Chapter 7.16
SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION RATES*
Sections:
7.16.020 Service charges – Rates.
7.16.030 Service charges – Special pickup.
7.16.040 Service charges – When payable – Failure to pay – Lien.
*For the statutory provision that indicates that the solid waste ordinance of a code city may contain the provisions authorized by Chapter 35.21 RCW, see RCW 35A.21.060.
7.16.020 Service charges – Rates.
The city council shall determine the rates for solid waste and recycling collection service at all places of residence and business by resolution. The amount of such rates shall be sufficient to pay the cost thereof incurred by the city, which rates may include the cost of collection, recycling as required by city, state, county or federal laws and disposal. All occupied dwellings and operating places of business in the city, with the exception of newly annexed areas per RCW 35A.14.900, shall pay for solid waste collection, whether or not the service is utilized. (Ord. 3423 § 2, 2020; Ord. 3106 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2355 § 7, 1989; Ord. 1016 § 1, 1959).
7.16.030 Service charges – Special pickup.
(1) Any person may secure a special pickup of any of the items mentioned in Chapters 7.04, 7.08 and 7.12 by calling the office of the department of community development, division of solid waste and recycling, or the office of the city’s contractor for solid waste disposal, and requesting such pickup and paying a fee as determined by the director, or by such contractor, but in no event less than $5.00 minimum.
(2) In the event of a disagreement upon the amount of the fee to be charged therefor, the city council shall have the right to fix the amount which shall be charged and when so fixed by the city council, the same shall be binding. (Ord. 3106 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2355 § 8, 1989; Ord. 2294 § 5, 1987; Ord. 1016 § 1, 1959).
7.16.040 Service charges – When payable – Failure to pay – Lien.
(1) All money due the city for furnishing solid waste and recycling service shall be due and payable to the department of finance of the city within 15 days of the billing date, and if not paid within 15 days thereafter, shall be deemed delinquent.
(2) Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency the amount thereof shall become a lien against the property from which the solid waste and recycling collection service shall have been rendered. Such lien shall be made effective by filing a notice thereof specifying the charges, the period covered by the charges and giving a legal description of the premises at which the service was rendered. Such lien shall be filed with the same official and within the time and shall be foreclosed within the time and manner prescribed by law for filing and foreclosing liens for labor and material. Such lien shall be prior to any and all other liens and encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of such lien, but shall be subject to all general taxes and local improvement assessments, whether levied prior or subsequent thereto. (Ord. 3106 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2762 § 1, 2000; Ord. 2552 § 1, 1994; Ord. 2294 § 6, 1987; Ord. 1016 § 1, 1959).
7.16.210 Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, words or word of this chapter is for any reason found to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this chapter, it being expressly declared that each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, words or word would have been prepared, proposed, adopted, approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, words or word be declared or otherwise found unconstitutional or invalid for any reason. (Ord. 3106 § 1, 2009).
7.16.220 Interpretation.
In the event any other city ordinance, whether or not codified, is in conflict with any of the terms of this chapter, the more stringent shall be construed as applicable. The stated remedies in this chapter are not intended to be exclusive and the city may pursue any remedies available by law. (Ord. 3106 § 1, 2009).