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� Amends: ORD 4386, 4467, 4436, 4461,
4441
� Amended by: ORD 4567 , 4585, 4815
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 4485
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON AMENDING
SECTION 8-1-9 OF CHAPTER 1, GARBAGE; SUBSECTION 8-2-2.G
AND 8-2-3.E OF CHAPTER 2, STORM AND SURFACE WATER
DRP�IATAGE; SUBSECTIONS 8-4-24.F.1; 8-4-31.B AND 8-4-
31.C.1 & 4, OF CHAPTER 4, WATER; AND SUBSECTIONS 8-5-
15.A & D OF CHAPTER 5, SEWERS, OF TITLE VIII (HEALTH AND
SAI�TITATION) , OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF
GEINERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON" ;
REI,ATING TO 1995 UTILITY RATES FOR ALL CUSTOMER CLASSES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 8-1-9 of Chapter 1, Garbage, of Title
VIII (Health and Sanitation) , of Ordi�ance No. 4260 entitled "Code
of General Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington" is hereby
amended to read as follows :
8-1-9: RATES FOR SERVICES: The following schedule is
hereby adopted as the charges to be paid to the City for services
rendered fo.r each category:
A. Residential Customers :
l . For garbage cans and/or garbage units :
Mini can $ 4 .25 per month
1 can collected weekly 9 . 80 per month
2 cans collected weekly 16 . 05 per month
3 cans collected weekly 22 . 30 per month
Each additional can weekly 6. 25 per month
Extra garbage, under 15 gallons 2 . 90 per unit
Return trip charge 3 . 00 per trip
2 . Senior and/or disabled customers who qualified
under section 8-4-31 .0 of this Title for low income rates prior to
August 1, 1994, are eligible for a one dollar and five cents
( $1 . 05 ) fee mini-can service for a seventy five percent (75�)
subsidy, or one dollar twenty five cents ( $1 .25) for a forty
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' percent (40�) subsidy. For those senior and/or disabled customers ��
who qualify under section 8-4-31 .0 of this Title for low income I
rates after August 1, 1994, are eligible for a one dollar and five
cents ( $1 . 05) fee mini-can service for a seventy five percent ,
(75�) subsidy, or two .dollars and sixty cents ( $2 . 60) for a forty
percent (40�) subsidy. For services other than mini-can, the rate
schedule above will apply.
B. Commercial Customers :
1 . For garbage cans and/or garbage units as herein
defined - two dollars sixty cents ( $2 . 60) per can per collection.
The minimum monthly charge for each such account shall be ten I
dollars forty cents ($10 .40) per month.
2 . The rate for the handling of hydraulically handled ,
. containers approved by the City' s contractor and the City for the ��
use of commercial, industrial, and multi-family residence
establishments shall be as follows :
90 gallon cart $ 9 .20 per pickup
1 yard container 12 .50 per pickup
1 .5 yard container. 17 . 70 per pickup
2 yard container 21 . 90 per pickup
3 yard container 31 . 80 per pickup
3 yard compactor 149 . 60 per pickup
4 yard container 41 .50 per pickup
4 yard compactor 170 . 30 per pickup
6 yard container 58 . 20 per pickup
6 yard compactor 184 . 60 per pickup
8 yard container 75 . 30 per pickup
20 yard container 86 . 00 per pickup
30 yard container 96 . 70 per pickup
40 yard container 107 . 00 per pickup
Compactors, 10 yards
through 20 yards 112 . 30 per pickup
Compactors, 30 yards or
larger 6 .45 per yard pickup
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Minimum Pickup: ,
l .to 8 yard detachable containers once per week
20 to 40 yard detachable containers twice per month
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Compactors twice per month
3 . The rate for handling temporary contractor drop
boxes shall be as follows :
4 yard container $ 75 . 30 per pickup
20 yard container 122 . 90 per pickup
30 yard container 151 .50 per pickup
40 yard container 180 .40 per pickup
A three hundred dollar ( $300 .00) advance payment will be required
on all temporary garbage services .
4 . Extra Charges :
a. A three dollar ( $3 . 00) charge will be added
for each occurrence of the following services : .�
( 1 ) Container roll-outs and roll-backs over �
fifteen feet ( 15 ' ) from the point of safe truck access .
(2 ) Commercial cans placed more than fifty
feet (50 ' ) from the point of safe truck access .
( 3) Opening and closing of container enclosure
gates and/or unlocking or locking of container lids .
b. A ten dollar ( $10 . 00) charge will be added for
each occurrence of the following services :
( 1 ) Hydraulic disconnect and reconnect on
compactors .
(2 ) Compactor roll-off box turnaround.
( 3) Containers are not available for
collection at regularly scheduled pickup time and request is made
that the contractor make a special trip.
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5 . Special Services : Whenever special services not
. contained within this schedule are required, the rate charged for
those special services shall be negotiated by the customer with
the City and the collection contractor.
