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Home My WebLink About1991-3425 Refuse charges ORDINANCE NO. 3 4 2 5 • AN ORDINANCE relating to health and sanitation; increasing refuse charges; and amending Subsections 4.16.140C and 4.16.140E of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1 Subsections 4.16.140C and 4.16.140E of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "4.16.140 Classification of premises - Charges. C. The collection of all refuse in the residen- tial 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 January 20, 1992, there are here- by imposed for refuse collection in the residential classification the 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 $5.68 per month Extra charge for the seconr; and each additional can at alley or curb $2.98 per month Basic charge for one -can residential carry -out service $11.00 per month Extra charge for the second and each additional can with carry -out service $3.30 per month 'Carry -out service' as used herein means any service performed for collecting 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 100 feet from the curb or alley • - 1 - (ord /hlth &san) V y from which coklection is made. Call -back charge $5.68 flat rate 'Call -back charge' as used herein means a charge to be imposed when 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 regu- larly scheduled time. Bin (1.84 yards) service as follows: Number Pickups One -month Two -month of bins per week period period 1 1 $ 42.21 $ 84.42 2 67.52 135.04 3 92.83 185.66 4 118.14 236.28 5 143.45 286.90 2 1 84.42 168.84 2 135.04 270.08 3 185.66 371.32 • 4 236.28 472.56 5 286.90 573.80 3 1 126.63 253.26 2 202.56 405.12 3 278.49 556.98 4 354.42 708.84 5 430.35 860.70 4 1 168.84 337.68 2 270.08 540.16 3 371.32 742.64 4 472.56 945.12 5 573.80 1,147.60 5 1 211.05 422.10 2 337.60 675.20 3 464.15 928.30 4 590.70 1,181.40 5 717.25 1,434.50 2. A surcharge, in addition to the charges imposed by subsection Cl 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 - 2 - (ord /hlth &san) • and ending November 30th. The surcharge, to be known as the "yard service charge," shall be the amount of seven dollars and twenty -nine cents ($7.29) per month, and shall be billed to each residential unit at the time and as a part of the billings rendered for other City ser- vices applicable for that eight -month period. Any person billed for such yard service charge who does not utilize any such additional refuse collec- tion 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. Where refuse collection service is performed for multiple dwellings wherein all units are carried under a single account number and street address for water de- partment metered services, the multiple dwelling shall be deemed a single residential unit for the purpose of computing the surcharge imposed by this subsection. 3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in subsections Cl and C2 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 another 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 ser- vice 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 partic- ular premises served will be unoccupied and such charges will be resumed on notice to such office to resume ser- vice. 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 utili- ty service to such premises is likewise suspended. 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. 5. 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 - 3 - (ord /hlth &san) 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 prem- ises 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 lien, but shall be subject to all general taxes and local improvement assessments, whether levied prior or subsequent thereto. E. In addition to the regulations adopted and charges imposed by subsections C and D of this Section 4.16.140, further charges are imposed in the following amounts for the following types of service 1. A charge of one dollar and forty -three cents ($1.43), 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 seven cents ($1.07), 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 ($25.00)." Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this • - 4 - (ord /hlth &san) < ° ? 17th day of December, 1991. 111 Mayor ATTEST. City Clerk Publication Date /a? v /y/ Effective Date / //!� / 7.0-3 111 411 - 5 - (ord'hlth &san )