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0 ORDINANCE NO. 98- 71
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:
1 4.16.140 Classification of premises— Charges.
2 A. For the purpose of regulating the collection of garbage and refuse
3 in the City of Yakima there are hereby established two classifications: One to
4 be known as the "residential classification," and the other as the "business
5 classification." The residential classification shall include all premises
6 occupied as a single - family housekeeping unit, either in dwelling houses,
7 apartments, or other multiple residences. "Residential unit" as used herein, is
8 defined as a unit in which all persons reside together as a single family,
9 whether in single or multiple dwellings. The business classification shall
10 include all other premises.
1 Provided, property owned by the City may be served by City equipment
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2 and crews independently of the classifications and rates established by this
13 chapter; provided further, the rules and regulations established by this chapter
14 pertaining to receptacles and to the preparation, storage, and collection of
15 garbage, refuse and debris shall be applicable to all property within the City,
16 including that owned by the City.
17 B. The collection of all refuse in the business classification shall be
18 made only by licensed collectors, hereinafter provided for, at rates to be agreed
19 upon between such collector and the business houses served by him.
20 C. The collection of all refuse in the residential classification shall be
21 conducted by the City of Yakima equipment and personnel and financed by
22 garbage and refuse collection fees hereinafter set forth. The City of Yakima
23 shall not collect refuse from apartments or multiple units in excess of four
24 units except upon the request of the owner or operator thereof. The following
25 collection fees and practices shall apply for all garbage collection services
26 conducted by the City of Yakima.
27 1. There are hereby imposed for refuse collection in the residential
28 classification the following charges for each single - family dwelling and for each
29 residential unit in any multiple dwelling:
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30 Basic charge for one -can .
31 residential service at alley
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32 or curb $ 7.157.29 per month
33 Extra charge for the second
34 and each additional can at alley
35 or curb $ 377-53.83 per month
36 Basic charge for one -can
37 residential carry-out service $- 1,34514.13 per month
38 Extra charge for the second and
39 each additional can with carry-out
40 service $ 4.164.24 per month
41 Call-back charge $ 7.157.29 flat rate
42 "Call-back charge" as used herein means a charge to be imposed when any
43 customer fails to place the garbage can at the appropriate place for collection
44 during the regularly scheduled pickup, resulting in a customer request for _
45 garbage collection service at a time other than the regularly scheduled time.
46 Bin (1.84 yards) service as follows:
47 Number of bins Pickups per week One -month period , Two -month period
48 1 1 $ 53.15 57.40 $ 106.30 114.80
49 2 8503 91.83 170.06 183.66 40
50 3 116.91 126.26 233.82 252.52
51 4 148.79 160.69 297-.58 321.38
52 5 480.67 195.12 361.34 390.24
53 2 1 106.30 114.80 2- 12,60 229.60
54 2 174..06 183.66 340.12 367.32
55 3 233.82 252.52 467.64 505.04
56 4 297.58 321.38 595,4.6 642.76
57 5 ' 364.34 390.24 222.66 780.48
58 3 1 159.45 172.20 3490 344.40
59 2 255.09 275.49 54.11-18 550.98
60 3 3503 378.78 =1.46 757.56
61 4 446.37 482.07 892.4 964.14
62 5 542.01 585.36 4 � 0 T { 084.02 1,170.72
63 4 1 212.60 229.60 425,20 459.20
64 2 340.12 367.32 680.24 734.64
65 3 467.64 505.04 935.28 1,010.08
66 4 595.16 642.76 1,190.32 1,285.52
67 5 722.68 780.48 1,445.36 1,560.96
68 5 1 265.75 287.00 534 -.50 574.00
69 - 2 . 425.15 459.15 850,30 918.30
70 3 584.55 631.30 1,169.10 1, 262.60
71 4 743.95 803.45, 1,487.90 1,606.90 ; i
72 - 5 903.35 975.60 0 1,951.20 1
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0 3 2. A surcharge, in addition to the charges imposed by subsection
4 (C) (1) of this section, is hereby imposed on each residential unit as a charge for
75 service performed by the City for collecting yard material during the
76 nine -month period of each year commencing March 1st and ending November
77 30th. The surcharge, to be known as the "yard service charge," shall be the
78 amount of eight dollars and ninety -nine cents ($8.99) per month, . and shall be
79 billed to each residential unit at the time and as a part of the billings rendered
80 for other City services applicable for that nine -month period.
81 Any person billed for such yard service charge who does not utilize any
82 such additional refuse collection service may request such surcharge to be
83 canceled from his billing by notifying the utility accounts office of the City of
84 Yakima; and upon such notification being made the request for such
85 cancellation shall be granted, !' subject to verification by the City that such
86 additional service is not utilized.
87 Where refuse collection 1 service is performed for multiple dwellings
88 wherein all units are - carried under a single account number and street address
89 for water department metered services, the multiple dwelling shall be deemed a
90 single residential unit for the purpose of computing the surcharge imposed by
91 this section. II
92 3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in
93 subsections (C)(1) and (C)(2) shall be billed for and paid at the same time and
43 4 for the same period as billings and payments are made for other City utility
5 services; or, in the event a customer is served by the municipal garbage
96 division but is not served with other City utility, garbage and refuse collection
97 charges shall be billed and paid for according to the schedule which would be
98 applicable to such customer were he so served with another City utility service.