C. Industrial Service Customers :
1 . Collection of Industrial Waste and Rates :
"Industrial waste, " shall be collected by the City' s collection
contractor from the manufacturing establishments having such
wastes . The following rates and conditions are based on annual
quantities of industrial wastes of loose measure or equivalent in ,
combination of loose 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:
$101 . 90 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:
$5 . 10 per cubic yard.
c. Compacted industrial waste in customer
furnished containers, exclusive of "dumping fee" at disposal
facility:
$132 .20 per load.
The above rate schedule does not include container rental for all
commercial and industrial users nor the dump fees for twenty (20)
yard or larger containers .
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5ECTION II . Subsections 8-2-2 .G and 8-2-3 .E of Chapter 2,
Storm and Surface Water Drainage, of Title VIII (Health and
Sanitation) , of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General �
Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington" are hereby amended
to read as follows :
8-Z-2.G: Special Rates :
l .a. Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualified under
section 8-4-31 .0 for low income rates prior to August 1, 1994, are
eligible for rates of one dollar and five cents ( $1 . 05) per month
surface water utility fee for a seventy five percent (75�) rate �i
subsidy, or one dollar thirty five cents ( $1 . 35) for a forty
percent (40�) rate subsidy.
b. Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify
under section 8-4-31 .0 for low income rates after August 1, 1994,
are eligible for rates of one dollar and thirty cents ( $1 . 30) per
month for a seventy five percent (75� ) rate subsidy, or three
dollars and fifteen cents ( $3 . 15} for a forty percent (40�)
subsidy.
8-2-3.E: Charges for Surface Water Utility: The following
schedule is hereby adopted as the monthly charges to be paid to
the City for the surface water utility services :
l . Single-family dwelling $ 5 . 23 per unit
2 . Low intensity 25 . 92 per acre
3 . Medium intensity 37 .49 per acre
4 . High intensity 48 . 35 per acre
5 . Gravel pits 52 . 13 per acre
6 . City streets 13 . 00 per acre
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SECTION III . Subsections 8 4 24 .F. 1, 8 4 31 , ,
of Chapter 4, Water of Title VIII, (Health and Sanitation) , of
Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the
City of Renton, Washington" are hereby amended to read as follows :
8-4-24.F. 1: Fire Protection Charge: The private fire ,
protection charge will be three dollars thirty five cents ( $3 . 35) :;
per month per inch of fire meter size. �
8-�-31.B: Metered Rates : The minimum rates for metered water
supplied within the City in one month or fractional period thereof
are hereby fixed in the following schedule:
SIZE OF SERVICE TOTAL SERVICE CHARGE
3/4" $ 10 . 30
1" $ 12 . 90
1-1/2" $ 16. 50
2" $ 28 . 85
3" $ 85 .50
4" $123 . 60
6" $185 . 40 �'
8" $257 . 50
10" ' $370. 80
12" $515 . 00
COMMODITY RATES
Two (2 ) consumption blocks will be established for
residential customers (single family and duplex customers) . The
size of the first block will be zero to one thousand (0 to 1, 000)
cubic feet of water consumed per month. The second block will be '
all consumption over one thousand ( 1, 000) cubic feet per month.
The rates for these two blocks are as follows :
0 to 1, 000 cubic feet $ 1 . 73
Over 1, 000 cubic feet $ 1 . 85
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All commercial customers (multi-family, commercial and industrial)
will pay for consumption at the first block rate of one dollar
seventy three cents ( $1 . 73) per one hundred ( 100) cubic feet.
8-4-31.C.1: Low Income Seniors : A "low income senior
citizen" is defined as a person sixty-two ( 62 ) years of age or
older who resides in a single family dwelling that is separately
metered for water usage, either as owner, purchaser, or renter,
and whose total income, including that of his or her �spouse or co-
tenant, does not exceed the annual income thresholds for low
income rate eligibility. The annual income threshold for
eligibility for low income rate shall be adjusted each calendar
year, proportionate to the increase in the local consumer price
index (for urban wage earners and clerical workers ) , to a base of
the most recent census data available for determining the median _
household income for Renton. Any household with a disposable
income thirty five percent ( 35�) or less of the median household
income for the City of Renton will be eligible for a seventy five
percent (75�) rate subsidy. Any double occupancy household with
an annual disposable income between thirty six percent (36�) and
forty seven percent (470) of the Renton median household income is
eligible for a forty percent (40�) percent rate subsidy. For the
calendar year 1995 those figures shall be thirteen thousand, four •
hundred dollars ( $13,400 . 00) per annum or less for a seventy five
percent (75�) rate subsidy and between thirteen thousand four
hundred one dollars ( $13, 401 . 00) and fourteen thousand five
hundred fifty dollars ( $14, 550 . 00) for a forty percent (40�) rate
subsidy for single occupancy, and for double occupancy households
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fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars ( $15, 900 . 00) or less for a
seventy five percent (75�) rate subsidy and between fifteen
thousand nine hundred and one dollars ( $15, 901 . 00) and eighteen
thousand four hundred dollars ( $18,400 . 00) for a forty percent
j (40�) rate subsidy.
