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Home My WebLink About2308 Garbage Collection RatesORDINANCg NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1138 AS ANI~IDED BY ORDINANCES 1347, 1425, 1656, 1737, 1875, 2044, 2108, 2165 AND 2221, AI)J~STING GARBAGE RATES, AMENDING S~CTION 6.04 OF THE PORT TOWNSeND MUNICIPAL CODE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE- THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLED, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ~. Section 6 of Ordinance No. 1138 as amended and Section 6.04.060 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code are here and hereby amended as follows: ,,Rates for collection. A. The rates to be charged for garbage and rubbish collection shall be as follows: Residential PICKUPS First Container Every other week* First Container Once per week Second Container Once per week Third Container Once per week $((5=48)) ~ per Month ((6=98)) ~3~ per Month ((8=5~))/~.~! per Month ((9=99)) /i.~? per Month Fourth Container Once per week ((~=5~)) ~,FI per Month Addn'l Containers Once per week (ea)((~4=88))~ per Month Packout Fee Fee per 25ft. (each) 1.53 per Month Extra Garbage Per Pickup (each) Commercial First Container Once per week ((8=89)) ~.~per Month Second Container Once per week ((9=5~))/2,~6 per Month Third Container Once per week ((~8=99)) /~.~ per Month Fourth Container Once per week ((~=5~))/~,lFper Month Addn'l Containers Once per week (ea) ((~5=88))19, g~ per Month Packout Fee Fee per 25ft. (each) 1.53 per Month Extra Garbage Per Pickup (each) ((4=8~)) ~.~ 1 yard Dumpster Once per week ((4~799))A/.$? per Month 1 1/2 yd. Dumpster Once per week ((~=8~))/_~ per Month 2 yard Dumpster Once per week ((~e~=98))/~D.~ per Month Dumpster Rental Per Month *if participating in curbside recycling. B. In cases where collection is required of a type or manner not provided by the foregoing schedule, a charge based upon rates approved for the collector by the City Council shall be applied. C. The failure of any person to use the containers as required by this chapter for garbage and/or rubbish pickup shall be a civil infraction. Each separate day of violation shall constitute a separate infraction. The penalty for the first infraction shall be a civil fine not to exceed $50.00. The penalty for a second or subsequent violation shall be a civil fine not to exceed $100.00. Notices of infractions shall be given and prosecuted in accordance with the procedures set forth in sections 8.04.410, 8.04.420, 8.04.430 and 8.04.440 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code. ~9~--~. Section i of Ordinance No. 2051 and Section 6.04.130 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is here and hereby amended as follows: "Occasional extra garbage--Tag system. A. Any garbage and rubbish collection customer may, in place of paying the charge for additional containers set forth in Section 6.04.060, purchase garbage /rubbish collection tags from the city clerk for use for occasional extra garbage or rubbish as set forth in this section. B. The city clerk shall have available for sale books of garbage /rubbish collection tags. Each book shall contain ten tags and the cost therefor shall be at the rate of ((~wo ~e}~a~s)) two dollars and fifty cents _Der tag, or ((~we~y)) twenty five dollars per complete book. C. When a customer desires to have additional garbage or rubbish collected on its normal collection date, the customer may affix a tag to the additional garbage or rubbish. One tag shall be used for each one-can (30 gallon) equivalent of garbage or rubbish in bulk and weight, or less. D. Upon pickup of the additional garbage or rubbish, the garbage collector shall retain the tag, deposit it with the city clerk, and shall be paid or credited for the used tags so deposited. E. Unused tag books, or parts thereof, may be redeemed by customers to the city clerk for the same price as charged by the city when issued, at the rate of purchase per tag. F. Customers having additional garbage or rubbish for pickup who do not use tags shall be charged for such additional garbage or rubbish in accordance with the ~chedule of charges set forth in Section 6.04.060." ~~1_~. This Ordinance shall take effect on August 1, 1992, after its passage, approval, and publication in the form and manner prescribed by law. Read for the first time on July 20, 1992. Read for the second and third times, passed by the councila~dapproved by the Mayor on · ~a~y ~_~ ._. , 1992. ~ /2 Attest: Mayor City Clerk Approved as to form: City Attorhey ~