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HomeMy WebLinkAbout32831 2 3 4 5 6N 7 II 8 II 4 10 11 12 . 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Ordinance No. 3283 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VII TO CHAPTER 3 OF THE BUTTE GOUNTY CODE REGARDING GATE FEES CHARGEABLE AT THE NEAL ROAD LANDFILL The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains asl follows: Section~_._ Findings The Board of Supervisors makes the following findings: (a) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, commencing with Section .40000), requires the County to adopt and implement a county wide integrated waste management plan and Section 41901 authorizes County to impose fees sufficient to pay the costs of preparing, adopting and implementing said plan. (b) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires the County to divert 25$ of solid waste from burial in the Neai Road Landfill by 1995, and to achieve 50~ waste diversion by 12000. (c) New Federal laws and regulations, including, but not limited to the Subtitle D Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 257 and 258, require extensive changes in operation, maintenance, and design of landfills in the State of California. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 aN 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2f 27 (d} The purpose of such laws and regulations is to prevent waste discharges to land and to protect surface and ground waters, air quality, and the public health and safety. (e} Comglying with such laws and regulations will significantly increase the costs of operating, maintaining, and designing of the Neal Road Landfill. (f) Gate fees chargeable at the Neal Road Landfill have been previously established by ordinance number 3104 of this Board. (g) Said gate fees do not currently include amounts sufficient to recover all casts for the design, operation and maintenance of the landfill or the costs of preparing, adopting and implementing the county wide integrated waste management plan. (h) A study has been conducted and data prepared indicating the estimated costs required to design, operate, and maintain the Neap :Road Landfill in accordance with State and Federal laws, and to prepare, adopt and implement the county wide integrated waste management plan, and such data and a proposed fee schedule have been made available to the public as required by law. (~) It is necessary to allow the operator of the Neal Road Landfill to set the fee from time to time for clean wood waste and yard waste, within parameters established by this Board, to accomplish the following purposes: to encourage the disposal of such waste at competitive rates in order to allow it to be chipped or otherwise processed for use or sale as mulch or cogeneration fuel, or for use as substitute cover material, in lieu of soil, all for the purpose of diverting it from the waste stream and prolonging the life of the landf i1 i . 28 ~~ 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 1S 16 17 18 19 20 '. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2S {j) A public hearing has been duly noticed and held on July 23, 1996, pursuant to the requirements of Government Code Section 66016, to consider said data and proposed fee schedule and to receive and consider oral and written presentations pertaining thereto. {k) The revenues to be generated by the proposed fees do not exceed the costs of designing, operating and maintaining the Neal Road Landfill in accordance with State and Federal law and the costs of preparing, adopting and implementing the county wide integrated waste management plan, and it is desirable to impose such fees and to codify them for ease of reference. (1} This ordinance is enacted pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 41901, Government Code Section 66016, Article I, Section 1 of the Butte County Charter, and Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution. 'Section 2. Section 3-61 of the Butte County Code is amended to read as follows: "Section 3-61_._ Gate Fee Schedu_1e,_ The following gate fees shall be charged to recover the cost of design, operation, and maintenance of the Neal Road Landfill: A. STANDARD FEES FOR MTSCELLANEOIIS REFIISE, SOLID WASTE AND SEPTAGE DISPO8AL PRIVATE HAULERS Minimum charge per vehicle, up to 800 lbs., net weight All other vehicles over 800 lbs., net weight 3 $s.~o $21.25 per ton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 $' 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Clean wood waste and yard waste (no $0 to $5.00 contaminants, litter or roofing shingles) per cubic yard, to be set by Landf i 11 operator COMMERCIAL HAULERS All loads, including demolition and bulky items $21.25 per (excluding tires, baling wire & stumps) ton CLEAN FILL DIRT (no contaminants, litter, yard waste, or demolition CLEAN ASPHALT OR CONCRETE (no contaminants, rebar, litter, or demolition} CLEAN WOOD WASTE AND YARD WASTE (no contaminants, litter, or roofing shingles) SEPTAGE $5.00 per tan $5.00 per ton $o To 20.00 per ton, to be set by landf i 11 operator $14.33. per ton B. ADDITIONAL FEES FOR ITEMS REQDIRING SPECIAL HANDLING. All loads requiring special handling and immediate cover, such as asbestos, or for security or other reasons, and loads containing bulky items, stumps, or tires, are subject to the following fees in addition to the above minimum or per ton disposal fees. HAZARDOUS WASTES ARE NOT ACCEPTED. SPECIAL HANDLING/IMMEDIATE COVER All loads $45 per load BULKY AND HARD TO HANDLE ITEMS (PRIVATE HAULERS ONLY) Mattresses, box springs, furniture, large pieces of carpet, appliances, and other bulky items STUMPS (larger than 24" trunk diameter measured directly above root ball) 4 $5.50 per item $10.00 per stump 1 2 3 4 II 4I 10' 11 12 13 14 15 16 i7 18 19 20 21 '. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 TIRES „~, ize] Up to 36" O.D. 6" to 4s" o,D. 48" to 60" O.D. Over 60 " O.D. & large loads of whole tires total fee} (Tires with rims will be charged double price) Large loads of altered tires (split, sliced, or quartered) $1.50 per tire $3.50 per tire $12.00 per tire $130.00 per ton $30.00 per ton" The fees established by this ordinance shall be effective on September 30, 1996, and shall, on that date, supersede all previously enacted gate fees for disposing of waste at the Neal Road Landfill. All such previously enacted fees are repealed on said effective date,,, including but not limited to those fees established by Ordinance 3104.' fiction 4. Severabilitys If any part of this ordinance shall be held void by a court of competent jurisdiction, such part shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining parts of this lordinance. Section 5. publication. This Ordinance shall be and it is hereby declared to be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days after the date of its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, this Ordinance shall be published 5 1 2 3 4 S 6 7' 8 9 10 i1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22~' 23 24 25 26 27 28 once w~.th the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against it in the Chico Enterprise Record , a newspaper published in the County of Butte, State of California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, on the 23rd day of July , 1996, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin NOES: None ABSENT :None NOT VOTING: None ~_Q ~f/1 ED McLAUGHLIN, C a.r of the Butte County Board of Supervisors ATTEST: JOHN S. BLACKLOCK Off i er and Cle of the Board By ;nealyd.ord) 5