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CITY OF RENTON,WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO,4567
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON,WASHINGTON AMENDING
SECTION 8-1-9 OF CHAFTER 1,GARBAGE;SUBSECTION 8-2-2,G
OF CHAPTER 2,STORM AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE;
SUBSECTIONS 8-4-24,F,1.8-4-31.B AND 8-4-31.C.1 &C.4,OF
CHAPTER 4,WATER;AND SUBSECTIONS 8-5-15.A &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"RELATING TO J.996
UTILITY RATES FOR ALL CUSTOMER CLASSES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON,WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS,
SECTION 1.Section 8-1-9 of Chapter 1,Garbage,of Title
VIII (Health and Sanitation),of Ordinance No.4260 entitled "Code
of General Ordinance of the City of Renton,Washington ll is hereby
amended to read as follows:
RATES FOR SERVICES,The following schedule is
hereby adopted as the charges to be paid to the City for services
rendered for each category:
A.Residential Customers:
1.For garbage cans and/or garbage units:
Mini can
1 can collected weekly
2 cans collected weekly
3 cans collected weekly
Each additional can weekly
Extra garbage,under 15 gallons
Return trip charge
$4.55 per month
10.45 per month
17.05 per month
23.65 per month
6.60 per month
3.10 per unit
3.00 per trip
2.Senior and/or disabled customers who qualified under
section 8-4-31.C of this Title for low income rates prior to August
1,1994,are eligible for a one dollar fifteen cents ($1.15)fee
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mini-can service for a seventy five percent (75%)subsidy,or one
dollar fifty cents ($1.50)for a forty percent (40%)subsidy.For
those senior and/or disabled customers who qualify under section 8-
4-31.C of this Title for low income rates after August 1,1994,are
eligible for a one dollar fifteen cents ($1.15)fee mini-can
service for a seventy five percent (75%)subsidy,or two dollars
eighty cents ($2.80)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 eighty cents ($2.80)per can per collection.
The minimum monthly charge for each such account shall be eleven
dollars twenty cents ($11.20)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 conunercial,industrial,and multi-family residence
establishments shall be as follows:
90 gallon cart
1 yard container
1.5 yard container
2 yard container
3 yard container
3 yard compactor
4 yard container
4 yard compactor
6 yard container
6 yard compactor
8 yard container
20 yard container
30 yard container
40 yard container
Compactors,10 yards
$9.80 per pickup
13.30 per pickup
18.80 per pickup
23.30 per pickup
33.80 per pickup
159.10 per pickup
44.10 per pickup
181.10 per pickup
61.90 per pickup
196.30 per pickup
80.10 per pickup
91.40 per pickup
102.80 per pickup
113.80 per pickup
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through 20 yards 119.40 per pickup
Compactors,30 yards or
larger 6.90 per yard pickup
Minimum Pickup:
1 to 8 yard detachable containers
20 to 40 yard detachable containers
Compactors
once per week
twice per month
twice per month
3.The rate for handling temporary contractor drop
boxes shall be as follows:
4 yard container
20 yard container
30 yard container
40 yard container
$BO.10 per pickup
130.70 per pickup
161.10 per pickup
191.80 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
(501)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.
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(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.
c.Any extra yardage determined by the collection
contractor to be overflowing the container will be charged per yard
at the one (1)yard rate listed under section 8-1-9.B.2.
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,n 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
I1dumping feel!at disposal facility:
$108.40 per load.
b.All loose industrial waste hauled in other than
contractor's or customer's forty (40)yard containers,exclusive of
I1dumping fee n at disposal facility:
$5.40 per cubic yard.
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c.Compacted industrial waste in customer
furnished containers,exclusive of "dumping feel!at disposal
facility:
$140.60 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.
SECTION II.Subsection 8-2-2.G of Chapter 2,Storm and
Surface Water Drainage,of Title VIII (Health and Sanitation),of
Ordinance No.4260 entitled nCode of General Ordinances of the City
of Renton,Washington n are hereby amended to read as follows:
8~2-2.G:Special Rates:
l.a.Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualified under
section 8-4-31.C for low income rates prior to August 1,1994,are
eligible for rates of one dollar ten cents ($1.10)per month
surface water utility fee for a seventy five percent (75%")rate
subsidy,or one dollar fifty cents ($1.50)for a forty percent
(40%)rate subsidy.
o.Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify
under section 8-4-31.C for low income rates after August 1,1994,
are eligible for rates of one dollar forty cents ($1.40)per month
for a seventy five percent (75%)rate subsidy,or three dollars
thirty cents ($3.30)for a forty percent (40%)sUbsidy.
