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2 Ordinance No . 3680
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6 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VII TO CHAPTER 3 OF THE BUTTE COUNTY
7 CODE REGARDING GATE FEES CHARGEABLE AT THE NEAL ROAD LANDFILL
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9 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as
10 follows :
11 Section 1 . Findings
12 The Board of Supervisors makes the following. findings :
13 (a) Butte County has adopted and implemented a county wide
14 integrated waste management plan as called for under the California
15 Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Division 30 of the Public
16 Resources Code, commencing with Section 40000) , and Section 41901
17 authorizes the County to impose fees sufficient to pay for the costs
18 of implementing said plan.
19 (b) As part of the integrated waste management plan, Butte County
20 provides septage disposal facilities for County residents who are not
21 connected to a municipal wastewater treatment facility.
22 (c) While providing the septage disposal facilities, Butte County
23 has experienced capacity, monitoring, and removal challenges . The
24 Department of Public Works (DPW) has had to modify and adapt its
25 facilities to meet these challenges . The actions taken by DPW have
26 resulted in increased costs .
27 (d) To recoup the increased costs, as well as to plan for future
28 modifications and implementations, DPW is requesting an increase in
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1 the gate fees chargeable for use of the septage disposal facilities
2 at the Neal Road Landfill .
3 (e) Gate fees chargeable at the Neal Road Landfill have been
4 previously established by ordinance number 3283 adopted by this Board.
5 (f) Said gate fees do not currently include amounts sufficient
6 to recover all costs for the design, operation and maintenance of the
7 septage disposal facilities .
8 (g) A study has been conducted and data prepared indicating the
9 estimated costs required to design, operate, and maintain the septage
10 disposal facilities at the Neal Road Landfill in accordance with State
11 and Federal laws, and such data and a proposed fee schedule have been
12 made available to the public for review as required by law.
13 (h) Public hearings were duly noticed and held on December 19 ,
14 2000, and January 23 , 2001, pursuant to the requirements of Government
15 Code Section 66016, to consider such data and proposed fee schedule
16 and to receive and consider oral and written presentations pertaining
17 thereto .
18 (i) The revenues to be generated by the proposed fees do not
19 exceed the costs of designing, operating and maintaining the septage
20 disposal facilities in accordance with State and Federal law, and it
21 is desirable to impose such fees and to codify them for ease of
22 reference.
23 (j ) This ordinance is enacted pursuant to Public Resources Code
24 Section 41901, Government Code Sections 66016 and 66018, Article I,
25 Section 1 of the Butte County Charter, and Article XI, Section 7 of
26 the California Constitution.
27 Section 2 . Section 3-71 of the Butte County Code is amended to read
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1 "Section 3-71 . Gate Fee Schedule.
2 The following gate fees shall be charged to recover the cost of
3 design, operation, and maintenance of the Neal Road Landfill :
4 A. STANDARD FEES FOR MISCELLANEOUS REFUSE, DISPOSAL FEE
5 SOLID WASTE AND SEPTAGE DISPOSAL
PRIVATE HAULERS
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Minimum charge per vehicle, up to 800 lbs . , $8 . 50
7 net weight
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All other vehicles over 800 lbs . , net $21 . 25 per
9 weight ton
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11 Clean wood waste and yard waste (no $0 to $5 . 00
contaminants, litter or roofing shingles) per cubic
12 yard, to be
set by
13 Landfill
operator
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15 COMMERCIAL HAULERS
All loads, including demolition and bulky items $21 . 25 per
16 (excluding tires, baling wire & stumps) ton
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CLEAN FILL DIRT (no contaminants, litter, yard $5 . 00 per ton
18 waste, or demolition
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20 CLEAN ASPHALT OR CONCRETE (no contaminants, $5 . 00 per ton
rebar, litter, or demolition)
21 $0 TO 20 . 00
CLEAN WOOD WASTE AND YARD WASTE (no per ton, to
22 contaminants, litter, or roofing shingles) be set by
landfill
23 operator
24 SEPTAGE $18 . 61 per ton
25 B. ADDITIONAL FEES FOR ITEMS REQUIRING SPECIAL HANDLING. All
26 loads requiring special handling and immediate cover, such as
asbestos, or for security or other reasons, and loads containing
27 bulky items, stumps, or tires, are subject to the following fees
in addition to the above minimum or per ton disposal fees .
28 HAZARDOUS WASTES ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
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1 SPECIAL HANDLING/IMMEDIATE COVER
2 All loads $45 per load
3 BULKY AND HARD TO HANDLE ITEMS (PRIVATE HAULERS
ONLY)
4 Mattresses, box springs, furniture, large $5 . 50 per
5 pieces of carpet, appliances, and other item
bulky items
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7 STUMPS (larger than 24" trunk diameter measured $10 . 00 per
directly above root ball) stump
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TIRES (Size)
10 Up to 36" O.D. $1 . 50 per
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6" to 48" O.D. $3 . 50 per
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13 48" to 60" O.D. $12 . 00 per
tire
14 Over 60 " O.D. & large loads of whole $130 . 00 per
15 tires total fee) ton
(Tires with rims will be charged
16 double price)
17 Large loads of altered tires (split, $30 . 00 per
sliced, or quartered) ton"
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19 Section 3 . Fee effective date .
20 The septage fee established by this ordinance shall be effective
21 on March 15 , 2001, and shall, on that date, supersede the previously
22 enacted gate fees for disposing of septage at the Neal Road Landfill .
23 The previously enacted fees for disposing of septage are repealed on
24 said effective date, including but not limited to those fees
25 established by Ordinance 3283 .
26 Section 4 . Severability.
27 If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to
28 any person or circumstances is for any reason held to be invalid by
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1 a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed
2 severable, and the invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining
3 provisions or other applications of the Ordinance which can be given
4 effect without the invalid provision or application thereof .
5 Section 5 . Ordinance effective Date and Publication. This Ordinance
6 shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its passage. The
7 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors is authorized and directed to
8 publish this ordinance before the expiration of fifteen (15) days
9 after its passage. This Ordinance shall be published once, with the
10 names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and
11 against it, in the Chico Enterprise , a newspaper of
12 general circulation published in the County of Butte, State of
13 California.
14 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
15 Butte, State of California, on the 23rd day of January
16 2001, by the following vote:
17 AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, Houx, Yamaguchi and Chair Josiassen
18 NOES : None
19 ABSENT: None
20 NOT VOTING: None
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22
urt Josia :-en, Chair of the
23 Butt- County Board of Supervisors
24 ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK
25 Officer and Cle of the Board
26 6,7itaw
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28 G:IOADINANOSEPTAGE
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