Chapter 6.08
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

Sections:

6.08.010  Utilities department responsible for solid waste collection and management.

6.08.020  Definitions.

6.08.030  Utilities department responsible for solid waste disposal and management—Duties.

6.08.040  Director of utilities department.

6.08.050  Solid waste fund established.

6.08.060  Appropriate receptacles for deposits required.

6.08.080  Requirements of receptacles.

6.08.090  Detachable containers for large establishments.

6.08.110  Removal and disposal of solid waste.

6.08.120  Exclusive right to collect solid waste given to the utilities department.

6.08.140  Removal of dead animals.

6.08.150  Burning solid waste prohibited.

6.08.160  Frequency of collection.

6.08.315  Solid waste collection for territory annexed by city.

6.08.320  Service charges—Lien against property—Combined billing.

6.08.330  Suspension of service.

6.08.350  Penalty for violations.

Prior legislation: Ords. 1030, 1042, 1110, 1153, 1223, 1415, 1448, 1473, 1598, 1618, 1690, 1694, 1703, 1706, 1722, 1724, 1730-A and 1792.

6.08.010 Utilities department responsible for solid waste collection and management.

The maintenance of health and sanitation requires and it is the intention hereof to make the collection, removal and disposal of solid waste within the city of Centralia universal and compulsory, and the responsibility for providing solid waste management for the collection, removal and disposal of solid waste in the city shall be with the utilities department. (Ord. 2108 § 1 (part), 2003; Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.020 Definitions.

The term “premises” means any dwellings, flats, apartments, rooming houses, hotels, clubs, restaurants, boardinghouses, eating places, shops and places of business, or any other building or structure.

The term “person” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.

The term “recycling” means transforming or remanufacturing waste materials into useable or marketable materials for use other than landfill disposal or incineration.

The term “recyclable materials” 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 a local comprehensive solid waste plan, under RCW 70.95.030.

The term “solid waste management” means the management of storage, collection, transportation, treatment, utilization, processing and final disposal of solid wastes, including the recovery and recycling of materials from solid wastes, the recovery of energy resources from solid wastes or the conversion of the energy in solid wastes to more useful forms or combinations thereof.

The term “solid waste” or “wastes” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes including, but not limited to, solid waste, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, swill, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, and recyclable materials.

Words in this chapter used in the present tense shall include the future tense, and in the singular shall include the plural and in the plural shall include the singular, and in the masculine shall include the feminine gender. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.030 Utilities department responsible for solid waste disposal and management—Duties.

A.  The utilities department of the city of Centralia shall be responsible for the acquisition, establishment and operation of a system for the collection, removal and disposal of solid waste within the city, with authority to acquire property within or without the city.

B.  The utilities department shall collect and dispose of all solid waste as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.040 Director of utilities department.

The director of the utilities department shall be the administrative head for providing solid waste management and shall have charge of the disposal and the collection of solid waste, and he and his assistants shall have all the powers for solid waste collection and management for the city of Centralia. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.050 Solid waste fund established.

There is established a solid waste fund of the city of Centralia. All receipts for the collection and disposal of solid waste and all moneys received by the department shall be deposited with the city finance department and become a part of the solid waste fund. The expenses of establishing, conducting and operating the functions of sanitary service shall be paid therefrom, and the council may also provide for additional revenue to be paid into such fund from time to time from any available funds of the city, and warrants may be drawn on such fund. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.060 Appropriate receptacles for deposits required.

It shall be the duty of every person in possession of or control of any premises at all times to keep or cause to be kept suitable receptacles for the deposit therein of solid waste, and to deposit or cause to be deposited therein. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.080 Requirements of receptacles.

The receptacles required in CMC 6.08.060 shall be watertight, of not more than thirty-two gallons capacity, or as the city may require, and shall have two handles at the sides thereof, and tight-fitting lids and shall weigh no more than sixty pounds full. Such lids shall not be removed except when necessary to place solid waste in such receptacles or to take the same therefrom. When solid waste is placed therein or taken therefrom, such lids shall be replaced by the person placing the same therein or taking the same therefrom. Such receptacles shall be kept in a sanitary condition, with the outside thereof free of accumulated grease or decomposing material. Every receptacle shall be kept in a place accessible for collection at the time of collection to the collector of solid waste. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.090 Detachable containers for large establishments.

Large, suitable, detachable containers for bulk collection of solid waste may be used by hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses, eating places, apartment houses, schools, hospitals and in the business district. All solid waste shall be contained within the detachable container at time of collection. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.110 Removal and disposal of solid waste.