SECTION III.Subsections 8-4-24.F.1,8-4-31.B,C.1 and C.4,
of Chapter 4,Water of Title VIII,(Health and Sanitation),of
Ordinance No.4260 entitled tlCode of General Ordinances of the City
of Renton,Washington II are hereby amended to read as follows:
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Fire Protection Charge:The private fire
protection charge will be three dollars forty cents ($3.40)per
month per inch of fire meter size.
8-4-31.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 QF SERVICE
3/4 11
1"
1-1/2"
2"
3"
4"
6"
8"
10"
12 11
TOTAL SERVICE CHARGE
$10.50
13 .15
16.85
29.45
87.20
126.05
189.10
262.65
378.20
525.30
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.
these two blocks are as follows:
The rates for
o to 1,000 cubic feet
Over 1,000 cubic feet
$
$
1.76
1.88
All commercial customers (multi-family,commercial and industrial)
will pay for consumption at the first block rate of one dollar
seventy six cents ($1.76)per one hundred (100)cubic feet.
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8-4-31.C.l:Low Income Seniors:A 1I1ow income senior
citizen n 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 of 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 single occupancy household with an annual disposable
income between thirty five percent (35%)and thirty eight percent
(38%)of the Renton median household income is eligible for a forty
percent (40%)rate SUbsidy.Any double occupancy household with an
annual disposable income between thirty six percent (36%)and fifty
percent (50%)of the Renton median household income is eligible for
a forty percent (40%)percent rate subsidy.For the calendar year
1996 those figures shall be thirteen thousand five hundred sixty-
five dollars ($13,565.00)per annum or less for a seventy five
percent (75%)rate subsidy and between thirteen thousand five
hundred sixty six dollars ($13,566.00)and fourteen thousand seven
hundred twenty seven dollars ($14,727.00)for a forty percent (40%)
rate subsidy for single occupancy,and for double occupancy
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households sixteen thousand sixty five dollars ($16,065.00)or less
for a seventy five percent (75%)rate subsidy,and between sixteen
thousand sixty five dollars ($16,065.00)and nineteen thousand
three hundred eighty dollars ($19,380.00)for a forty percent (40%)
rate subsidy.
8-4-31.C.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 relating to such single-family dwelling in which such
eligible person or persons permanently reside are as follows:
(1)One dollar twenty five cents ($1.25)per
month for a seventy five percent (75%)rate subsidy and two dollars
twenty five cents ($2.25)for a forty percent (40%)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 qualify as economically disadvantaged,and were on this low
income rate after August 1,1994,the following rates for water
service relating to such single-family dwelling in which such
eligible person or persons permanently reside:
(1)Two dollars seventy five cents ($2.75)per
month for a seventy five percent (75%)rate subsidy,limited to
nine hundred (900)cubic feet of water per month,and six dollars
sixty cents($6.60)per month for a forty percent (40%)rate
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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.
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 -$12.29
2.All Other Users:A base charge of one dollar eighty
seven cents ($1.87)plus one dollar thirty nine cents ($1.39)per
month for each one hundred (100)cubic feet of water used,for a
minimum charge of twelve dollars twenty nine cents ($12.29)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 single-family residence twelve dollars
twenty-nine cents ($12.29)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,
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and the method of billing shall be in compliance with section 8-5-
15.A.2 of this Title.
D.Additional Charges:In addition to the foregoing charges
specified in this section,the following rates shall be charged:
1.A charge of nineteen dollars ten cents ($19.10)per
month payable to Metro for each single-family dwelling unit.
2.A charge of nineteen dollars ten cents ($19.10)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 11 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.C for low income rates prior to August I,1994,are
eligible for the following rates:
a.Nineteen dollars ten cents ($19.10)per month
for Metro sewer,and one dollar five cents ($1.05)per month for
City sewer charges for a seventy five percent (75%)rate subsidy
and two dollars ($2.00)per month for City sewer charges for a
forty percent (40%)rate subsidy.
b.Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify
under Section 8-4-31.C for low income rates after August 1,1994,
are eligible for the following rates:
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(1)Nineteen dollars ten cents ($19.10)per
month for Metro sewer,and three dollars twenty cents ($3.20)per
month for City sewer charges for a seventy five percent (75%)rate
subsidy and seven dollars sixty cents ($7.60)per month for City
sewer charges for a forty percent (40%)rate subsidy.
SECTION V.These rates 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 11 th day of December
1995.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 11th day of December ,1995.
Approveet~.f3 to form:
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Lawrence J.Warren,City Attorney
Date of Publication:12/15/95
Ord.530:11j29j95:as.
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