HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-2880 RATES & CHARGES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, UTILITIES, & GARBAGE COLLECTION ORDINANCE NO. 2880
AN ORDINANCE relating to public services, utilities and garbage
collection and disposal; imposing new service rates and
charges; amending Sections 7.68.250, 7.68.255, Subsection
7.60.020A and Subsection 4.16.140C, all of the City of
411 Yakima Municipal Code.
• BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 7.68.250 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.68.250 Water Service Charges
A. Commencing July 15, 1985, the charge for domestic water
supplied shall consist of a ready-to-serve charge and a charge for water
consumed, as follows:
One-month Two-month
Ready-to-serve charges: Period Period
Meter Size
3/4" and smaller $ 1.44 $ - 1.44
1" 2.18 2.89
11/2" 4.32 7.20
2" 8.62 15.81
3,, 21.53 41.63
4"
34.44
6"
77.49 67A6
153.54
8" 137.74 272.61
10" . . . . . 215.21 427.55
12" 309.89 616.93
Charges for water consumed per one hundred cubic feet:
First 600 cu. ft .72
Next 600 cu. ft. (700-1,200 cu. ft ) .80
Next 800 cu. ft. (1,300-2,000 cu. ft ) .63
Next 23,000 cu. ft. (2,100-25,000 cu. ft ) .48
Next 25,000 cu. ft. (25,100-50,000 cu. ft.) . . .39
Over 50,000 cu. ft .23
B. The one-month period is defined as any period of time from one
day up to and including one month and fourteen days, and the two-month
period is defined as any period of time from one month and fifteen days
to two months and fourteen days.
minimum ready-to-serve and consumption charges for water supplied
outside the City shall be computed by multiplying the applicable rate
above by 1.5."
Section 2. Section 7.68.255 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.68.255 Minimum Service Charges
A. Commencing July 15, 1985, minimum charges for domestic
water supplied for the several sizes of meters shall be as follows:
, One-month TWo-month
Period Period
Meter Size
3/4" and smaller $ 3.60 5.75
1" 4.32 7.21
11/2" 6.47 11.51
2" 10.78 20.12
3" 23.68 45.94
4"
6" 36.60
79.64 71.77
157.85
8" 139.89 276.92
10" 217.37 431.86
12" 312.05 621.24
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B. The "one-month period"is'-defined as any period of time from
one day up to and including one month and fourteen days, and the
"two-month period" is defined as any period of time from one month and
fifteen days to two months and fourteen days.
Minimum service charges for domestic water supplied outside the
city shall be computed by, multiplying the applicable meter size rate by
one and one-half."
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Section 3. Subsection 7.60.020 A of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.60.020 Sewer Service Charge.
A. Rates -- Minimum Charge.
Canrrencing July 15, 1985, there shall be charged to and
collected from all premises within the City served by the City
sewer system a sewer service charge composed of a ready-to-serve
charge and a volume charge based on domestic water consumption;
provided, in no event shall the total sewer service charge be less
than $4.17 per month for premises inside the City limit boundary
nor less than $6.26 per month for premises outside the City limit
boundary.
(1) Sewer Service Charge - Schedules. The sewer service .
charge shall be calculated and charged according to the following
schedules:
i. Read -to-serve ch. •e:
For all custaners other than multiple-unit residential
customers:
Water Meter Monthly Bi -Monthly
Size (Inches) Charge Charge
3/4 4.26 8.53
1 7.37 14.75
1 12.54 25.07
2 18.74 37.49
3 33.22 66.45
4 53.90 107.86
6 105.61 211.23
8 188.35 376.71
10 302.12 604.23
For multiple-unit residential customers, the monthly
ready-to-serve charge shall be $2.20 per account plus
$2.07 per dwelling unit.
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ii. Volume Charge:
For all customers, the volume charge shall be $.75 per
100 cubic feet of water consumption."
Section 4. Subsection 4.16.140 C 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 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 July 15, 1985, there: are hereby 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:
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Basic Charge for one-can residential
service at alley or curb . . . ..... $3.99 per month
Extra charge for the second and each
additional can at alley or curb . . .$2.21 per month
411 Extra Charge for carry-out service . . . .Additional 50% of
basic or extra
• Charge
"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 con-
tainer shall be collected if placed
more than 100 feet fran the curb or .
alley from which collection is made.
Call-back Charge $3.99 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 regularly
scheduled time.
Basic Charge for single bin service . . .
(1.5 yards) $26.05 per month
Extra Charge for the second and each
additional bin $26 05 per month
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 the eight month period of each year
commencing March 1 and ending October 31. The surcharge, to
be known as the 'yard service Charge', shall be the amount of
$2.98 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 cancelled fran 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.
Were refuse . collection service is performed for mutliple
dwellings wherein all units are carried under a single account
number and street - address for water department metered
• services, the multiple dwelling shall be 'cleemeda 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
410 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 became delinquent if not paid within the time specified
by Section 7.68.025 for payment of water service charges.
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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, 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
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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.
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 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 III
amount thereof shall become a 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. Such 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."
Section 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days after its passage, appaval and publication as provided by law and
by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this Ird of
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, 1985.
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ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
Publication Date rJUN 1 4 1985
Effective Date JUL 1 4 1985
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