Chapter 8.08
GARBAGE AND REFUSE*
Sections:
8.08.010 Purpose.
8.08.020 Definitions.
8.08.030 Receptacles – Requirements generally.
8.08.040 Repealed.
8.08.050 Receptacles – Lids required.
8.08.060 Use of city sanitary services and facilities required.
8.08.070 Receptacles – Location – Appeal procedure when location not satisfactory.
8.08.080 Collection rates and charges.
8.08.090 Collection service – Monthly charge required.
8.08.100 Burning and disposal of garbage restricted.
8.08.110 Outside toilets and dumping sewage on city property prohibited.
8.08.120 Collection from residential and business districts required.
8.08.130 City may require separation of component parts.
8.08.140 Permit required for use of dumps or sanitary fills.
8.08.150 Unauthorized collection or disposal of garbage prohibited.
8.08.160 Repealed.
8.08.170 Repealed.
8.08.180 Repealed.
8.08.190 Violation – Penalty.
* For statutory provisions on municipal authority regarding garbage collection and disposal, see RCW 35.21.120 –35.21.154.
8.08.010 Purpose.
The maintenance of health and sanitation require and it is the intention hereof to make the collection, removal and disposal of garbage and refuse and dead animals within the city compulsory and universal. (Ord. 83 § 1, 1940).
8.08.020 Definitions.
A. “Family” means one or more individuals living, cooking and eating together in a single dwelling unit, but not including a group of more than eight persons unrelated by blood or marriage. In the case of a rectory, parsonage or convent, 12 persons are considered as a family.
B. “Garbage,” as used in this chapter, means all waste and discarded materials from dwellings, flats, roominghouses, trailer camps, hotels, clubs, restaurants, boardinghouses, eating places, shops and places of business, including waste and discarded food, animal and vegetable matter, grass, weeds, waste paper, cans, glass, ashes, boxes and cuttings from trees, lawns and gardens if cut so that they fit into the appropriate can.
C. “Person” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
D. “Premises” shall be defined as each structure, each residence, each unit of a duplex or triplex designed for occupancy by a family, and each separate unit of a condominium which is occupied or intended or designed to be occupied by one family, each apartment house/complex, each mobile home park designed or containing four or more spaces or lots each of which are intended or designed to be occupied by one family, each building used or usable for retail purposes and each building or group of buildings used or usable for manufacture, a hotel, motel, restaurant, recreational vehicle park, warehouse business, industrial or other business purpose. “Premises” is not intended to include any building or structure that is condemned or cannot be used for any useful purpose.
E. “Waste” does not include materials subject to manufacture into byproducts. (Ord. 936 § 1, 2000; Ord. 917 § 2, 1999; Ord. 908 § 4, 1999; Ord. 483 § 1, 1975; Ord. 83 § l, 1940).
8.08.030 Receptacles – Requirements generally.
A. It shall be the duty of every person in possession, charge or control of any dwelling, flat, roominghouse, apartment house or eating place, or in possession, charge or control of any shop, place of business or manufacturing establishment where garbage and refuse is created or accumulates, at all times to keep or cause to be kept portable metal or other approved cans for the deposit therein of garbage and refuse and to deposit or cause to be deposited the same therein.
B. It shall be the duty of the owner of any dwelling, flat or apartment house to furnish to or see that his tenants are supplied with such cans, or in the case of apartment houses, with adequate means of depositing of garbage and refuse.
C. Such cans shall be watertight, of not less than 25-gallon and not more than 32-gallon capacity, shall have two handles at the sides thereof and tight-fitting lids. Such lids shall not be removed except when necessary to place garbage and refuse in such cans, or to take the same therefrom. When garbage and refuse is placed therein or taken therefrom, such lids shall be replaced by the person placing the same therein or taking the same therefrom. Such cans shall be kept in a sanitary condition with the outside thereof clean and free from accumulating grease and decomposing material. Each such can shall be kept in a place accessible to the collector of garbage and refuse.
