HomeMy WebLinkAbout3495ORDINANCE NO. 3495
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington adding a new
Chapter 13.55 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to solid
waste flow control.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
Sections:
13,55,010
13.55.020
13.55.030
13.55.040
13.55.050
Definitions.
Use of Regional Disposal Sites Required,
Exemptions
Deconstruction
Penalties
13.55.010 Definitions
1) "Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan" or "CSWMP" means the most recently
updated or amended Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan adopted to satisfy the
requirements of RCW 70.95.080.
2) "Deconstruction" means the demolition of any structure where 50 percent or more of the
demolition debris, by weight, is source separated recyclable materials.
3) "Recyclable material" means those solid wastes that are separated for recycling or reuse, such
as papers, metals, and glass, that are identified as recyclable material pursuant to the CSWMP.
4) "Regional disposal sites" means the locations within the City of Port Angeles as identified in
the CSWMP where any final treatment, utilization, processing, or deposit of solid waste occurs.
5) "Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes including,
but not Limited to, garbage, rubbish, ashes (household and residential), swill, sewage sludge,
demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, and recyclable
materials.
6) "Source separated" means the separation of different kinds of solid waste at the place where
the waste originates.
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13.55.020 Use of Regional Disposal Sites Required
All solid waste, including construction and demolition debris, generated inside corporate limits
of the City of Port Angeles, shall be delivered to the regional disposal sites as identified in the
CS WMP.
13.55.030 Exemptions
1) Recyclable materials.
2) Special waste types expressly identified in the County's Comprehensive Solid Waste
Management Plan, for disposal at facilities other than the County's permitted regional disposal
sites.
3) Types of waste where no permitted regional disposal site exists, the solid waste may be
disposed of at a properly permitted disposal facility outside of the County.
4) Waste generated from federal or Tribal lands.
5) For purposes of this Chapter, "solid waste" excludes Hazardous waste subject to Chapter
70.105 RCW.
13.55.040 Deconstruction
Source separated recyclable materials from deconstruction may be transported to any facility
within or outside the City of Port Angeles legally authorized to accept such materials, so long as
containers of recyclable material transported to locations outside of the City of Port Angeles
contain no more than 15 percent, by weight, of non - recyclable solid waste. All other solid waste
from deconstruction must be delivered to designated regional disposal site pursuant to Section
13.55.020 above.
13.55.050 Penalty
The penalty for failure to deliver solid waste to a regional disposal site as required by this
ordinance shall be equal to the solid waste disposal fee (tipping fee) for the regional site times
the estimated number of tons of solid waste delivered elsewhere instead of at a regional disposal
site.
Section 2 - Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are authorized
to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of
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the scrivener's /clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and
any references thereto.
Section 3 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or
circumstances, are held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the provisions of
the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
Section 4 - Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated
to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take effect five
(5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the day of February 2014.
APP VED AS 1?) + ORM:
William E. Bloor, Attorney
ATTEST:
a 1 -Turd, City Clerk
PUBLISHED: February 10 , 2014
By Summary
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Dan Di Guilio, Mayor
Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
On February 4, 2014
Ordinance No. 3495
THIS ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, adds a new Chapter 13.55 of the
Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to solid waste flow control.
The full texts of the Ordinances are available at City Hall in the City Clerk's office, on the City's
website at www.cityofpa,us, or will be mailed upon request. Office hours are Monday through
Thursday, 8:30 a.m, to 4 :00 p.m., and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These Ordinances shall
take effect five days following the date of publication by summary.
Janessa Hurd, CMC
City Clerk
Publish: February 10, 2014