HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-080 Refuse rates & fees ORDINANCE NO. 2004- so
AN ORDINANCE relating to health and sanitation; concerning containers for and
storage of garbage and yard waste for collection by the City of
Yakima, and amending Section 4.16.140 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code accordingly.
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:
"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 established two classifications: one
to be known as the "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
used 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.
B. The collection of all refuse in the business classification shall be
made only by licensed collectors, hereinafter provided for, at rates to be
set by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.
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. 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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Type of Residential Refuse Monthly -
Collection Service Charge
At Curb or Alley
first 32- gallon can $9.429.89
each 32- gallon cart 7.818.20
each additional 32- gallon can 4 945.19
each 96- gallon cart 11.9113.93
Carry Out Collection
first 32- gallon can $18.2419.15
each 32- gallon cart 15.1315.89
each additional 32- gallon can 5-435.75
each 96- gallon cart 19.6823.03
An overfill fee of one dollar and seventy scvenninety -three cents
($1- .771.93) shall be imposed each time an automated cart is filled past its
visible full limit or the cart lid will not close due to overfilling.
A call -back charge of nine dollars and ferty-tweeighty -nine cents
($9.429.89) shall be imposed each time a customer,requests refuse
collection service at a time other than the regularly scheduled time.
Two cubic yard metal bin service as follows:
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Number Pickups One -month Two -month
of bins per week period period
1 1 $61.266.95 $122.84133.90
2 98.26107.11 196.52214.22
3 135.10147.27 270.20294.54
4 171.94187.43 343.88374.86
5 208.78227.59 4456455.18
2 1 $142,84133.90 $245.68267.80
2 196.52214.22 393.01428.44
3 270.20294.54 640.40589.08
4 343-88374.86 687. 76749.72
5 417.56455.8 835,12910.36
3 1 $184.26200.85 $368.52401.70
2 294778321.33 689. 56642.66
3 405.30441.81 840.60883.62
4 64- .82562.29 1,031.611 124.58
5 626.34682.77 1,252.681,365.54
4 1 $245.68267.80 $491.36535.60
2 393.01428.44 786.08856.88
3 54 0589.08 4 178.16
4 687.76749.72 1,375.521 499.44
5 835.12910.36 1,670.241,820.72
5 1 $307.1- 033475 $61.4.20669.50
2 494-:30535.55 982. 601,071.10
3 675.50736.35 4 472.70
4 859.70937.15 1,719.101 874.30
5 1,043.901,137.95 2,087.802,275.90
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An overfill fee of eineten dollars and ei- enefour cents
($9.2110.04) shall be imposed each time a bin is filled past its visible full
limit or the bin lid will not close due to overfilling.
Temporary 2 -yard Bin Accounts:
Initial Delivery Fee $30.7133.47 1
Pickup Charge 7.688.37
Daily Service Fee 0:250.27
2. In addition to the charges imposed by subsection (C)(1) of this
section, a separate charge, to be known as the "yard service charge," is
imposed on each residential unit that elects to receive yard material
collection service from the city during the nine -month period of each year
commencing March 1st and ending November 30th. Such service shall
utilize one or more 96 -gallon carts owned and provided by the city. The
yard service charge shall be Rineten dollars and sixty eefifty cents
($10.50) per month for one 96- gallon cart, plus fetfive dollars and
eight- twetwenty -five cents ($1.825.25) per month for each additional 96-
gallon cart, and shall be billed to each residential unit that elects to receive
this service at the time and as a part of the billings rendered for other city
services applicable for that nine -month period. A call -back charge of nine
dollars and forty- tweeighty -nine cents ($9A29.89) shall be imposed each
time a customer requests yard material collection service at a time other
than the regularly scheduled time.
3. All of the charges for garbage and refuse collection provided in
subsections (C)(1) and (C)(2) 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 refuse 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 service 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 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.
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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, as well as enforcement of all other applicable laws.
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.
D. The yard material collection service, for which the yard service
charge is imposed by subsection (C)(2) of this section, shall include the
weekly collection of yard material from automated/semi- automated plastic
96- gallon carts furnished by the city department of public works during the
nine -month period for which the yard service charge is billed to any
particular premises. For collection purposes, the total weight of each cart
including yard material deposited therein may not exceed two hundred
pounds. Yard material larger than four inches in diameter or too long to fit
within a 96- gallon cart when covered by its lid shall not be placed in a 96-
gallon cart for collection, but may upon proper request, be collected as
special haul material.
E. In addition to the regulations adopted and charges imposed by
subsections C and D of this section, further charges are imposed in the
following types of service:
1. A charge of two dollars and -n- nesixty -one cents, in addition
to the regular monthly charge, shall be made each time an extra can or
partial can of refuse or yard material is collected from any particular
residential premises;
2. A charge of one dollar and scventy sevcnninetv -three cents, in
addition to the surcharge for collecting refuse and 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,
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equipment rental, and landfill fees. The minimum charge for this service
shall be twenty -five dollars."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its
passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 14 day of
December, 2004
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ATTEST: ' auI P. George, Mayor
By
City Clerk
Publication Date: 12 -17 -2004
Effective Date: 1 -16 -2005
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. * I C,
For Meeting Of December 14, 2004
ITEM TITLE: Consideration of Ordinance Amending the Yakima Municipal Code, Title 4,
Health and Sanitation, Chapter 4.16 Relating to 2005 Refuse Rates
SUBMITTED BY: Chris Waarvick, Director of Public Works
Nancy Fortier, Refuse and Recycling Manager
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Nancy Fortier, 576 -6421
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The 2005 Refuse Division Budget includes a budgeted policy issue to increase residential
refuse rates. At the Budget Wrap -up held December 7, 2004, City Council approved a policy
issue to increase rates.
The attached ordinance contains revisions to Section 4.16.140 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code. This ordinance has been amended to include a 5% rate adjustment on residential can
service; a 5% increase on 32- gallon automated refuse carts; a 17% increase on 96- gallon
automated refuse carts; a 9% rate adjustment on bin services; 9% for extra refuse charges;
and a 9% rate adjustment on yard waste cart collection. The increase in refuse rates is
estimated to generation an additional $200,000 in revenue for 2005. This amendment will
become effective February 1, 2005.
Resolution Ordinance X Contract Other (Specify)
Funding Source
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL:
City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff respectfully requests the City Council pass ordinance.
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
COUNCIL ACTION: Ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2004-80