Chapter 13.40
BIO-SOLID COMPOSTING AND GREEN WASTE COLLECTION
Sections:
13.40.020 General organic material – Acceptance and payment.
13.40.030 Bio-solids/septage – Acceptance and billing.
13.40.040 Water treatment sludge – Acceptance.
13.40.050 Compost material collection – Quality control.
13.40.060 Hours of operation – Timing of acceptance.
13.40.070 Sale and disposal of finished compost.
13.40.080 Collection of funds – Punch cards and finished compost.
13.40.090 Exemption for city sponsored events.
13.40.010 Definitions.
“Bio-solids” shall mean the solid and semisolid byproduct of a wastewater treatment facility.
“Brush/brown yard waste” shall mean brush, limbs and woody material obtained from pruning of residential properties which must be chipped prior to composting and is transported in trash containers.
“Bulk brush/brown waste” shall mean brush, limbs and woody material obtained from pruning which must be chipped prior to composting in quantities normally greater than two cubic yards.
“Bulk green waste” shall mean grass, leaves, vegetable matter, and other soft green waste in quantities normally greater than 10 cubic yards.
“Compostable material” shall mean any suitable green waste (yard or bulk), brush/brown waste (yard or bulk), bio-solids, de-watered cake material, or general organic material.
“Compost facility” shall mean the bio-solid composting operation of the city of Langley located at the city’s wastewater treatment facility. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.020 General organic material – Acceptance and payment.
General organic material shall be accepted at the discretion of the compost facility operator at the rate set by council resolution. The compost facility operator shall punch the card, purchased in advance at Langley City Hall, for the amount of material dumped. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.030 Bio-solids/septage – Acceptance and billing.
Bio-solids and/or septage may be accepted at the discretion of the compost facility operator. When this waste stream consists of a slurry with less than three percent solids, it shall be accepted at the rate per gallon as set by council resolution. When this waste stream consists of de-watered cake material, the fee for acceptance shall be per cubic yard as set by council resolution. The compost facility operator shall provide billing information to the director of public works by the tenth day of the month following the month in which bio-solids or septage was received. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.040 Water treatment sludge – Acceptance.
The Langley Wastewater Treatment Plant will not accept sludge material from other wastewater treatment facilities. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.050 Compost material collection – Quality control.
The acceptance of any compostable material shall be at the total discretion of the compost facility operator. The suitability of the material, the quality of the material, and the need for composting material shall be determined by the compost facility operator and the ability to refuse acceptance shall be within the authority of the operator. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.060 Hours of operation – Timing of acceptance.
The hours which the composting facility shall be open and accept compostable material shall be determined by the city of Langley. The city shall establish hours of operation and the operator shall not vary from the established hours without prior authorization from the city. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.070 Sale and disposal of finished compost.
The finished compost shall be sold by the cubic yard. The fee for finished compost shall be set by resolution of the city council.
Small quantity and/or retail sales (10 cubic yards or less) shall prepay at Langley City Hall and the purchaser shall display his/her receipt to the compost facility operator at the time of loading.
Large quantity and/or wholesale sales (greater than 10 cubic yards) may be billed to the purchaser with prior approval from the city. A down payment may be required for large quantity and/or wholesale sales. It shall be the responsibility of the composting facilities operator to report quantities to City Hall who will then bill the customer for the sale of finished compost.
The city of Langley public works department may use finished compost for city purposes at no cost to the public works department.
The city of Langley may also from time to time declare a surplus of compost and set a special surplus sale price. Surplus sale prices may deviate significantly from the fee schedule. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.080 Collection of funds – Punch cards and finished compost.
The collection of all funds associated with the composting operation, including but not limited to the sale of punch cards, acceptance of compostable material not associated with a punch card, and the sale of finished compost, shall be performed at City Hall. No funds related to the operation of the compost facility shall be collected, handled, transferred, or submitted by the compost facility operator. Any billing statements generated by the compost facility operator shall be forwarded to City Hall for disposition. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)
13.40.090 Exemption for city sponsored events.
To the extent that the city of Langley sponsors spring clean-up events or other similar activities, the fees contained in the fee schedule, as set by council resolution, may be temporarily waived through the action of the city council. The event coordinator shall be required to follow the rules established by the city for disposal of event generated material. (Ord. 776 § 1, 1999)