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Home My WebLink AboutORD 3870 Amended by Ordinance No. 4032 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. -1,q70 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE VIII (HEALTH AND SANITATION) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1682 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON" RELATING TO REVISED RATES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: Existing subsections (A) and (B) of Section 8-309 of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton" are hereby amended as follows: Section 8-309(A) , as amended: RATES FOR CHARGES: The following schedule is hereby adopted as the charges to be paid to the City for services rendered for each category: (A) Collection of garbage, refuse, and swill from residential dwellings shall be made once a week, and the charges threfor shall be as follows: 1. For "garbage cans" and/or "garbage units" as herein defined, placed not more than twenty-five feet (25' ) from the edge of the street, curb, or alley abutting or adjoining the unit served. Not more than one can per week $5. 17 per month Not more than two cans per week 5.64 per month Each additional can per week 1.07 per month Extra units 1.07 per pickup 2. For "garbage cans" and/or "garbage units" as herein defined, placed more than twenty-five feet (25' ) but less than sixty feet (60' ) from the edge of the street, curb, or alleyway abutting or`adjoining the unit served. Not more than one can per week $6.37 per month Not more than two cans per week 7.42 per month Each additional can per week 1.07 per month Extra units 1.07 per pickup 3. For "garbage cans" and/or "garbage units" as herein defined, placed more than sixty feet (60' ) from the edge of the street, curb, or alleyway abutting or adjoining the unit served. -1- than one can per week 6.65 per month Not more p $ Not more than two cans per week 7.98 per month Each additional can per week 1.07 per month Extra units 1.07 per pickup 4. All categories in Section 8-309(A)l, 2, 3 are subject to a flat $1.00 fee for senior citizens who qualify for the "Senior Citizen Rate" as established by Ordinance No. 2946, to-wit: a. Every. single person, sixty-two (62) years of age or older and every single person, substantially and permanently disabled, residing in a single-family dwelling, either as owner or purchaser, whose income from all sources is Six hundred forty-two dollars and eighty cents ($642.80) per month, or less, and Seven thousand seven hundred thirteen dollars and sixty cents ($7,713.60) per annum, or less. The maximum figure shall increase whenever there is an increase in Social Security benefits in an amount propor- tionate to the increase in Social Security benefits. b. Every married couple, constituting a marital community, residing in a single-family dwelling, either as owner or purchaser, and both spouses being sixty-two (62) years of age, or older, or one person being substantially and permanently disabled while the other spouse is under the age of sixty-two (62) , and whose total income from all sources is Nine hundred sixty-four dollars and twenty-six cents ($964.26) per month, or less, and Eleven thousand five hundred seventy-one dollars and twelve cents ($11,571. 12) per annum, or less. This maximum figure shall increase when- ever there is an increase in Social Security benefits in an amount proportionate to the increase in Social Security benefits. c. Every such person if married, then either spouse) shall file with the Utilities Department of the City his or her statement, under oath, that he, she, or they are qualified to be charged the special rate for such garbage collection services hereinabove stated,d> and such statement shall contain such other information as the Utilities Department may pre- scribe, including address, ownership or interest in the amount, source, and dwelling occupied by such applicant(s) , a m nature of all income from any and all sources, together with the applicant's unqualified promise to forthwith notify the City of any circumstances or change in condition which would make the applicant(s) ineligible to receive said special rate. All such information shall be treated in confidence, and all such applications and statements shall only be available for inspection by authorized personnel of the City. The Utilities Department shall have the right, whenever deemed necessary, to require such statement on an annual basis. -2- Section 8-309(B) and (D) , as amended: (B) Collection of garbage, refuse, and swill from business firms and commercial enterprises shall be made each weekday, and the charges shall be as follows: 1. For "garbage cans" and/or "garbage units" as defined herein - $1.01 per can picked up. 2. The minimum monthly charge for each such business or commercial account shall be the sum of Seven dollars and seven cents ($7.07) per month. 3. The rate for the handling of hydraulically handled containers approved by the City's contractor and the City for the use by commercial , industrial , and multiple- dwelling establishments shall be as follows: 1-yard container $ 5.17 per pickup 11-yard container 7.31 per pickup 2-yard container 9.06 per pickup 3-yard container 13.09 per pickup 4-yard container 17.13 per pickup 6-yard container 23.97 per pickup 8-yard container 30.86 per pickup 20-yard container 41.56 per pickup plus dump fee 30-yard container 44.55 per pickup plus dump fee 40-yard container 47.50 per pickup plus dump fee Compactors $ 2.26 per cubic yard plus dump fee Sewage grit $16.24 per ton plus dump fee Minimum pickup 1 to 8-yard containers - once per week 20 to 40-yard containers - twice per month Compactors - twice per month 4. The rate for handling temporary contractor drop boxes shall be as follows: 20-yard container $43.65 per pickup plus dump fee 30-yard container 46.74 per pickup plus dump fee 40-yard container 49.87 per pickup plus dump fee Minimum pickup Temporary contractor drop boxes - twice per month (D) 1. Collection of industrial waste and rates: "Industrial waste" , as the term is herein defined, shall be collected by the City's collector holding a valid and subsisting contract therefor, from the manufacturing establishments -3- having such wastes at the rates and upon the terms established herein as the same may be amended from time to time. The belowspecified rates and conditions are based on annual quantities of "industrial wastes" of loose measure or equivalent, in combination of loss and compacted waste. a. Forty (40) yard load of loose industrial waste, whether in contractor's .or customer' s containers, exclusive of "dumping fee" at disposal facility... . . . . . . . . . . . .$44.55 per load b. All loose industrial waste hauled in other than contractor's or customer's forty (40) yard containers, exclusive of "dumping fee" at disposal facility.. . . . . . . . . . . .. .$ 2.28 per cubic yard c. Compacted industrial waste in customer-furnished containers, exclusive of "dumping fee" at disposal facility. . . . . . . . . . . . .$47.50 per load d. Rates for all industrial concerns not falling in the above categories as herein set forth shall be as specified in sub- paragraph (B)3 of Section 8-309. All categories will be reviewed quarterly. If the user is not falling into its specific category, an adjustment will be made at that time for the previous quarter. This adjustment may be in favor of the contractor or the user, whichever is appropriate. (Ordinance 3630, 5-10-82) SECTION II: Any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION III: This ordinance shall be effective upon the January, 1985 billing and upon its passage, approval , and five days after its publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this _3rd day of December, 1984. Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk a APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 3rd day of December, 1984. Barbara Y. Shinpoch, Mayor Approved as to form: r Lawrence J. Warren ity Attorney Date of publication: December 7, 1984 -4-