HomeMy WebLinkAbout3689 ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington amending
sections of Chapter 13.54 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code
relating to garbage collection.
THE, ci,ry coLNCIL, OF THE CITY OF' PORT ANGELES DO I IEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1, Ordinance 3243 as amended, and Chapter 13.54 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code relating to garbage collection are hereby amended by amending and adding
sections of Chapter 13.54 as follows:
CHAPTER 13.54 - GARBAGE COLLECTION
13,54,O 10 - Compliance with chapter required.
13.54.020 -Definitions.
13.54.030 - Compulsory service.
13.54.035 - General provisions applicable to all services.
110"N, 13.54.040 - Solid waste rates collections.
13.54.045 - Rate class assignment.
13.54.050 - Schedule R-0 I—Residential weekly service.
1154.060 - Schedule R-02—Residential every other week service.
13.54,070 - Schedule R-03—Residential yard waste service.
13.54.080 - Schedule R-04—Residential temporary service.
1154.090 - Schedule C-01—Commercial 90-gallon service,
13.54.095 -Reserved.
13.54.100 - Schedule C-02—Commercial, Municipal and Federal 300-gallon service.
13.54.105 -Reserved.
13.54.110 - Schedule C-03--Commercial recycling service,
13.54.115 Schedule C-04—Commercial vard waste service.
13,54.120 - Schedule C-04—Commercial temporary service.
13.54.125 - Schedule 1-03—Industrial temporary service.
13.54.1301- Lien for unpaid garbage collection services.
13,54.140- Container requirements.
113.54,150, - Recycling,yard waste,and cardboard recycling requirements.
113.54.16,01 -'waste acceptance policy.
13.54.17'01 - Private collectors—Regulations.
1154.180 - Assistance to elderly and/or handicapped.
13.54.190 -Penalties.
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13.54.020, Definitions.
The definitions set firth in PAMC' 13.57.020, excluding recyclable materials and yard waste, are
hereby adopted by this reference for the purpose of this,chapter. In addition, as used in this chapter,
the following terms have the following meanings: i
A. "Cardboard recycling container"means a receptacle furnished by the recycling contractor
for the collection of old corrugated cardboard at commercial buildings.
B. "City business"" means any business whose principal place of business is within the City
limits of Vert Angeles,
C. "City resident"means any person residing within the City limits olf Dort Angeles,
D. ""Collect"" and "collection" mean the curbside pickup of a refuse container, a recycling
container, yard waste container, or cardboard recycling container by a contractor or by the City
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E. "Commercial laaailaliaa " means a building or group of"buildings designed, intended for, or �
used for any purpose other than.
(1), Single dwellings;
2) Multiple dwellings; and
(3) Industrial facilities.
Any building or group of buildings where combined residence and business is practiced, where
such business is advertised by a sign of any type on the premises or is listed in the telephone
directory as a business, shall be classified as commercial, unless specifically exempted by the
Director or his designee, based on the services rendered.
F. "Contractor"means any person contracting with the City or hawing a license, franchise, or
r permit issued by the City to collect and dispose of wastes in the City, or his authorized agent.
G. "Dangerous waste"means any discarded, useless, unwanted, or abandoned nonradioactive
substances,including but not limited to,pesticides or any residues or containers of such substances,
that are disposed of in such quantity" or concentration as to pose a substantial present or potential
hazard to human health, wildlife, or the environment because such wastes or constituents or
combinations of such wastes:
1. Have toxic properties that may cause death, injury or illncss or have mutagenic,teratogenic
or carcinogenic properties; or
2. Are corrosive, explosive, flammable, or may generate pressure through decomposition or
other means.
H. ""Director""means the Director ol`Public ' ors and Utilities for the City of fort Angeles.
1. "Garbage" means all animal or vegetable wastes resulting from handling, preparation.,
cooking and consumption of food.
J. ""Ira.dustrical" and "industrial l"wilities" mean all of the businesses under the title
"Manufacturing" in the official 20,07 LDS NA:ICS Manual forth American Industry Classification
System-United States, as published)by the United States Department of Commerce.
K. Lanqfill"means the sanitary landfill disposal area administered and regulated by the City
under Chapter, 13.56 PANIC.
L "Midtiple, divelling"means, a building or group, of buildings designed as, or intended for,
or used as two or more dwellings, such as apartments, rooming houses, multiple houses or courts
and tenant houses;provided such building or group of buildings are under common ownership,and
have a, common refuse disposal site; and provided further,, that such group of buildings by nature
of construction or reference infer multiplex dwelling, except tourist courts, motels, hotels, and
trailer courts,, or any other establishment catering to transient residents; and provided that, for the
purpose of this chapter, three rooms shall be equal to one apartment and any number of rooms
shall be billed to the nearest Multiple of three.
M. ""Decal"l"means'waste animal matter from butcher, slaughterer or,placking houses.
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N. "Old corrugated cardboard" or "O ` " shall have the same meaning as corrugated
cardboard within the service agreement as modified or amended and shall be further defined as
two strips of flat cardboard on the top and bottom, and a corrugated or fluted strip running through
the center, commonly found in boxes used for packaging and shipping. Waxed boxes and gray
cardboard (such as cereal boxes, shoeboxies and paper tubes) are not old corrugated cardboard.
01, "Overloaded container"means a refuse container,that weighs more than the lifling capacity
of the city's mechanized refuse collection system or a refuse container with a lid that does not
completely close due to the:amount of refuse placed within,the container.
