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fjr.3 AN ORDINANCE of the.City of Kent,.
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Washington amending certain
Kent codified ordinance, Chapter 5.4
regarding garbage collection, changing
certain units of measurement therein,
amending fees therein and adding certain
requirements thereto; and declaring a
public emergency.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 5 of Kent codified ordinance
5.4,.04 (Definitions)which reads as follows.:
"The term 'garbage units' means secure and
tight bundles, none of which shall exceed three
feet in the longest dimension, and shall not exceed
one hundred pounds in weight or such .'garbage
unit may be packed in small discarded boxes,
barrels or bags, or in securely tight cartons
or other receptacles reasonably easy to be handled
and loaded by one person onto a collection vehicle."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The term 'garbage units' means secure and
tight bundhs, none of which shall exceed three
feet in the longest dimension, and shall not exceed
seventy-five pounds in weight or such 'garbage
unit' may be packed in small discarded boxes,
barrels or bags, or in securely tight cartons
or other receptacles reasonably easy to be handled
and loaded by one person onto a collection vehicle."
Section 2. Paragraph 3 of Kent codified ordinance
5.4.12 (Containers) which reads as follows:
"No garbage can when filled shall weigh more than
one hundred pounds and shall be so packed that the
contents thereof will dump out readily when can is
inverted. All garbage cans, bundles, disposal
receptacles units, as above specified, shall be
placed in convenient accessible locations upon the
ground level or ground floor, and near as practxa.ble
at the approximate rear of the building or near the
alley, street or road at which collection trucks
are to be loaded; all walks, paths, driveways to the
place of loading shall have an overhead clearance of not
less than 8 feet, but in no event shall ordinance
defined cans or units be placed a distance greater
than 60 feet from the street, alley or road on the
day of collection."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
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1 "No garbage can when filled shall weigh more than
75 ounds and shall be so packed that the contents
2 thereof will dump out readily when can is inverted.
All garbage cans, bundles,disposal receptacles.
3 units, as above specified, shall be placed in
convenient accessible locations upon the ground
4 level or ground floor and near as practicable
at the approximate rear of the building or near
5 the alley, street or road at which collection
trucks are to be loaded; all walks, paths,
6 driveways to the place of loading shall have an
overhead clearance of not less than 8 feet, but
7 in no event shall ordinance defined cans orunits be placed
a distance greater than 75 feet from the street, alley
8 or road on the days of collection."
9 Section 3. Kent codified city ordinance 5.4.20
10 which reads as follows:
"Exclusive right to haul garbage, exceptions.
11 It shall be unlawful for any person except the
duly authorized employees of the Cty under the
12 direction and supervision of the person designated
as provided in Section 5.4.16 hereof to haul
13 garbage, refuse or swill through the streets of
the City or to dump garbage, refuse or swill
14 on the city garbage dump except as hereinbefore
provided for swill originating in commercial or
15 industrial establishments provided, however,
any industry desiring to haul their own garbage
16 to a suitable site with equipment that is approved by
the Health and Sanitation Committee to.travel over
17 the streets of the City of Kent may be issued a
permit to do so at a cost of $2.50. Safi permit
18 shall be valid for three months from the date of
issuance; and said equipment will be subject to
19 review and approval by the Health and Sanitation
Committee of the City Council as to each request."
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is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"Exclusive right to Haul Garbage, Exceptions.
22 It shall be unlawful for any person except the
duly authorized employees of the City under the
23 direction and supervision of the person designated
as provided in Section 5.4.16 hereof to haul
24 garbage, refuse or swill through the streets of
the. City or to dump garbage, refuse or swill
25 except as hereinbefore provided for
swill originating in commercial or industrial
26 establishments; provided, however, any
Customer desiring to hau their own garbage
27 to a suitable site with equipment that is approved by
a representative of the Rent City Council' Health
28 and Sanitation Committee to travel over the streets.
of the City of Kent may be issued a permit to do so
29 at a cost of $2.50. Said permit shall be valid for
three months from the date of issuance; and said
30 equipment will be subject to review and approval by
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1 said representative of the Kent City Council's
Health and Sanitation Committee as to each request.
2 Any such permit holder shall haul his said
garbage at least once each week for public health
3 reasons.
4 Section 4. Codified Kent City ordinance 5.4.24
5 pertaining to burning of certain materials within the Kent City
limits is hereby repealed in its entirety.
