HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/08/2009 17 YMC Amendment RE: 2010 Refuse Rates, Chapter 4.16, Health and Sanitation, Title 4 BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No
For Meeting Of December 8, 2009
ITEM TITLE. Consideration of Ordinance Amending the Yakima Municipal Code, Title 4,
Health and Sanitation, Chapter 4 16 Relating to 2010 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 2010 Refuse Division Budget included an unbudgeted policy issues to increase residential
refuse rates At the Budget Wrap-up held December 1, 2009, City Council approved the policy
issues to increase rates for operational expenses due to the increase in landfill fees imposed
by Yakima County effective January 1, 2010
fhe attached ordinance contains revisions to Section 4 16 140 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code This ordinance has been amended to include a 3% rate adjustment on residential
refuse cart/can service, bin services, extra refuse charges, and yard waste collection The
increase in refuse rates is estimated to generate an additional $119,000 in revenue for 2010
This amendment will become effective January 10, 2010
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APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL. City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff respectfully requests the City Council pass ordinance
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
COUNCIL ACTION
Agenda Statement 2010 Rates
ORDINANCE NO. 20072009-
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 Monthly Weekly
Refuse Collection Charge Charge
Service
At Curb or Alley
each 32-gallon cart $9479.45 $2.18
each 96-gallon cart $15.5818 90 $4.36
Carry Out Collection
each 32-gallon cart $44,7618.29 $4.22
each 96-gallon cart $25,7536.58 $8.45
An overfill fee of two dollars and fifteen-twenty-two cents ($2452.22) 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 eleven dollars and five thirty-eight cents
($11.0511.38) shall be imposed each time a customer requests refuse collection
service at a time other than the regularly scheduled time.
Metal bin service charges as follows.
Weekly
Type of Residential Bin Service Monthly Charge Charge
2-YARD
Each bin collected weekly 74.87$77.12 $17.81
Each additional bin 74.87$77.12 $17.8.1
Each additional pickup per bin 44.91$46.26 $10.68
4-YARD
Each bin collected weekly 41-9176$123.37 $28.49
Each additional bin 44-9,7-8$123.37 $28.49
Each additional pickup per bin 89.52$92.51 $21.36
6-YARD
Each bin collected weekly 464-769$169.63 $39.18
Each additional bin 164.69$169.63 $39.18
Each additional pickup per bin 131.73$138.77 $32.05
An overfill fee of eleven dollars and twenty-thceefifty-seven cents
($11.2311.57) 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 $36.9138.56
Pickup Charge 9.23$9.64
Daily Service Fee 34-32
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Temporary 4-yard Bin Accounts.
Initial Delivery Fee $61.69
Pickup Charge $15.42
Daily Service Fee $ 51
Temporary 6-yard Bin Accounts.
Initial Delivery Fee $84.82
Pickup Charqe $21.21
Daily Service Fee $.71
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 loven twelve dollars
and sevenly-Aveten cents ($11.7512.10) per month or two dollars and seventy-
nine cents ($2.79) per week for one 96-gallon cart, plus five six dollars and
eighty-sevenfive cents ($5476.05) per month or one dollar and fourty cents
($1.40) per week 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 eleven dollars and f+ve-thirty-eioht cents ($11.0511.38) 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.
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
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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 automate., - - - e - = - - - 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 fifteen -twenty-two 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.
2. 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
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 11 day of December,
290i/2009
ATTEST David Edler, Mayor
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By
City Clerk
Publication Date
Effective Date
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