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Clerk 11/15/2005
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AN ORDINANCE relating to solid waste division site disposal fees; making technical corrections; and amending Ordinance 12564, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C.10.12.021.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance proposes changes in the fees currently charged for use of disposal sites.
B. These fees are assessed pursuant to K.C.C. 2.99.030.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 12564, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C.10.12.021 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Fees for use of disposal sites. All persons using county-operated solid waste disposal facilities shall pay the service fees in the following schedules:
A. Service fees for the use of disposal sites with scales, excluding Cedar Hills, shall be:
1. Solid waste disposal:
Passenger cars $((13.72)) 13.62 per entry
Other vehicles $82.50 per ton
Charitable organizations $63.50 per ton
Minimum $((13.72)) 13.62 per vehicle
Charitable organizations, minimum charge $((10.58)) 10.48 per entry
2. Deposit of source-separated yard debris at yard debris collection areas and deposit of clean wood at clean wood collection areas:
Passenger cars $12.75 per entry
Other vehicles $75.00 per ton
Minimum charge $12.75 per vehicle
3. Deposit of white goods at white goods collection areas:
White goods without regulated refrigerants $10.00 per unit
White goods with regulated refrigerants $24.00 per unit
B. Service fees for the use of disposal sites without scales, such as mobile yard debris facilities, shall be based upon the cubic yard or fraction thereof as follows:
1. Solid waste disposal:
Passenger cars $((13.72)) 13.62 per entry
Other vehicles
Compacted wastes $23.86 per cubic yard
Uncompacted wastes $13.72 per cubic yard
Minimum charge $((13.72)) 13.62 per vehicle
2. Deposit of source separated yard debris at yard debris collection areas:
Passenger cars $12.75 per entry
Other vehicles
Compacted wastes $21.50 per cubic yard
Uncompacted wastes $12.75 per cubic yard
Minimum charge $12.75 per vehicle
C. Service fees at the Cedar Hills landfill shall be:
Cedar Hills Regional Direct $69.50 per ton
Other vehicles $82.50 per ton
Disposal by other vehicles is at the discretion of the solid waste manager.
D. A moderate-risk waste surcharge shall be added to all solid waste disposed by nonsolid waste collection entities using county operated disposal facilities. The fee schedule is as follows:
1. For sites with scales:
Self-haulers $((2.61)) 3.50 per ton
Minimum charge $((1.00)) 1.34 per entry
Passenger cars $((1.00)) 1.34 per entry
2. For sites without scales:
Compacted $((0.76)) 0.77 per cubic yard
Uncompacted $0.44 per cubic yard
Minimum charge $((1.00)) 1.34 per entry
Passenger cars $((1.00)) 1.34 per entry
E. A special waste fee shall be charged for special waste including infectious waste treated and handled in accordance with King County Board of Health Code 10.28.070, asbestos-containing waste material, problem wastes and other additional wastes requiring clearances in accordance with King County Board of Health Code Title 10 or rules promulgated by the department.
Special waste fee $132.00
Minimum charge $22.20
F. In the absence of exact weights or measurements, the estimate of the manager is binding upon the user.
G. Solid waste either generated or collected, or both, within the boundaries of a jurisdiction that has not entered into an agreement with King County for use of King County solid waste disposal facilities as provided by this chapter may only be disposed of in a King County facility upon payment of a special service fee of three times the applicable per ton rate for facilities with scales and three times the applicable cubic yard rate for compacted and uncompacted wastes for facilities without scales. Payment of the special service fee ((in)) under this subsection shall be in lieu of payment of the fees in subsections A. through E. of this section. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the use of King County facilities by any municipal corporation or agent thereof or any commercial hauler for disposal of solid waste (([either])) either or both generated and collected outside King County.
SECTION 3. At least thirty days prior to the effective date of section 2 of this ordinance, the solid waste division shall provide notice of the fee revisions provided for in section 2 of this ordinance, by posting or distributing revised fee information at the county transfer stations, and by posting revised fee information on the web page of the
solid waste division.
SECTION 4. Section 2 of this ordinance takes effect January 1, 2006.
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