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CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO.,_2—'L �
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington,
relating to garbage and solid waste; authorizing an
interlocal Agreement with King County concerning use
of King County Solid Waste Disposal Facilities;
adding a new Section 7.08.200 Kent City Code desig-
nating the King County disposal System for the
disposal of all solid waste generated within the
City; amending KCC 7.08.010 to add a definition of
solid waste.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
6 HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
04�4 Section 1. For and on behalf of the City of Kent, the
Mayor is authorized to execute the Agreement between King County
and the City of Kent concerning use of King County Solid Waste
Disposal Facilities, substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit 1.
Section 2. A new Section 7.08.200 is added to the Kent
City Code as follows:
7.08.200. KING COUNTY SYSTEM DESIGNATED.
A. All solid waste generated within the corporate limits
of the City of Kent shall be disposed at a King County Solid
Waste Disposal Facility.
B. King County is authorized to designate disposal sites
for the disposal of all solid waste generated within the City of
Kent.
C. No solid waste may be diverted from the disposal sites
designated by King County without King County approval.
D. The provisions of this Section 7.08.200 shall not
apply, and shall not affect, the disposal of solid waste which
is eliminated through waste reduction or waste recycling activi-
ties which have been coordinated with King County pursuant to
the AGREEMENT BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF KENT CONCERN-
ING USE OF KING COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
Section 3. KCC 7.08.010 is hereby amended as follows:
7.08.010. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Chapter, the
following definitions apply:
A. "Collection company means the persons, firms or
corporations or combination thereof certified by the Washington
Utilities and Transportation Commission pursuant to Chapter
81.77 RCW to engage in the business of operating as both a
garbage and refuse collection company in areas including all or
part of the City of Kent.
B. "Detachable container" means any garbage container
compatible with the collection company's equipment that is not a
garbage can, garbage unit, or mobile toter.
C. "Garbage" means all accumulations of refuse, swill,
and other waste matter discarded as of no further value to the
owner.
1. "Refuse" means waste matter discarded as of no
further value, including ashes, cinders, clinkers, lawn cut-
tings, grass and leaves, broken -up household furnishings and
equipment, discarded hot water tanks, bottles, barrels, cartons,
shrubs, small trees, small tree limbs, paper and scraps of
wooden crates and boxes; but shall exclude large trees, earth,
sand, gravel, rock, broken concrete, plaster, brick and other
building materials, automobile bodies, large auto parts, build-
ing waste, fire refuse and waste.
2. "Swill" means all accumulations of animal, fruit,
or vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends the
preparation, use, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl,
fruit, and vegetables.
3. The term "garbage" excludes manure, sewage and
sewage sludge, dead animals over fifteen pounds, and cleanings
from public and private catch basins, wash racks or sumps.
Disposal of matter excluded from the term "garbage" shall be as
otherwise provided by law.
D. "Garbage can" means a watertight, galvanized, sheet
metal, raised -bottom container or suitable plastic container not
exceeding four cubic feet or thirty-two gallons in capacity,
weighing not over twenty-two pounds when empty, fitted with two
sturdy handles, one on each side, and a tight cover equipped
with a handle.
E. "Garbage units" means secure and tight bundles, none
of which shall exceed three feet in the longest dimension and
shall not exceed seventy-five pounds in weight. Garbage units
may also mean small discarded boxes, barrels or bags, or in
securely tight cartons or other receptacles able to be reason-
ably handled and loaded by one person onto a collection vehicle.
F. "Mobile toter" means a movable container which holds
at least eighty-five gallons or one hundred eighty pounds of
refuse, with a hinged -lid with tight fit, thick-skinned one-
piece balanced weight body which sets on tires, which will be
picked up at curbside with hydraulic dumpster.
G. "Person" means every person, firm, partnership,
association, institution, or corporation in the City of Kent
accumulating garbage requiring disposal. The term shall also
mean the occupant and/or the owner of any premises for which
service herein mentioned is rendered.
H. "Solid Waste" shall be as defined by WAC 173-304-100,
with the exception of those wastes excluded by WAC 173-304-015.
I. "W.U.T.C." means the Washington Utilities and Transpor-
tation Commission.
Section 4. Any Act consistent with the authority and prior
to the effective date of this Ordinance is hereby ratified and
confirmed.
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Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect and be enforce five (5) days from and after its passage,
approval and publication as pro 'ded by law.
DAN LLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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NDA JACOBER,, EPUTY CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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BILL WILLIAMSON,
ACTING CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED THE A" day of
APPROVED THE / day of
PUBLISHED THE ` day of
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. -W/, passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent
as hereon indicated.
BRENDA JAC04ER,',.PEFUTY CITY
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