HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 1981 - 180 - Establishing rates for collection and disposal of solid waste pursuant to provisions of 9.28.110 RMC and repealing reso 4347RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CI'T'Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
ESTABLISHING RATES•FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF
SOLID WASTE.PURSUAN.T TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.28.110
OF THE REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE., AND REPEALING RESOLUTION
14O. 4347.
WHEREAS, Section 9.28.110 of the Redding Municipal Code
provides that the City Council may establish by resolution the rates
for the collection and disposal of solid waste, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the existing
rates and charges do not produce sufficient revenue to pay all the
costs related to the collection and disposal of solid waste, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best
interests of the City and its citizens that all utility.services of
the City of Redding be self-supporting and not subsidized as"to the:
operational costs by -revenues raised through the imposition of ad
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WHEREAS, it has been determined that this,matter is cate_"
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
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City of Redding as follows:
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1. That Resolution No. 4347 is hereby repealed, upon the,
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effective date of this Resolution.
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2. That a flat rate of $4.00 per month shall be charged
to all occupied sing1* fa:i�l'y_r:esiden-ces located within the City of
• Redding for solid waste collection and disposal service by the City,
without regard to the•use:'thereo,f by•the resident.
3. That. -the same, flat, rate shall..,apply to each of multiple
residential units on any one parcel of real property with the follow-
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ing exceptions:
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(a) If the landlord locates all the garbage containers
for all the multiple unitsoon the par.ticular.parcel of real
property in a single location, and, in addition., consolidates
the solid waste utility billing in a single customer account,
the rate shall be $4.-00 for the first residential unit and
$1.50 for each additional residential unit.
(b) If, in addition to the provisions of subparagraph
(a) above, the landlord shall install in a single location
only approved containers with a capacity, of one cubic.yard
or greater.each, the commercial solid waste rate based upon
actual costs of service shall be applied.
4. That a minimum monthly charge of $4.00 shall be paid
by all commercial, industrial, or professional business locations
within the City to which garbage and refuse collection service is
made available by the City without regard to use and in addition
thereto a fixed monthly charge shall be made as -established by the
Superintendent of General Services where the actual cost to the
City for providing the service to the' particular establishment
exceeds the minimum charge provided for hereinabove. Such additional
charge shall be determined by using time and motion studies or other
methods to determine the cost of collection and removal of the average
amount of solid waste generated by the particular establishment involved.
5. The minimum monthly charges established above apply to
all residential, commercial, industrial and institutional establishments
within the City without regard to quantity of solid -waste generated or
collected and transported by the City and is established in part to
offset the cost of operating and maintaining the sanitary landfill site.
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