4 . Low Income Rates :
a. For those senior citizens and disabled persons
who qualified as economically disadvantaged and were on this low .
income rate prior to August 1, 1994, the following rates for water
service relatin to such sin le-famil dwellin in which such
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eligible person or persons permanently reside are as follows :
. (1) One dollar ( $1 . 00) per month for 75 '
ercent rate subsid and one dollar and fift cents $1 .50 for 40
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percent rate subsidy, limited to nine hundred (900) cubic feet of
water per month.
(2 ) Any excess shall be charged as provided
in sections 8-4-31 .A and B.
b. For those senior citizens and disabled persons
who ualif as economicall disadvanta ed and were on this low
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income rate after August l, 1994, the following rates for water
service relating to such single-family dwelling in which such
eligible person or persons permanently reside:
( 1 ) Two dollars and sixty cents ( $2 . 60 ) per
� month for 75 percent rate subsidy, limited to nine hundred (900)
' . cubic feet of water per month, and six dollars and twenty
�,
' cents( $6 .20) per month for a 40 percent rate subsidy, limited to
nine hundred (900) cubic feet of water per month.
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' (2 ) Any excess shall be charged as provided
in sections 8-4-31 .A and B.
SECTION IV. Subsections 8-5-15 .A and D of Chapter 5,
Sewers, of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation) of Ordinance No.
4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, ,
Washington" are hereby amended as follows :
8-5-15.A: Disposal Rates . The monthly rates and charges for
sewage disposal service shall be as follows : �
1 . Single Family - $12 . 05
2 . All Other Users : A base charge of one dollar and
eighty five cents ( $1 . 85 ) plus one dollar and thirty-six cents
( $1 . 36) per month for each one hundred ( 100) cubic feet of water �
used, for a minimum charge of twelve dollars and five cents .
( $12 . 05 } per month.
3 . Charges for Sewer Service Without City Water: In
the event that water obtained from sources other than purchased
from the City of Renton is either discharged or drained into the
sewer system, users shall be charged by one of the two following
methods :
a. For sin le-famil residence twelve dollars and
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, five cents ( $12 . 05 ) per month.
b. For other than single-family dwellings, the
Planning/Building/Public Works Administrator shall install a water
meter into such private water system at cost to property owners,
and the method of billing shall be in compliance with section 8-5-
15 .A.2 of this Title.
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D. Additional Charges : In addition to the foregoing charges
specified in this section, the following rates shall be charged:
l . A charge of seventeen dollars and ninety-five cents
( $17 . 95) per month payable to Metro for each single-family
dwelling unit.
2 . A charge of seventeen dollars and ninety-five� cents
( 17 . 95) per month payable to Metro for each seven hundred and .
fifty ( 750) cubic feet, or any fraction thereof, of water used for �
all users other than single family.
3 . Any additional charges hereafter imposed by Metro
under the " Industrial Cost Recovery" or "Industrial Waste
Surcharge" programs required under the FWPCA (PL 92-500) , Section
204, or as same may be amended hereafter, plus fifteen percent
( 15�} thereof as an additional charge for the City' s cost of
implementing such programs .
4 . Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualified under
section 8-4-31 .0 for low income rates prior to August 1, 1994, are
I eligible for the following rates :
a. Seventeen dollars and ninety five cents
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( $17 . 95) per month for Metro sewer, and sixty five cents ( $0 . 65)
, per month for City sewer charges for a seventy five percent (75�)
rate subsid and one dollar and twent five cents 1 . 25 er
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month for City sewer charges for a forty percent (40�) rate
subsidy.
b. Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify
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under Section 8-4-31 .0 for low income rates after August 1, 1994,
are eligible for the following rates :
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( 1 ) Seventeen dollars and ninety-five cents
( $17 . 95) per month for Metro sewer, and three dollars ( $3 . 00) per
month for City sewer charges for a seventy five percent (75%) rate
subsidy and seven dollars twenty five cents ( $7 . 25) per month for I
City sewer charges for a forty percent (40� ) rate subsidy.
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_ . _ . SECTION V. These xates shall become effective with
billings computed on or after January 1 of the year the budget is
adopted.
SECTION VI . This ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and five days after its publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 5th day of December ,
1994 . `�
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Marilyn etersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 5th day of December , 1994 .
, 1 Clymer, Ma o
Approve as to form:
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Lawrence J. Wa en, City Attorney
Date of Publication: December 9 . 1994
Ord. 410 : 11/23/94 :as . i
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