HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4426 Amended By ORD ��4457, 5133
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 442h
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENT�N, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
CHAPTER 11, U'I'ILITY TAX, OF TITLE V (FINANCE AND BUSINESS
REGULATIONS) RELATING TO MUNICIPAL FINANCE AND UTILITY
SERVICES AND AMENDING CHAPTER 1, GARBAGE, OF TITLE VIII
(HEALTH & SANITATION) , OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED
"CODE OF GENER.AL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON,
WASHINGTON, " TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY' S
UTILITY TAX ON SOLID WASTE HANDLING WITHIN THE CITY, TO
ADD A NEW SECTION DESIGNATING THE KING COUNTY DISPOSAL
SYSTEM FOR ALL SOLID WASTE GENERATED OR COLLECTED WITHIN
THE CITY, AND TO AMEND EXISTING SECTIONS TO ADD A '
DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE HANDLING AND TO CLARIFY THE ',
APPLICATION OF DEFINED TERMS . '
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION I. Recitals and Findinqs .
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1 . 1 The City of Renton (hereinafter referred to as "City" )
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operates a solid waste utility.
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1 .2 The County has completed a new Comprehensive Solid Waste
Management Plan pursuant to Chapter 70 . 95 RCW, and that plan
includes the City' s Solid Waste Management Comprehensive Plan
pursuant to RCW 70 . 95 . 080(3) . Under the County Comprehensive Solid
Waste Management Plan and the County Code Title 10 . 08, any City
disposing of solid waste at County disposal facilities is required �
to enter into an interlocal agreement with the County. �
1 . 3 The City has entered into a solid waste interlocal
agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Agreement" ) with King County �
(hereinafter referred to as the "County" ) pursuant to Chapters 39 . 34
and 70 . 95 RCW for the purpose of coordinating management of solid
, waste between the City and the County.
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and 70 . 95 RCW for the purpose of coordinating management of solid
waste between the City and the County.
1 . 4 Under paragraph 6 . 2 (b) of the Agreement, the City is
required to enact an ordinance (aj designating the County Disposal
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System for the disposal of all solid waste (including moderate risk
waste) generated and/or collected within the corporate limits of the
City, and (b) authorizing the County to designate disposal sites for i
the disposal of all solid waste generated or collected within the
City.
1 .5 The solid waste utility, private transfer stations and
other ..Solid .Waste Handling businesses perform Solid Waste. Handling
.�functi�ons .within the City resulting in costs and demands on the �
�:g:ener-al ;fund of the City, including but not limited to costs �
�.:as�so.ci-;at.ed �with: maintaining roads for transpor.tation. vehicles that
`haul;,;.so�=l:id.�-�waste to the County-designated Cedar Hills landfill and
to private transfer stations within the City that are under contract
with the County.
1 . 6 The City provides an environment o�f services and
protection that enables both its solid waste utility and private
Solid Waste Handling businesses and operators, including transfer
stations, to engage in Solid Waste Handling activities in the City,
including, but not limited to police protection, fire protection,
the availability of utility services, and streets and housing.
1 . 7 The system of Solid Waste YIandling in the City is an
integrated system of City regulations and utility functions, private II
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contract and noncontract operations, and County regulations and
controls .
1 . 8 Solid Waste Handling functions of the solid waste utility
and of private businesses occurring with the City are substantial
income-producing activities, and the gross receipts of those
activities are fair-ly related to the activities .
1 . 9 The City applies its gross receipts tax to the operation
of the City' s solid waste utility, and the City provides the same
benefits to private Solid Waste Handling businesses within the City
that its solid waste utility receives .