P. ""Person" means every person, firm, partnership, association, institution and corporation.
The terms also mean the occupant or owner of the premises for which service is rendered pursuant
to this chapter.
Q. "Rec�ycling container" rneans a receptacle, which is of the, type approved by the City and
furnished by the recycling contractor for the collection of recyclable materials,
R. "RecYclable niaterials" shall have the same meaning as recyclable materials for curbside
collection in accordance within the service agreement as modified or amended.
S "Rqli4se" means garbage, rubbish, trash, and offal, as defined herein, placed and stored
together in a refuse container,
T. "R�fuse container" means, a receptacle furnished by the City for use with its mechanical
refuse collection system,
U. "Residence"means a single dwelling unit that has been issued a certificate of occupancy.
V "Restricted re fiise container" means a, 300-gallon refuse container that the Director-
requires to be shared due to lack of adequate space to store multiple 90-gallon refuse containers,
requires due to operational limitations of the area to which service is provided,; or does not allow
,to be completely filled due to the volume and/or weight of the waste,
W. OP RI ubbish" means all cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, food containers, wastepaper, rags,
sweepings, small pieces of wood, rubber, leather and similar waste materials that ordinarily
accumulate around a home, business, or industry. Rubbish does not include bulk waste, lawn
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cuttings, tree and hedge trimmings, dangerous wastes, hazardous materials, industrial waste or
building waste resulting from construction or alterations.
X. "Single dwelling"means a building designed as, or intended for, or used as, a residence for
a single family or a group of persons other than a single family, using such building as a single
housekeeping unit,
Y. "Trash"means all waste matter not subject to decay or putrefaction, which, for the purpose
of this chapter, includes ashes.
Z. "Waste"and "wastes"means all discarded materials and/or substances.
AX "'Yard waste" shall have the same meaning as yard waste or yard debris for curbside
collection.in accordance within the service agreement as modified or amended,
BB. "Yard waste container"means a receptacle furnished by the contractor for the collection
of yard waste,
CC, "Co-minzIed recy�°ling" means that cardboard can be included in with other rec cl4ble
materials."
13.54.110 Schedule C-03—Ca mrnercial recycling service.When the commercial recycling,
service is requested in addition to semi-weekly collection of cardboard, the: rate shall be the rate
shown in the following table per month for one collection of a recycling/co-min led iggyding
container per week for each location within the City limits of Port Angeles. '17he rate per month for
each additional recycling cc container and each additional weekly collection of
arecyclin co-mingled recycling container shall be the rate shown in the following table:
IMENEM
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111 1111111110111"111,111111
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Rate S,15.705
13.54.115 Schedule C-04--Commercial and waste service.
A. —The rate, er,,.month p f yard waste
eve other week Burin the months of March throuah November and once per month during th
months of December throuszh Fbru,
_f.q�a shall be the rates shown in the following table, 'The rate
per month for each additional and waste container shall he as shown in the I&6�jlowmg, table:
Rate 8.875
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B. A utility service fee in accordance with PANIC 3.70.010.13.4 shall be charged each time
the same customer at the same service location requests the yard waste service where the yard
waste service has been terminated. A utility service fee in accordance with PANIC 3.70.010.13.4
shall be charged for each additional yard waste container,if the additional container is discontinued
to
y the same customer at the same service location within a period of 120 dgys.
C. A utility service tee shall not be charged two jresurne rq waste service if the same pqrson
at the sarne service location voluntarily tenninates water, iastewater garbage collection, and and
waste services providing that electric service is maintained.
13.54.120 Schedule C-0405—Commercial temporary service.
When a 0-gallon or 3010-gallon temporary reftise container is requested, the utility service fee to
deliver each container shall be in accordance with PANIC 3,70,01 0 13.4. The utility service fee for
each collection of a 90-gallon refuse container shall be S6.75. The utility service fee for each
collection of a 300-gallon refuse container shall be$23.2,5. Requests to deliver, remove and collect
a temporary refuse container shall be made at least 24 hours in advance.
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 the scriveners/clerical errors,references to other'local,state,or federal laws,codes,
rules,orregulatiorLs,ororxiii-tancenurnbering,section/subsection numbers and ariy rcl renees thereto.
Section 3. -Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any person
or circumstances,are held invalid,the remainder of Ordinance,or application ofthe provisions of
the Ordinance,to other persons or circumstances, is,not aftected.
Seeflon 4.-EffectiveDatc, This Ordinance,being an exercise of power speci fical ly del egated to
the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. Ibis ordinance shall take effect five (5)
days after passage and publication ofan approved summary thereof consisting of the title.
PASSL,.1)by,the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of'said Council
held on theL�.el
day of March,2022,
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Kate Dexter, Mayor
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William E. Bloor, City rile
Karl 1�r1artinc -Bail i
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Summary of Ordinances Adopted by the Po rt Angeles City Council on March 15,2022
ORDINANCE NO. 3689
AN ORDINANCE ofthe City of Port Angeles, Washington arnending sections of Chapter 13.54 of
the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to garbage collection.
This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the City legislative body,
is not subject to referend'uni. This ordinance shall take effect five (5) days after passage and
publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the title.
The full texts of Ordinances,are available at City flail in the Clerk's office, on the City's website
at www,citNs�t 1,.Usor will be mailed upon request.
Kari Martinez-Bailey
City Clerk
published by summary: Friday, March 18, 2022