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Amended by Ordinance No. 4238
ORDINANCE N0. ��� �
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REN�'ON,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 8-308
OF TITLE VIII (HEALTH AND SANITATION)
OF ORDINANCE N0. 1628 ENTITLED "CODE
OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
RENTON" RE BILLINGS AND COLLECTION OF
GAR�AGE, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION
OF A LIEN UPON NON-PAYMENT OF CHARGES,
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RENTON, WASHINGTON AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION I : Existing Section 8-308 of Title VIII (Health and
Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances
of the City of Renton" is hereby amended to read as follows :
Section 8-308 as amended: BILLINGS; COLLECTIONS ; LIEN
AND ENFORCEMENT. Unless otherwise specified in any
contract between the City/�n�rivate contractor, the
City shall collect the charges for services rendered
hereunder from the person as hereunto defined for whom
collection services are furnished. Such billing shall
be made monthly or bi-monthly and may include charges
for other services rendered by the City to such person.
All charges for collection services rendered and billed
hereunder shall be payable to the City within fifteen
(15) days from billing date following in which services
are rendered, and if not paid within said period, such
charge or charges shall become delinquent. Upon such
delinquency and if the account is not then paid within
thirty (30) days, the City, acting by and through its
� Utilities Director, shall cease all further collections
for said account until payment of the accumulated fees
has been made in full. The stoppage of services herein-
above authorized for non-payment of collection charges
shall be in addition to any and all other rights of the
City to proceed for the collection of said unpaid charges .
in the manner provided by law.
Any such delinquent charges shall become a lien
against the property for which the garbage collection
service is rendered. A notice of the City' s lien. fc�
g�rbage collection disposal service specifying the
charges, the period covered by the charges , and giving
the legal description of the premises sought to be
charged, shall be filed with the office of the King
County Auditor within the time required and shall be
foreclosed in the manner and within the time prescribed
for liens for labor and material and as otherwise
specified in RCW 35 . 21. 140 et seq.
In addition thereto all of such charges for garbage
collection and disposal service shall be the personal
obligation of the customer receiving such service. The
City' s Utility Department shall have the absolute authority,
except as limited by state laws, to refuse to furnish
service to , to discontinue service to , or to refuse to
resume service to any applicant or customer on account of
their failure to pay delinquent bills owing said
Department by such person, whether such bills cover
service at the premises sought to be served, or elsewhere
within the City. '
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Al1 liens filed pursuant to the aforecited state
statute shall be prior to any and all other liens
and encumbrances filed subse uent to the filin of
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such lien with the office of the King County Auditor
except the lien for general taxes and local improvement
, assessments whether levied prior or subsequent thereto.
SECTION II : Any and all persons violating any provisions of
this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars
( $100. 00) , or be confined to the city jail for not to exceed thirty
(30) days, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION III : Any and all ordinances, or parts of ordinances,
in conflict herewith are hereb re ealed.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this�� day of January, 1969 .
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Helmie Nelson, City Clerk �
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this a-d/� day of January, 1969 .
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Donald W. Custer, Mayor
Approv -. as to form:
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Gerarfl M. °Shel�'an, Ci�'y Attorney
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