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Home My WebLink About75-028RESOLUTION NO. 75-28 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING REVISED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR REFUSE COLLECTION AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION 74-143 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 WHEREAS, Resolution 74-143 established rates for collection and disposal of refuse including rates for commercial containers which have been in effect since September 1971; and WHEREAS, increased costs since 1971 now require an upward adjustment in commercial container charges; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Resolution 74-143 is rescinded. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: 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, cormnercial, or industrial occupancy not served by Santa Ana water service, and any residential, commercial, or industrial occupant of an identifiably separate space, but 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 Standby Service The basic ~ate for each single family residence for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $3.60. 2. The basic rate for each duplex family residence for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $5.90. The basic rate for all triplex family residences for each two months, or part thereof, shall be $8.20. a. It shall be mandatory that apartment buildings with four or more dwelling units be served by commercial container rental. The requirement for mandatory container rental may be waived for apartment buildings existing on January l, 1972, upon a finding by the Director of Public Works that no space is available for such container within the boundary lines of the 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. Resolution No. 75-28 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 $1.37 $5.48 $1o.96 5 1.37 6.85 13.70 6 1.37 8.22 16.44 7 1.37 9.59 19.18 8 and up 1.37 10.96 and up 21.92 and up b. Special container rental service from the refuse collection contractor is available for apartment buildings 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. a. Each commercial and each industrial occupancy and any other occupancy not expressly provided for herein shall pay the basic rate of $3.60 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 pouuds 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 commercial container (dumpster) rates for similar amoants 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 effective March 1, 1975: Container Pickups Monthly Size Per Week Rental 2 cubic yards i $17.oo 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 35.00 4 41.00 5 47.00 6 53.00 4 cubic yards i $28.00 2 35.00 3 42.0O 4 49.00 5 56.00 6 63.00 2 Resolution No. 75-28 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. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at an adjourned regular meeting held on the 10th day of March, 1975. ATTEST: MAYOR CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) ss I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore- going Resolution was introduced to said Council at an adjourned regular meeting held on the 10th day of March, 1975 and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Griset, Garthe NOES, COUNCILMEN: Ward ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None Bricken, Markel, Yamamoto, Evans, CLERK OF THE COUNCIL ~D AS TO FORM: 3 EXHIBIT "A" PROPOSED CONTAINER RATES February 18, 1975 There are about 2,950 containers now placed in Santa Aha. The present mo. nthl~' rates and proposed new rates are shown in the following tabulation. The proposed rates to be effective March 1, 1975 and continuing through December 31, 1975: Times Emptied Weekly Average % No. of % of Size of Bin 1 2 3 ~ 5 6 Rates Increase Bins Total 1 CY Present $8 .... $ 8.00 1 OM Proposed 10 - - - 10.00 + 25% 250 2 CY Present 13 16 211 261 31 37 24.00 2 CY Proposed 17 22 271 321 37 43 29.00 + 21% 900 31 3 CY Present~ 18 22. 27i 33i 39 45 30.70 3 CY Proposed 23 291 351 ~11 4T 53 38.00 + 24% 1,~00 ~7 ~ CY Present' 22 27I 331 39! 46 54 36.80 ~ CY Proposed 28 35 421 491 56 63 45.50 + 24% 400 '14 : ' Overall Totals + 23% 2,950 100