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Home My WebLink About1990-3319 Increased charges ! ,-•; • • 3 31 Alh ORDINANCE NO. 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 nit. 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 bi the City of la}ima equipment and personnel and financed by garbage and refuse collection fees hereinafter set forth. The Cit\ of Yakima shall not collect refuse from apartments O1 m ltiple units in excess of four units except upon the request of the owner or operator thereof. The following (t,ll(Ltion fees and practices shall app11 for all garbage collection, services conducted bl the City of Yakima. • 1. Commencing February 1, 1991, there are here - bN imposed for refuse collection in the residential classification the following charges for each single - farnhl\ dwelling and for each residential unit in ani multiple dwelling Bisic c'large for one -care residential service at alley or curb $5.16 per month E'tra charge for the second and each additional can at alley or curb $2.71 per month Basic charge for one -can residential cam -out service $10.00 per month E '.tra charge for the second and each additional can with carry -out service $3.00 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 1 - (ord hlt.h&san) than 100 feet from the curb or alley from which collection is made. Ca11 -back charge $5.16 flat rate 'Call -back charge' as used herein means a charge to be imposed when an\ 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: \umber Pickups One -month Two -month of bins per week period period 1 1 $ 38.37 $ 76.74 2 61.38 122.76 3 84.39 168.78 4 107.40 214.80 5 130.41 260.82 1 76.74 153.48 2 122.76 245.52 3 168.78 337.56 • 4 214.80 429.60 5 260 82 521.64 3 1 115.11 230.22 2 184.14 368.28 3 253.17 506.34 4 322.20 644.40 5 391.23 782.46 4 1 153.48 306.96 2 245.52 491.04 3 337.56 675.12 4 429.60 859.20 5 521.64 1,043.28 5 1 191.85 383.70 2 306.90 613.80 3 421.95 843.90 4 537.00 1,074.00 5 652.05 1,304.10 2. A surcharge, in addition to the charges imposed by subsection C1 of this section, is hereby imposed on each residential unit as a charge for service performed by the City for collecting yard material during - 2 - (ord hlth&san) r the eight -month period of each year commencing April 1st and ending \oYember 30th. The surcharge, to be known as the "ard service charge," shall he the amount of sip d.) 1 Lars and thirty_ -four cents ($6.34) 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- \ices 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 Ingle account number and street address for water de- partment metered services, the multiple dwelling shall be dear,' d 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 prodded in subsections C1 and C2 shall be rz' billed for and paid at the same time and for the same period ?s billings and payments are made for other City utility services; or, in the event a customer is served ,. b. the municipal garbage division but is not served with another Cit. 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- \ice. 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 seryed. 5. Collection service may be suspended for nonpa.ment of accounts, but such suspension shall not rclie\e the person owing such account from the duty of 410 compl■ing with the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances pertaining to garbage, refuse, or sanitation. - 3 - ord hlt1'6,san ) Such suspension of service shall render the premises where such collection ser■•ice 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 bl 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 he superior to encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of such lien, bit shall be subject to all general takes 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 tIpes of service 1. A charge of one dollar and twenty -four cents (S1.24), 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 ninety -three cents (S0.93), in addition to the surcharge for collecting yard material, shall be made for each extra container, bag, box, ur bundle of tree or shrub trimmings, collected from any plrticular residential premises. 3. For a special garbage pickup, actual cost shall be charged to the customer. Actual cost shall im_lude the City's actual cost for labor, equipment rental, and landfill fees. The minimum charge for this service shall be twenty -five dollars (S25.00)." 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. - 4 - (ord hlth&san) r '{{ k = :t P\SSED BY THE CITY COLNCIL, signed and approved this • 18th da■ of December, 1990. C - 22 7- /4 a ab i " - Mayor ATTEST Cit\ Clerk P.ibl1L cit. ion Date /2 1- 9O Eff ect. e Date / - a� - 9J +17 4 1 0 _ 5 - (ord hlth&san)