dollar and nine cents, in addition to the
surcharge for collecting yard material, shall be made for each extra
container, bag, box or bundle of tree or shrub trimmings, collected from
any particular residential premises.
3.. For a special garbage pickup, actual cost shall be charged
to the customer Actual cost shall include the City's actual cost for labor,
' equipment rental, and landfill fees The minimum charge for this
service shall be twenty -five dollars."
Section 2 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after
its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City
Charter _`^
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 1 - day of
Ja , 1993
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ATTEST Mayor
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City Clerk
Publication Date: 1 - C
Effective Date: 6 D.' t 5 ` c l
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