HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4692f �
Amends ORD .4643, 4659
Amended By ORD 4756 �I
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE N0. 4692
AN ORDINANCE OF T�Fs CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
Ab�TDING SECTIONS 8-1-9 .A OF CHAPTER 1, GARBAGE, AND
8-4-31.C.1 OF CIiAPTER 4, WATER, OF TITLE VIII (�EALTH
AND SANITATION) , OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 �TTITLED "CODE
OF GENER.AL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF R�.�iTON,
WASHINGTON" RELATING TO 1998 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 .A 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" 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 for each category:
A. Residential Customers :
1 . For garbage cans and/or garbage units :
Mini can $5 .65 per month
1 can collected weekly 11. 95 per month
2 cans collected weekly 19. 00 per month
3 cans collected weekly 25 .60 per month
4 cans collected weekly 32 .65 per month
5 cans collected weekly 39. 70 per month
Each additional can weekly 7. 05 per month
Extra garbage, under 15 gallons 3 .50 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 forty cents ($1 .40) fee mini-can
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service for a seventy five percent (75%) subsidy,
or two dollars twenty cents ($2 .20) for a forty '�
percent (400) subsidy. For those senior and/or
disabled customers who qualify under section 8-4-
31 .0 of this Title for low-income rates after
August 1, 1994, are eligible for a one dollar
forty cents ($1 .40) fee mini-can service for a
seventy five percent (75%) subsidy, or three
dollars thirty cents ($3 .30) for a forty percent
(400) subsidy. For services other than mini-can,
the rate schedule above will apply.
SECTION II. Subsection 8-4-31 .C. 1 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�� is hereby amended to read as follows :
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 of thirty five percent (350) or less of the median
household income for the City of Renton will be eligible for a
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seventy five percent (750) rate subsidy. Any single occupancy
household with an annual disposable income between thirty five
percent (350) and forty percent (40%) of the Renton median
household income is eligible for a forty percent (400) percent
rate subsidy. Any double occupancy household with an annual
disposable income between thirty five percent (350) and fifty
percent (SOo) of the Renton median household income is eligible
for a forty percent (400) rate subsidy. For the calendar year
1998 those figures shall be fourteen thousand four hundred eighty
eight dollars ($14, 488 . 00) per annum or less for a seventy five
(750) rate subsidy and between fourteen thousand four hundred
eighty eight dollars ($14, 488 . 01) and sixteen thousand five
hundred fifty eight dollars ($16, 558 . 00) for a forty percent
(40o) _ rate subsidy for single occupancy, and for double occupancy
households sixteen thousand nine hundred eighty eight dollars
($16, 988 . 00) or less for a seventy five percent. (75a) rate
subsidy, and between sixteen thousand nine hundred eighty eigh.t
dollars ($16, 988 . 01) and twenty thousand six hundred seventy
dollars ($20, 670 . 00) for a forty percent (400) rate subsidy.
SECTION III. These rates shall become effective with
billings computed on or after January 1 of the year the budget is
adopted.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and five days after its publication.
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ORDINANCE NO.
4692
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this lst day of December ,
1997 .
Marily J etersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this lst day of December , �
1997 .
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Jes Tanner, Mayor
Approved as to form:
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Lawr ce J. Warre , City Attorney
Date of Publication: '
12/5/97 (Summar��
ORD. 682 : 11/14/97:as .
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