Subject: 9446 City Code Landfill fees
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 09:10:00 -0500


                                ORDINANCE NO. 9446
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   SECTIONS 18-105 AND 18-123 RELATIVE TO
                   LANDFILL FEES.
                  
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       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY
       OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  Section 18-105, Chattanooga City Code, Part
       II, be and the same is hereby amended by deleting subsections (a) 

       and (b) and substituting in lieu thereof new subjections (a), (b) 

       and (c) as follows:
       	    "(a) There shall be a fee of one dollar ($1.00) per
                 automobile tire and four dollars ($4.00) per truck
                 tire charged for the shredding and disposing of
                 same at the sanitary landfill.  Such tires shall
                 not be accepted by the city at any place other than
                 the sanitary landfill.
      
       	    (b)	 There shall be a fee of eighty dollars ($80.00) per
                 ton charged to any individual or licensed private
                 contractor who delivers in excess of ten (10) tires
                 at one time to the sanitary landfill for disposal
                 in lieu of the charge per tire set out in paragraph
                 (a) of this section.
      
       	    (c)	 Provided that tires larger than 1200 by 20 will not
                 be accepted by the city unless they are split
                 around the circumference and in quarters, that is
                 each part shall be approximately 1/8 of its
                 original size and all oversized tires shall be
                 charged at the rate of eighty dollars ($80.00) per
                 ton with a thirty dollar ($30.00) minimum charge."
      
       	    	 SECTION 2.  Section 18-123, Chattanooga City Code, Part
       II, be and the same is hereby amended by deleting subsections 
(c),
       (d), (e) and (f) and substituting in lieu thereof new subsections 

       (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) as follows:
       	    "(c) All private collectors and contractors collecting
                 refuse from inside the city holding a valid private
                 collector's permit pursuant to section 18-66 shall,
                 effective October 15, 1990, be charged at the rate
                 of seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($17.50) per
                 ton for dumping, with a minimum of twelve dollars
                 ($12.00) per load, and effective March 15, 1991, be
                 charged at the rate of twenty dollars ($20.00) per
                 ton, with a minimum of sixteen dollars ($16.00) per
                 load.
      
       	    (d)	 All municipalities and other governmental entities
                 and agencies within Hamilton County shall,
                 effective October 15, 1990, be charged at the rate
                 of seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($17.50) per
                 ton for dumping, with a minimum of twelve dollars
                 ($12.00) per load, and effective March 15, 1991, be
                 charged at the rate of twenty dollars ($20.00) per
                 ton, with a minimum of sixteen dollars ($16.00) per
                 load.
      
       	    (e)	 All refuse that is collected from source points or
                 originated outside Hamilton County or any mixed
                 load containing refuse collected from both inside
                 and outside Hamilton County shall, effective
                 October 15, 1990, be charged at the rate of
                 twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per ton for dumping.
      
       	    (f)	 In addition to the fees specified hereinabove,
                 there shall be a surcharge of one hundred dollars
                 ($100.00) per load of waste for the disposal of
                 materials requiring special handling by landfill
                 personnel and equipment, including those specified
                 in section 18-104 and those materials for which
                 special handling is required by the state
                 department of health, division of solid waste or
                 other regulating agencies.  There shall be a
                 surcharge of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per load
                 of waste for the disposal of asbestos.
      
       	    (g)	 Any person depositing industrial waste which may be
                 hazardous or which is of questionable origin or
                 composition, requiring monitoring through
                 laboratory analysis in the discretion of the
                 landfill operator, shall pay an additional forty
                 dollars ($40.00) per load administrative fee plus
                 the cost of laboratory analysis together with any
                 other expenses directly related to handling the
                 particular load of waste."
      
       	    	 SECTION 3.  That this ordinance shall take effect two
       weeks from and after its passage as provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading 9/18, 1990. 	     _/s/______________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED:______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:________________ _____, 1990.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     _/s/______________________________
       	    	      	   	     	           MAYOR
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