It shall be the duty of every person who owns or is in possession, charge or control of any premises to provide an adequate number of containers or detachable units for storage of solid waste and cause such solid waste to be removed and disposed of by the department of utilities. (Ord. 2234 § 1, 2009: Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.120 Exclusive right to collect solid waste given to utilities department.

The utilities department of the city of Centralia, by and through its duly authorized agents and employees, shall have the exclusive right from and after March 1, 1957, to gather and collect solid waste and to regulate and manage the disposal of solid waste within the city. It is unlawful for any person to collect or gather solid waste, except the contents of any septic tanks within the city, or to deposit or dump the same or cause the same to be dumped or deposited upon any lot of land or in any water or waterways within the corporate limits of the city of Centralia, except as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.140 Removal of dead animals.

It shall be the duty of every person in possession, charge or control of any dead animal or upon whose premises the same may be located, to forthwith cause the same to be removed and disposed of by the animal control officer of the city. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.150 Burning solid waste prohibited.

It is unlawful for any person to burn any solid waste excepting wastepaper, boxes, rubbish and debris, brush, grass, weeds, cuttings from trees, lawns or gardens burned in a furnace or an incinerator which has first been approved by the fire chief of the city of Centralia; or to dump or deposit any solid waste upon any street, alley or private property in the city, or to burn the same, or to collect, remove or dispose of the same except as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.160 Frequency of collection.

The utilities department of the city, through its authorized agent, shall collect, remove and dispose of all solid waste in single-family residences of the city at least once a week or as arranged; and from hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses, eating places, apartment houses, schools, hospitals and in the business districts of the city as contracted for. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.315 Solid waste collection for territory annexed by city.

All solid waste collection for territory annexed by the city shall be in accordance with RCW 35A.14.900. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.320 Service charges—Lien against property—Combined billing.

All charges for service to be rendered in accordance with this chapter of the city of Centralia shall be payable to the finance department of the city by the tenth of the month following the date of billing, which date of billing will be the date as postmarked on said billing and mailed by the city. All billings for solid waste collection shall be on a monthly basis. Bills remaining unpaid after the tenth of the month in which they are due will be considered delinquent and a ten percent penalty shall be added. Bills for unpaid accounts which include a master meter (any meter serving two or more living or commercial units) shall be twenty percent.

Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency, the amount thereof shall become a lien against the premises from which the solid waste collection service shall have been rendered. Such liens shall be made effective by filing a notice thereof specifying the charges, the period covered by the charges, and giving the legal description of the premises to which the service was rendered. Such liens shall be filed with the county auditor and within the time required and shall be foreclosed in the manner prescribed by law for the filing and foreclosing of liens for labor and material. Such liens shall be prior to any and all other liens or encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of such liens, but shall be subordinate to all general taxes and local improvement assessments whether levied prior or subsequent thereto as authorized by Chapter 270, Laws of Washington, 1943 (RCW 35.21.120 through 35.21.150).

For purposes of the penalty provision and discontinuing service, the billings for solid waste collection of the city of Centralia will be combined with the billings for water and sewerage services of the city and for electrical services of the city, and shall be combined billing; and the delinquency or nonpayment of all or any portion of the billing shall subject the consumer of said services from the city to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.330 Suspension of service.

Service to any premises may be suspended for nonpayment of accounts. Such suspension shall not relieve the person owing such account of the duty of complying with the provisions of this chapter. Such suspension shall render the premises where such service is suspended subject to condemnation for sanitary reasons. (Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).

6.08.350 Penalty for violations.

A.  Any person, firm or corporation who knowingly violates or fails to comply with CMC 6.08.010 shall be deemed to have committed the following:

1.  First offense: shall constitute a Class 1 civil infraction with the maximum assessment not to exceed the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars, not including statutory assessments.

2.  Second offense: shall constitute a misdemeanor, and if found guilty, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, plus costs and assessments, and/or imprisonment not to exceed ninety days or to both such fine and imprisonment. A second offense shall mean a violation of this chapter which is committed at the same location by the same individual within one calendar year of the first offense.

3.  Third or subsequent offenses: shall constitute a gross misdemeanor, and if found guilty shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars, plus costs and assessments, and/or imprisonment not to exceed three hundred and sixty-five days or both such fine and imprisonment. A third or subsequent offense shall mean a violation of this chapter which is committed at the same location by the same individual within one calendar year of the first offense.

B.  Any person, firm or corporation violating any other of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed nineteen hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this chapter occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided. (Ord. 2108 § 1 (part), 2003; Ord. 2000 § 1 (part), 1998).