99 Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within the time specified by
100 Section 7.68.025 for payment of water service charges.
101 4. Garbage and refuse collection charges will be suspended for any
102 • customer upon advance notice to the office of the division of utility accounts
103 that a particular premises served will be unoccupied and such charges will be
104 resumed on notice to such office to resume service. No such suspension of
105 charges for garbage and refuse collection service will be made for any premises
106 served with any other City utility unless all City utility service to such premises
107 is likewise suspended.
108 Application for resumption of service to a new customer shall be made to
109 the office of the division of utility accounts on forms provided for that purpose
110 which shall contain the name of the customer and the street address and
111 number of units of the premises to be served.
112 5. Collection service may be suspended for nonpayment of accounts,
113 but such suspension shall not relieve the person owing such account from the
114 duty of complying with the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances
15 pertaining to garbage, refuse, or sanitation. Such suspension of service shall
6 render the premises where such 'collection service is suspended subject to
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117 condemnation for lack of sanitary requirements, and the owner or person in
118 charge or in possession of said premises shall be subject to prosecution for
119 maintaining a nuisance thereon.
120 6. Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency, the
121 amount thereof shall become a lien against the property from which the
122 garbage collection service shall have been rendered. Such lien shall be made
123 effective by filing a notice thereof specifying the charges, the period covered by
124 the charges and giving a legal description of the premises at which the service
125 was rendered. Such lien shall be filed with the same official and within the
126 time and shall be foreclosed within the time and manner prescribed by law for
127 filing and foreclosing liens for labor and material, and shall be superior to
128 encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of such line, but shall be subject
129 to all general taxes and local improvement assessments, whether levied prior or
130 ( subsequent thereto.
131 D. The yard service collection, for which the yard service charge is
132 imposed by subsection (C)(2) of this section, shall include the collection of yard
133 material from automated /semiautomated plastic containers furnished by the
134 City Department of Public Works or, as an alternative, yard material, not to
135 exceed the equivalent of five containers, bags or boxes (each of which shall not
136 exceed thirty- two - gallon capacity) per week during the nine -month period for
137 which the yard service charge is billed to any particular premises. Except for
138 tree and shrub trimmings, the yard material shall be collected in nonporous,
139 disposable containers, bags or boxes to be collected and disposed of along with
140 the yard material contents, and collection crews shall not be required to return
141 containers used for disposing yard. material. The yard material which will be so
142 collected shall not include trees or large limbs; and tree and shrub trimmings
143 not susceptible to being stored for collection in containers, bags or boxes shall
144 be securely tied in bundles not to exceed two feet in diameter or four feet in
145 length. Yard trimmings must not be placed against any building or fence so as
146 to constitute a fire hazard. City service does not include the collection of
147 discarded fruit from trees, nor rubbish or debris of any kind except in minor
148 quantities resulting from construction, alterations, demolition, remodeling or
149 landscaping of any property. Grass, rakings or rubbish must be in nonporous
150 containers.
151 E. In addition to the regulations adopted and charges imposed by
152 subsections C and f) of this section, further charges are imposed in the
153 following types of service:
154 1. A charge of one dollar and eighty -four cents ($1. 891.84), in
155 addition to the regular monthly charge, shall be made each time an extra can
156 or partial can of refuse or yard material is collected from any particular
157 residential premises;
158 2. A charge of one dollar and thirty- feurseven cents ($4,341.37), in
159 addition to the surcharge for collecting refuse and yard material, shall be made
160 for each extra container, bag, box or bundle of tree or shrub trimmings,
161 collected from any particular residential premises.
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‘112 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
64 rental, and landfill fees. The minimum charge for this service shall be twenty
165 five dollars.
166 Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after
167 its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and d by the City
168 Charter. - 1#
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this /5 day of
December, 1998.
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John Puccinelli, Mayor
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• BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. a
For Meeting Of December 15, 1998
ITEM TITLE: 1999 Refuse Collection Rates
SUBMITTED BY: Chris Waarvick, Director of Public Work C3 r
Nancy Gaudette, Refuse and Recycling Manage
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Nancy Gaudette
576 -6421
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The 1999 Refuse Division Budget includes a budgeted policy issue to increase refuse rates. At
the December 8, 1999 Budget Wrap -up, City Council approved a 2% rate adjustment on
residential can service including charges for extra containers and an 8% rate adjustment on bin
service. The increase in refuse rates is estimated to generate an additional $51,000 in revenue
for 1999.
• The attached Ordinance contains revisions to subsections 4.16.140C and 4.16.140E of the
Municipal Code. Amended refuse rates will become effective thirty days after publication.
Resolution _ Ordinance X Contract _ Other (Specify)
Funding Source
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: •z - ,\
City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff respectfully requests Council approval of the attached
Resolution.
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
0 COUNCIL ACTION: ,