D. It shall be the duty of every person to cause such garbage and refuse to be removed and disposed of by the garbage and refuse department of the city.
E. This section is subject to the provision that in the case of isolated dwellings or places of business located in sparsely settled portions of the city, or where reasonable access cannot be had by truck, garbage and refuse therefrom may, upon special permit of the garbage and refuse department, be collected, removed and disposed of in such manner as the department shall in such permit approve and direct.
F. 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 cause the same to be removed and disposed of by the garbage and refuse department. (Ord. 1093 § 1, 2009; Ord. 977 § 1, 2003; Ord. 83 § 2, 1940).
8.08.040 Receptacles – Placement on racks or stands.
Repealed by 977. (Ord. 291 § 1, 1958).
8.08.050 Receptacles – Lids required.
All garbage cans and other containers for the disposal of garbage shall contain tight-fitting lids or other coverings. (Ord. 291 § 2, 1958).
8.08.060 Use of city sanitary services and facilities required.
All persons, firms, corporations or entities within the corporate limits of the city are required to use the sanitary services and garbage facilities provided by the city and to comply with all provisions of this section and SLMC 8.08.070 through 8.08.090. (Ord. 483 § 3, 1975).
8.08.070 Receptacles – Location – Appeal procedure when location not satisfactory.
All garbage, refuse and sanitation receptacles which are handled by the city or its employees shall be placed in a location which will facilitate the handling and control of the receptacles. The receptacles shall be placed in a location and area mutually agreed upon by the city superintendent and the party being served. If a mutually acceptable location cannot be agreed upon, then the decision of the city superintendent shall control. If the party being served is not satisfied with the decision of the city superintendent, then the person may have an appeal to the city council provided written notice of the appeal is given within 15 days of the determination. The party perfecting the appeal shall appear at the first regular city council meeting after notice is given and present its case. The determination of the city council shall be final. (Ord. 483 § 4, 1975).
8.08.080 Collection rates and charges.
A. Property owners or occupants of premises within the city shall pay the following rates or charges for the collection of and disposal of garbage from each of the premises owned or occupied by them and without regard to whether the purpose is residential or commercial.
B. Minimum garbage service for all premises, residential or commercial, located within the city will be two cans picked up once each week for a minimum fee of $13.77 per month.
Except, that residents 65 years of age or over may request and receive minimum garbage service for their personal residential premises not to exceed one can picked up once each week for a minimum fee of $8.16 per month.
C. 1. Additional garbage service may be contracted for by prior arrangement with the city clerk-treasurer as follows:
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Three cans picked up once a week: |
$17.85/month |
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Four cans picked up once a week: |
$20.90/month |
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Five cans picked up once a week: |
$22.95/month |
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Six cans picked up once a week: |
$25.00/month |
2. One Yard Hoppers.
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One pickup a week: |
$25.50/month |
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Two pickups a week: |
$43.85/month |
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Three pickups a week: |
$64.26/month |
3. Two Yard Hoppers.
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One pickup a week: |
$42.85/month |
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Two pickups a week: |
$71.40/month |
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Three pickups a week: |
$104.05/month |
4. The city of Soap Lake rents hoppers owned by the city to persons or businesses. The rental of the hoppers shall be as follows:
a. One Yard Hopper:
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One or two pickups a week: |
$15.30/month |
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Three pickups a week: |
$15.80/month |
b. Two Yard Hoppers:
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One pickup a week: |
$15.80/month |
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Two or three pickups a week: |
$16.30/month |
D. There shall also be a $2.55 per can per week charge for cans over and above the number of cans contracted for on a monthly basis by prior arrangement with the city clerk-treasurer. Cans filled beyond their normal capacity or overflow garbage that is collected shall be subject to a per can surcharge according to quantity of garbage collected. The city may, but shall not be required to, collect any garbage not placed in an approved container.
