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Home My WebLink About75-129RESOLUTION NO. 75-129 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING REVISED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR REFUSE COLLECTION AND REPEALING RESOLUTION 75-28, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1975 WHEREAS, Article II, Chapter 16 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code provides for refuse collection regulation and authorizes the establishment of charges for the collection and disposal of refuse by resolution; and W~EREAS, Resolution 75-28 established rates for collection and disposal of refuse including rates for commercial containers which have been in effect since October 1974; and WHEREAS, increased costs since 1974 now require an upward adjust- ment in residential collection charges; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Resolution 75-28 is repealed, effective October 1, 1975. BE IT FURTHER ~ESOLVED: That the rates hereinbelow set out are the rates that shall be due to the City for the collection and disposal of refuse and/or for standby or the availability of said service. Said rates shall be added to the rate charges for water service and billed with the bill for water service. Any residential, commercial, or industrial occupancy not served by a separate water meter, shall be separately billed for standby collection and refuse disposal service. All rates for such services shall be due and payable at the Finance Department in the City Hall on the date of billing therefor and become delinquent 15 days from and after the date of such billing. A penalty of 10% shall be charged on all unpaid bills for such service 30 days from and after the billing date. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the rates to be charged for stand- by collection and refuse disposal service are hereby established in accordance with the schedule hereinafter set out: Schedule of Rates for Refuse Collection and Standb~ Service The basic rate for each single family residence for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $4.00. The basic rate for each duplex family residence for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $6.60. The basic rate for all triplex family residences for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $9.00. a. It shall be mandatory that residential buildings with four or more dwelling units be served by commercial container rental. The requirement for mandatory container rental may be waived for residential buildings existing on January 1, 1972, upon a finding by the Director of Public Works that no space is avail- able for such container within the boundary lines of subject property. In no case, however, shall container locations be permitted in the front yard set-back or within areas required for meeting the minimum off-street parking requirements of applicable zoning regulations. Any applicant who has been denied a waiver by the Director of Public Works may appeal such action to the City Council by filing within 30 days after such denial, a written statement of his reasons why the City Council should reverse the action from which the appeal is taken. R~solution No. 75-129 Page 2 If space for a commercial container is not available, as determined above, the following fee schedule shall apply: Monthly Cost Monthly Rate for No. Units Per Unit Total Cost Two Months 4 $1.50 $ 6.00 $12.00 5 1.50 7.50 15.00 6 1.50 9.00 18.00 7 1.50 10.50 21.00 8 and up 1.50 12.00 and up 24.00 and up b. Special container rental service from the refuse collection contractor consisting of a commercial container, one cubic yard capacity, emptied once a week at a cost of $10.00 per month, including castor wheels where needed, is available for residential buildings with four or more dwelling units. a. Each commercial and each industrial occupancy and any other occupancy not expressly provided for herein shall pay the basic rate of $4.00 for each two months period. These charges are to be paid to the City for refuse collection other than the container service charges billed and collected directly by the City's refuse collection contractor. b. The charges listed in a. above apply only to refuse services which conform to standard requirements of the City, such as, standard 32 gallon metal or plastic containers, placement at curb or in alley, not more than 200 pounds per pickup, once weekly, and all other regulations. Any service received in addition to or greater than these standard requirements shall be handled by agree- ment directly with the contractor, in addition to the billing by the City as provided herein. Overweight collections and collec- tions beyond the once a week pickup by the City may be provided by agreement with the contractor and shall be based on the con~nercial container (dumpster) rates for similar amounts of refuse and frequency of collection. There will be no City charge to users of container (dumpster) services. c. The following are the authorized rental rates to be charged for refuse collection containers (dumpsters) by the refuse collection contractor. Container Pickups Monthly Size Per Week Rental 2 cubic yards 1 $17.00 2 22.00 3 27.00 4 32.00 5 37.00 6 43.00 3 cubic yards 1 23.00 2 29.00 3 35.OO 4 41.00 5 47.00 6 53.00 4 cubic yards 1 28.00 2 35.00 3 42.00 4 49.00 5 56.00 6 63.00 Resolution No. 75-129 Page 3 NOTE 1: Additional charge for castor wheels is $2.50 per month. NOTE 2: Additional charges are authorized in those cases where containers must be rolled out to the collec- tion point by the trash collector, or where other problems substantially increase the contractor's costs. NOTE 3: Rental agreements must be with the City's refuse collection contractor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the charges provided for herein to be collected by the City shall be added to the water bills or separately billed each two months. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this resolution shall be operative from and after October l, 1975. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of September, 1975. ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF SANTA ANA ) I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution was in- troduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 1.Sth day o£ September. 1975 and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the follow- ing vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Ward, Brickc,n, Yamamoto, Garthe, Brandt NOES, COUNCILMEN: Evans, Ortiz ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY