HomeMy WebLinkAbout3253Ordinance No. 3253
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=110 — Water/Sewer/Garbage Rates & Policies
Passed 11/21/1995
Mandatory Minimum Garbage Service in Annexation Areas
Amended by Ord. 3541;3832
ORDINANCE NO. 3a 5 3
AN ORDINANCE of the City of
Kent, Washington, relating to
mandatory minimum garbage service in
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D THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Amendment. Section 7.03.020 of the Kent City
Code is hereby modified as follows:
Ofly 3 Sec. 7.03.020. Garbage collection by collection
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companies.
A. Garbage collections shall be made by garbage and
refuse collection companies as authorized by the city.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than
those duly authorized by the city to haul garbage through
the streets of the city or to dump garbage. Those
commercial and industrial business establishments having
permits to haul their own garbage and refuse may continue
to haul such garbage by annual permit. Renewal permits
shall be issued by the city clerk upon application and
payment of the annual permit fee. The annual permit fee
shall be as follows:
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1. Permit holders hauling less than one hundred
fifty (150) tons of garbage per month, one
hundred dollars ($100.00);
2. Permit holders hauling greater than one
hundred fifty (150) tons of garbage per month,
seven thousand five hundred dollars
($7,500.00).
Any permit holder, as provided for in this subsection,
shall haul garbage at least once a week for public health
reasons.
C. This section does not apply to the occasional
hauling by residential customers of refuse to an approved
site if the minimum level of garbage service is paid for
by the residential customer. except as set forth in
subsection D.
D. In annexation areas residential customers may
occasionally haul refuse to an approved site and not be
required to pay the minimum level of service if those
customers held that right prior to annexation• however,
this exemntion from minimum level of service payments for
residential self -haulers shall only be available for a
period not to exceed five () years from the date of
annexation or until theCity's garbage collection company
contractor assumes collection responsibility in the
annexation area, whichever occurs first
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Section 2. Savings. Kent City Code Section 7.03.020,
which is amended by this ordinance, shall remain in full force and
effect until the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The
invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application
thereof to any person or circumstances shall not affect the
validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its
application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force thirty (30) days from the time of its final
approval and passage as provided by law.
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBEP/, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RO R A. LUBOVICH, CIT EY
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PASSED the C9- day of 2L-vj, 19,7-,>
APPROVED the <:5? a day of X19
PUBLISHED the c�2& day of � ''E',� 197S.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. --12,6j , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent
hereon indicated.
SELFHAUL.ord
BRENDA JACO ER, CITY CLERK
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