6 Section 5. Codified Kent City ordinance 5.4.28
7 covering the hours of collection for garbage collection service
8 within the City of Kent is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 6.' There is added herewith to Chapter 5.4 of
9 the codified ordinances of the City of Kent the following:
i0 "Hours of Collection. All garbage, refuse and swill
as hereinbefore defined will be collected within the
11 boundaries of the City of Kent as follows:
12 (1) Regular collections from business firms
and commercial enterprises will be made as often as
13 required, but shall not exceed one pick-up per day,
five days per week, Monday through Friday, between
14 the hours of Four a.m. and four p.m.
15 (2) Regul4r collection from residential
dwellings shall be made one day per week, Monday
16 through Friday, between the hours of seven a.m.
and four p.m.
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(3) Regular collection in areas where a
18 building contains commercial and residential
uses. shall be made as often as required but
19 shall not exceed one pick-up per day, five days per
week, Monday through Friday, between the hours of
20 four a.m. and four p.m.
21 Section 7. Kent codified ordinance 5.4.30 pertaining
22 to garbage billing provisions for premises vacant more than one
month is hereby repealed in its entirety.
23 Section 8. There is herewith added to Chapter 5.4 of
24 the codified ordinances of the City of Kent the following new
25 section:
"Whenever any person shall determine to leave his
26 premises vacant for a period of more than one month
and thus shall not need garbage collection service
27 during said period, he may cancel garbage collection
and service fees therefor for said vacated premises
28 by giving written notice ofsaid vacancy to the
Kent Utilities Department and in the.written notice
29 the person shall state the period of said vacancy
and the street address of the premises; provided,
30 that upon receipt of said written notice said
service will be discontinued on the first calendar
31 day of the next succeeding month for not less than
thirty days."
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1 ' Section 9. Kent codified city ordinance 5.4.36
2 covering garbage collection charges and rate schedule is hereby
3 repealed in its entirety.
Section 10_ Garbage collection charges -- Rate
4 schedule. The following schedule is adopted as a basis of
5 classification and as a schedule of charges to be paid to and coll-
6 ected by the City for services rendered by the City for the
collection and removal of garbage, refuse and swill, from residences,
7 business firms and commercial enterprises:
8 "(a) Collection of garbage, refuse and swill from
residential dwellings shall be made once a week.
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(1) For 'garbage cans'
and/or 'garbage
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units' as herein defined. Place
not
more
than twenty-five (25) feet
from
the
point
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of pick-up. Said point
of pick-up
shall
be
measured from a public
right -of
way,
either
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street or alley that is
open to
public
use
all times of the year.
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1 - cans per week
$2.20
per
month
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2 - cans per week
$2.45
per
month
3 - cans per week
$2.70
per
month
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4 - cans per week
$2.95
per
month
5 - cans per week
$3.30
per
month
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(b) For 'garbage cans' and/or
'garbage
units'
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as herein defined. Placed.
. more than
twenty-five .
(25) feet from the point of
pick-up.
Said point of
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pick-up shall be measured from
a public
right-of-way,
either street or alley that
is open
to public use
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all times of the year:
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1 — cans per week
$2..25
per
month
2 - cans per week
$2.50
per
month
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3 - cans per week
$2.75
per
month
4 - cans per week
$3.00
per
month
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5 - cans per week
$3.35
per
month
83 Any customer whose pick-up point is more than
75 feet from the public right-of-way, either
24 street or alley, must either (a.) grant
permission in writing tothe City.for the
25 contractor's truck to use his driveway so
that the pickup point falls into (less than
26 25 feet) or (more than 25 feet) or (b)
negotiate a proper fee with the city and
27 contractor.
28 (c) Collection of garbage, refuse and swill from
business firms, commercial and industrial firms shall
28 be available for up to daily pick-up Monday through
Friday of each week. The contractor will negotiate
30 with each such customer as to the number of said
pick-ups per week.
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1 1 -can per week ...... $2.00 per month
2-5 cans per pick-up
2 per week ............. $3.00 per month
5-10 cans per
3 pick-up per week....$5.00 per month
Excess of 10 cans
4 per pick-up per week.$.80 per can per month
5 Multiply the above base rate by the. number
of pick-ups per week in excess of one.
6 Provided, however, ,that the minimum monthly
charge for each business or commercial
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account shall be $2.50 per month.
8 (1) The rate for handling of detachable
9 containers for the use by commercial, industrial and
multiple dwelling establishments shall be as
follows:
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24 Section 11. Kent city ordinance 5.4.42 pertaining to
25 garbage container rental fees is hereby repealed in its entirety.
26 Section 12. There is hereby added to codified Kent
ordinance Chapter 5.4 the following new section:
27 "Any customer renting garbage containers from the
28 City of Kent in one yard, yard and one-half and
two yard capacities shall be charged a $10.00.