.1....1_0 ,The .City finds ._that its gross receipts t.ax should apply to
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�_�;=��;i:���at�e=�t:bu:s=i•n•es.ses en.gaged in Solid Waste Handling activities within
��-,:.�:h-e�.�::C:ity., ,�,�n:cluding �t�he. op.erat.ion of a transfer station. „� �
�:'���E���TON.:I"I o 5e�ctio�n 5-11-1 .H of Chapter 11, Utility Tax, of
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;;,T.i.,�:.��e V .�(•=F,i�nan.ce �and Business Regulations ) , of Ordinance_. No. 4260,
entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton,
Washington, " is hereby amended to read as follows :
H. Solid Waste Utility, Handling Tax: Upon the solid waste
utility and upon every business enterprise or other entity engaged
in Solid Waste Handling as defined in Section 8-1-2 of Chapter 8
( "Health & Sanitation" ) of the Code of General Ordinances of the
City of Renton, a tax equal to six percent ( 6�) of the operating
rate revenue of the solid waste utility and six percent ( 6�) of the
total gross income for all other business enterprises in the City
covered under this section shall be charged effective as of ' ,
December 1, 1993 . The taxes under this section shall be payable to I�
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the Finance Department of the City. Pursuant to RCW 35 .58 . 080,
nothing in this section is intended nor shall it be construed to
impose any tax or excise on any county-owned solid waste facility.
SECTION III . Sections 8-1-2, 8-1-4, 8-1-6 and 8-1-7 of
Chapter 1, Garbage, of Title VIII (Health & Sanitation) , of
Ordinance No. 4260, entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City
of Renton, Washington, " are hereby amended as follows :
Section 8-1-2 is hereby amended by adding the following
definition which reads as follows :
SOLID WASTE HANDLING: The management, storage, collection, �
transpo_rtation, treatment, utilization, processing, and final �i
disposal of solid wastes, including the recovery and recycling of ;�
materials from solid wastes, the recovery of energy sources from :�:,
solid �wastes or the conversion of the energy in solid wastes to more ��
useful �forms or combinations thereof, and the ownership or operation I,
of a transfer station.
Section 8-1-2 is hereby amended by changing the following
definitions : I
RECYCLABLES IIEPOSIT AREA: In multifamily residences, I,
commercial, industrial and other nonresidential developments, the I
area(s ) where recyclables will be stored. II
SINGLE-FAMILY UNIT: A building containing not more than one
dwelling unit.
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SPECIAL WASTE:
1 . Chemical waste from a laboratory. (This is limited
to discarded containers of laboratory chemicals, lab equipment, lab
clothing, debris from lab spills, or cleanup and floor sweeping. )
2 . Articles, equipment, and clothing containing or
contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB ' s) . (Examples are:
PCB capacitors or transformers, gloves or aprons from draining
operations, empty drams that formerly held PCB ' s, etc. )
3 . "Empty" containers of waste commercial products or
chemicals . (This applies to a portable container which has been I'
emptied, but which may hold residuals of the product or chemical .
Examples of containers are: portable tanks, drums, barrels, cans, �
bags, .liners, , etc . A container shall be determined "empty° 'y
according to ..the criteria specified at 40 C.F.R. 261 . 7 . ) '
4 . .. Asbestos containing waste from°. building demolition or '
cleaning. (This applies to asbestos-bearing waste insulation
materials, such as wallboard, wall spray coverings, pipe insulation,
etc. ) '
5 . Commercial products or chemicals : off-specification,
outdated, contaminated, or banned. (This also includes products
voluntarily removed from the marketplace by a manufacturer or
distributor in response to allegations of adverse health effects
associated with product use. )
6 . Residue and debris from cleanup of spills or releases
of a single chemical substance or commercial product, or a single
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waste which would otherwise qualify as a miscellaneous special
waste.
7 . Medical or infectious by-product waste from a medical
practitioner, hospital, nursing home, medical testing laboratory,
mortuary, taxidermist, veterinarian, veterinary hospital, or animal
testing laboratory. -
8 . Animal waste and parts from slaughterhouses or
rendering plants .
9 . Pumpings from septic tanks used exclusively by
dwelling units . (Single-family units, duplexes, apartment
buildings, ho.tels or motels . ) .
10:. Sludge from a publicly owned sewage treatment plant "
•ser_v�ng �pr_imar.ily domestic users (i.e. , with no substantial r�
industrial or ;chemical influent) . �
11 . Grease trap wastes from restaurants or cafeterias . not.
located at industrial facilities . �
12 . Washwater wastes from commercial car washes . (Note:
this does not include facilities used for washing the exterior of
bulk chemical or waste tank trucks, or for washing out the interior
of any truck. )
13 . Washwater wastes from commercial laundries or
laundromats .
14 . Chemical-containing equipment removed from service.
(Example: cathode ray tubes, batteries, fluorescent light tubes, i
etc . ) I
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15 . Waste produced from the demolition or dismantling of
industrial process equipment or facilities contaminated with
chemicals from the process .
