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Home My WebLink About1987-3005 GARBAGE STORAGE, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL _ . .7; ORDINANCE NO. 3005 AN ORDINANCE relating to garbage storage, collection and disposal; classifying premises and adopting rates for garbage collection; enacting rules and regulations; and amending Subsection 4.16.140A, Subsection 4.16.140C, Section 4.16.150, Subsection 4.16.170 (c), Subsection 4.16.170(f), Subsection 4.16.170(k), Subsection 4.16.180 E.4, and repealing Section 4.16.220, all of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Subsection 4.16.140A of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "4.16.140 Classification of Premises - Charges A. For the purpose of regulating the collection of garbage and refuse in the City of Yakima, there are hereby classified two classifications: One to be known as "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 residences. "Residential unit" as use 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." Section 2. Subsection 4.16.140C 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 perscanel 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. Canmencing March 15, 1987, 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: Basic Charge for one-can residential • service at alley or curb $4.34 per month Extra charge for the second and each additional can at alley or curb . . . . .$1.99 per month Basic Charge for one-can residential carry-out service $8 42 per month Extra charge for the second and each additional can withcput service . • $2.04 per month LEGAL 16 "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 from the curb or alley tram which collection is made. Call-back charge $4.34 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 custamer request for garbage collection service at a time other than the regularly scheduled time. Bin (1.84 yards) service as follows: Number Pick-ups One-Month Two-Month of bins per week period period 1 1 $ 33.86 $ 67.72 1 2 54.17 108.34 1 3 74.48 148.96 1 4 94.79 189.58 1 5 115.10 230.20 2 1 67.72 135.44 2 2 108.34 216.68 2 3 148.96 297.92 2 4 189.58 379.16 2 5 230.20 460.40 3 1 101.58 203.16 3 2 162.51 325.02 3 3 223.44 446.88 3 4 284.37 568.74 3 5 345.30 690.60 4 1 135.44 270.88 4 2 216.68 433.36 4 3 297.92 595.84 4 4 379.16 758.32 4 5 460.40 920.80 5 1 169.30 338.60 5 2 270.85 541.70 5 3 372.40 744.80 5 4 473.95 947.90 5 5 575.50 1,151.00 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 April 1 and ending November 30. The surcharge, to be known as the 'yard service charge', shall be the amount of $5.10 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 dharge' who does not utilize any such additional refuse collection 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 department metered services, the multiple dwelling shall be deemed a single LEGAL 17 j., residential unit for the purpose of computing the surcharge imposed by this subsection. 3. A11 of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in subsections Cl and C2 shall be billed for and paid at the }, . sane time and for the same period as billings and payments are made for other City utility services; or, in the event a custaner 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 became 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 custaner 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 premises served with any other City utility unless all City utility 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 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 changes and upon delinquency, the amount thereof shall became 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." Section 3. Section 4.16.150 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: • "4.16.150 Disposal of Garbage and Refuse by Private Citizens. It shall be the duty of every person occupying any residential premises in the City falling within the residential classification to cause all garbage to be removed and disposed of by the City Sanitation Department in accordance with provisions of this chapter. No garbage shall be collected or disposed of by other than the City Sanitation Department or by a licensed collector; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall prevent a person from hauling refuse accumulated from that person's own premises to the sanitary landfill for disposal in accordance with regulations applicable to the sanitary landfill operation." LEGAL I8 Section 4. Subsection 4.16.170 (c) of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "4.16.170 Collection of Garbage in Residential District Regulations. (c) Such containers shall be watertight, of good construction with no dents, and except as provided in Subsection (k) of this section, • shall be of not more than 30- gallon capacity with a handle on each side thereof, and with tight fitting lids. The gross weight of any container when full shall not exceed 75 pounds, and the weight of the empty container shall not exceed 15 pounds." Section 5. Subsection 4.16.170(f) of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "4.16.170 Collection of Garbage in Residential District - Regulations. (f) All bottles, metal scraps, tin cans and glassware may be placed in the same can that is used for wrapped or prepared garbage. Ashes and clinkers may be disposed of in the same can as other garbage, but must be separately wrapped or contained within the can. Grass clippings, rakings, leaves and rubbish that is not of a putrescent nature shall be placed in a non - porous container." Section 6. Subsection 4.16.170(k) of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "4.16.170 Collection of Garbage in Residential District - Regulations. (k) In lieu of garbage containers specified in subsection (c) of this Section, drop -off bins furnished by the City may be used to serve multiple dwellings and other premises where large amounts of refuse are collected, and the City will furnish drop-off bins at the request to the City Department of Public Works made by the owner or person in charge of the premises." Section 7. Subsection 4.16.180 E4 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "4.16.180 Collection of Garbage in Business Class - License and Tax - Regulations. E. Rules and Regulations. 4. The owner or person in control or charge of each building in the business class shall maintain for refuse storage and disposal metal containers of good and watertight con- struction with no dents of not more than 30- gallon capacity with a handle on each side thereof and tightfitting lids, the gross weight of which container when full shall not exceed 75 pounds. In lieu of such containers, the premises may be served with drop -off bins; provided, bins with a capacity of 1.5 cubic yards (40.5 cubic feet) or greater shall not be stored within five feet of canbustible walls, openings or combustible roof line eaves. • Refuse containers shall be placed on the premises in such a manner and at such a location so as to be readily accessible for collection and shall not be kept on the street, alley, sidewalk or other public place; provided, that garbage cans or other approved containers may be placed on a platform or rack in the alley in back of the premises in a location approved by the Code Administra- tion Manager with the lids for the cans or containers chained and locked or otherwise secured to the LEGAL I9 platform or rack. Lids shall not be removed except Mile refuse is being placed in or removed from the receptacles." Section 8. Section 4.16.220 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, entitled "City Operation of Refuse Disposal Site - Fees", is hereby repealed. • Section 9. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. �p PASSED BY THE CITY C OUNCIL, signed and approved this ID I li day of , 1987. U r I II • , MAYOR / / ATTEST: CITY CLERK Publication Date F B 1 3 t' : Effective Date T;1; , .. LEGAL I10