E. Any person may by prior arrangement with the clerk-treasurer have a collection frequency of twice each week for cans. The rate shall be twice the rate of the single collection for the number of cans being picked up. Any person may by prior arrangement with the clerk-treasurer have a collection frequency of three times each week for cans. The rate shall be three times the rate of the single collection rate for the number of cans being picked up. (Ord. 1039 § 1, 2006; Ord. 936 § 1, 2000; Ord. 924 § 3, 2000; Ord. 908 § 2, 1999).
8.08.090 Collection service – Monthly charge required.
The monthly charges for garbage collection service shall be assessed and are payable for any month in which the property is occupied or the service is used for any portion of the month; provided, that the property will not be deemed to be occupied if only water is used on the premises for yard purposes. (Ord. 924 § 2, 2000; Ord. 483 § 5, 1975).
8.08.100 Burning and disposal of garbage restricted.
It is unlawful for any person to burn any garbage, or refuse, excepting brush, grass, weeds and cuttings from trees, lawns or gardens burned in a furnace or upon permit from the fire chief; or to dump or deposit any garbage and refuse upon any street or 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 SLMC 8.08.010 through 8.08.030, and 8.08.120 through 8.08.150. (Ord. 83 § 3, 1940).
8.08.110 Outside toilets and dumping sewage on city property prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person, company, or corporation who owns or occupies any property within the incorporated limits of the city to permit or maintain or use any outside toilet, or to dump or throw any slops, waste or sewage of any kind or description upon any property within said incorporated limits. (Ord. 100 § 1, 1941).
8.08.120 Collection from residential and business districts required.
The garbage and refuse department shall collect, remove and dispose of all garbage and refuse in the residential sections of the city, and from hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses, eating places, apartment houses, schools and hospitals and in the business sections of the city, as designated from time to time by the garbage and refuse department, or in either of the districts as often as required by the department. (Ord. 83 § 4, 1940).
8.08.130 City may require separation of component parts.
The city reserves the right to and may at its option require the separation of paper or swill or other component parts of garbage and refuse, or any of them, and may require the deposit thereof in separate cans or receptacles, and may prescribe the method of disposal thereof. (Ord. 83 § 6, 1940).
8.08.140 Permit required for use of dumps or sanitary fills.
No person shall use or be permitted to use any dump or dumps, sanitary fill or fills or other place of disposal established and used by the garbage and refuse department without a special permit. (Ord. 83 § 8, 1940).
8.08.150 Unauthorized collection or disposal of garbage prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person other than the garbage and refuse department to engage in the business of collecting, removing and disposing of garbage and refuse and dead animals in the city, or for any person other than the garbage and refuse department, its agents or employees, to do or perform any of the things herein required to be done or performed by the garbage and refuse department except with a franchise from the city; and provided further, that city residents may haul their own refuse and garbage for disposal at an approved landfill or other disposal site but such shall not release them from the obligation to maintain a garbage account for each occupied or inhabited building in the city. (Ord. 1076 § 1, 2008; Ord. 83 § 9, 1940).
8.08.160 Outside city limits – City to contract for collection and disposal.
Repealed by Ord. 1076. (Ord. 175 § 1, 1950).
8.08.170 Outside city limits – Collection fee.
Repealed by Ord. 1076. (Ord. 175 § 2, 1950).
8.08.180 Outside city limits – Applicability of regulations inside city limits.
Repealed by Ord. 1076. (Ord. 175 § 3, 1950).
8.08.190 Violation – Penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate provisions of SLMC 8.08.030, 8.08.100, 8.08.110 and 8.08.150. A violation of any of these provisions shall be punishable as a civil infraction. The penalty for each violation of those sections or this chapter shall be a C-7 penalty. (Ord. 1076 § 1, 2008; Ord. 936 § 1, 2000; Ord. 924 § 4, 2000; Ord. 908 § 3, 1999).