16 . Closed cartridge filters from dry-cleaning
establishments . (Such filters being used to filter used dry-
cleaning fluids or solids . )
Section 8-1-4.E is hereby amended to read as follows :
E. Special pickup services will be provided when
authorized by the City, to those single-family units and
duplexes where there are handicapped or elderly people who
:cannot move their recycling bins, garbage cans, or yard .:�waste
carts �to �.the ,.curb. Single-family units and .duplexes whi.c�i ar.e
•. geographic.al;ly loca.ted so as to make moving .container.s t'0 the
:curb .an .:unr�easonable physical hardship must apply to the�� City
for the •special collection service and submit documentation to.
justify their application. Residences which qualify for this
service will be determined by the Solid Waste Utility
Coordinator based upon submitted documentation. Special pickup ,
services shall be from a convenient location, but such location
shall be approved by both the City and the contractor.
Section 8-1-6 is hereby amended by adding subsection C which
reads as follows :
C. Solid Waste Disposal System Designation: The County
Disposal System is designated for the disposal of all solid waste,
including moderate risk waste generated and/or collected within the
corporate limits of the City, and the County is authorized to
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designate disposal sites for the disposal of all solid waste,
including moderate risk waste generated or collected within the
corporate limits of the City, except for solid waste that is
eliminated through waste reduction and/or waste recycling activities
consistent with the County' s Comprehensive Solid Waste Management
Plan. No solid waste generated or collected within the City shall
be diverted from the designated disposal sites without County
approval .
The following facilities, which are owned and operated by
vendors with which the County has contracts for construction,
demo.lit.ion...an.d ..land cl.earing waste (hereinafter referred to as "CDL
�:waste" ) : .handling or alternative facilities as the County may
� . .des�ignate .;.are ��.h.ereby designated as the_ CDL ��receiving facilities for
.al.l :nonr.e.cyclable CDL waste generated within .the �corporate limits of
the City.
' Rabanco Disposal Company Facilities :
a. Rabanco Recycling and Waste Reduction Center, 2733 Third I
Avenue South, Seattle. �'
b. Regional Disposal Company Black River Transfer and �
Recycling Facility, Monster Road, Renton.
c. Such other facilities as hereafter may be designated by
the County.
Beginning November 1993, all generators, handlers, and
collectors of CDL Waste shall deliver or ensure delivery of all
nonrecyclable CDL waste generated within the corporate limits of the '
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City to a designated CDL receiving facility or to a back-up facility
designated by the County.
Recyclable CDL waste may be transported to any CDL recycling
facility or to a recycling market within or outside of the City
provided it contains CDL waste in amounts not exceeding ten percent
( 10�) of total weight per load.
Mixed CDL waste shall be taken only to a designated CDL
receiving facility, back-up facility, or CDL recycling facility
located in the County to the extent permitted by applicable law, �
provided that if mixed CDL waste is taken to a CDL receiving '�
.f.acility, ._all ,_residual CDL. waste must be taken to a designated CDL
�.r.eceivi-ng,�facil.ity. or back-up facility designated by the County.
�.Section 8-1-7 .B .is. �:her.eby amended to read as follows :
B.. �,Regul�a.r coliections of r�arbage �from single-family units
and duplexes shall be made one day per week between the hours of !
seven o ' clock (7 : 00) and four o ' clock (4 : 00) P.M. , Monday through
Friday, unless the City authorizes a temporary extension of hours .
Regular collection of recyclables from single-family units, duplexes �
and multifamily residences shall be made one day per week between i
the hours of seven o ' clock (7 : 00) A.M. and four o ' clock (4 : 00) P.M. , I'
unless the City authorizes a temporary extension of hours or more
frequent collection. Regular collections of yard waste from �I
residences, except those located in mobile home courts, shall be
biweekly on the same day per week as regular garbage collection. !
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Mobile home courts may� have collection of yard wastes only upon I
agreement of the City and its collection contractor. II
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SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 8th day of November �
1993 . �' I
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Marilyn ' etersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR thi 8th day of November , 1993 .
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Earl Clymer, May�
Approved as to Form:
�Lawrence J. Warren, City� Attorney�
Date of Publication.: November 12, 1993
ORD. 339 : 11/8/93 .
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