29 fee for moving said garbage container into place
and a $10.00 fee for moving said garbage .container
30 our of place unless said customer keeps said
container for a minimum of three months (in which
31 case, no fee for moving in and moving out said
garbage container will be charged). Further, for
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1 yard containers
$2.20
per
pick-up
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1 1/2.yard containers
$3.30
per.
pick-up
2 yard containers
$4.10
per
pick-up
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10 yard to 20 yard
$4.50 per. month
2 yard coriainers
$6.00 .per month
containers
$1.00
per
yard
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20 yard to 40 yard
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30 yard containers
$35.00 per month.
containers
$ .90
per
yard
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(3) The customer may
furnish his own detachable
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24 Section 11. Kent city ordinance 5.4.42 pertaining to
25 garbage container rental fees is hereby repealed in its entirety.
26 Section 12. There is hereby added to codified Kent
ordinance Chapter 5.4 the following new section:
27 "Any customer renting garbage containers from the
28 City of Kent in one yard, yard and one-half and
two yard capacities shall be charged a $10.00.
29 fee for moving said garbage container into place
and a $10.00 fee for moving said garbage .container
30 our of place unless said customer keeps said
container for a minimum of three months (in which
31 case, no fee for moving in and moving out said
garbage container will be charged). Further, for
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(2.) The rental rate
to be paid the contractors
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for furnishing detachable
containers is as
follows:
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1 yard containers
$3.00 per month..
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1 1/2 .yard containers
$4.50 per. month
2 yard coriainers
$6.00 .per month
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10 yard containers
$14.00 per month
20 yard containers
$24.00 per month
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30 yard containers
$35.00 per month.
40 yard containers
$42.50 per month
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(3) The customer may
furnish his own detachable
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container providing said
container is compatible with
the contractor's equipment
for collection.
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(4) The. minimum pick-up schedule for all
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accounts is once each week.
24 Section 11. Kent city ordinance 5.4.42 pertaining to
25 garbage container rental fees is hereby repealed in its entirety.
26 Section 12. There is hereby added to codified Kent
ordinance Chapter 5.4 the following new section:
27 "Any customer renting garbage containers from the
28 City of Kent in one yard, yard and one-half and
two yard capacities shall be charged a $10.00.
29 fee for moving said garbage container into place
and a $10.00 fee for moving said garbage .container
30 our of place unless said customer keeps said
container for a minimum of three months (in which
31 case, no fee for moving in and moving out said
garbage container will be charged). Further, for
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1 rental of garbage containers in excess of two
yard capacities, the customer renting said
2 containers shall be charged a $40.00 fee for
moving said garbage container and a $40..00 fee
3 for moving said garbage container out of location
unless said customer keeps said garbage container
4 for not less than six months (in which no fee for
moving in and moving out of said container. will
5 be charged).
6 Section 13. There is herewith added to Kent codified
7 city ordinance Chapter 5.4. the following new .section:
"The location of garbage containers or cans in
8 conjunction with commercial, industrial or multi-
family dwellings shall be subject to inspection
9 by the Kent Fire Department and located in such
areas to reduce or remove any fire hazard."
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Section 14. Kent codified City ordinance 5.4.40
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pertaining to garbage classification and determination thereof
12 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
13 Section 15. There is herewith added to codified Kent
14 City ordinance Chapter 5.4 the following new section:
"The City of Kent reserves the right for its
15 utilities committee to determine the necessity
to require garbage collection."
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Section 16. Severability. If any section, sub -section,
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sub -division, sentence, .clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
18 any reason held to be unconstitutional or void, such decision
19 shall not affect thevalidity of the remaining portion or portions
thereof.
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Section 17. The City Council of the City. of Kent,.
21 Washington deem the passage of this ordinance to be a public
22 emergency necessary for the protection of the. public health,
23 public safety, public property or public peace of the citizens
of the City of Kent and upon the passage of this ordinance by
24 a majority, plus one, of the whole membership of the Kent City
25 Council, its terms shall immediately become effective.
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27 ISABEL HOGAN, Mayor
28 Attest:
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MARIE JENSEN, ity Cle k
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App ved as to _form:
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32 Ci Attorney
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1 Passed the day of January, 1970.
Approved the ,z day of January, 1970.
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Published the day of January, .1970.
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I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
4 No. -2 , passed by the City Council of the. City of Kent and
appro ed b the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.
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6 (SEAL)
MARIE JENSEW, City Clerk
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