Subject: 10340/Code/18-2&-123/LndfillDef-Fees
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 13:55:27 -0500


                               ORDINANCE NO. 10340
                 
                 
                  AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                  PART II, CHAPTER 18, SECTIONS 18-2 AND 18-123,
                  RELATIVE TO ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE
                  DEFINITIONS AND FEES CONTAINED IN THE GARBAGE
                  AND REFUSE CHAPTER.
                 
                 
                                                    
                 
                 
       	    	 WHEREAS, the increasing costs of operating a landfill,
       particularly arising from compliance with Subtitle D regulations, 

       necessitate an increase in landfill fees; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the City of Chattanooga operates a landfill for
       the benefit of its citizens and pursuant to an interlocal
       agreement with Hamilton County for the particular benefit of
       Hamilton County; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, in recognition of general tax revenues which
       have been used in the development of Summit Landfill and Hamilton 

       County's Birchwood Landfill, which the City of Chattanooga is
       authorized to permit for use pursuant to an interlocal agreement
       with Hamilton County, the City of Chattanooga has determined that 

       it is appropriate to reduce the price for demolition waste 
created
       within its boundaries or within Hamilton County pending possible
       development of a separate demolition landfill; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, when City of Chattanooga residents deliver
       refuse in automobiles, station wagons or standard size pick-up
       trucks and small trailers, they eliminate the cost of collection
       of such waste justifying free disposal;
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                                NOW, THEREFORE,
       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       18, Section 18-2, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by 

       adding thereto the following new definition:
            	 "Demolition - Construction Waste" shall mean
            wastes, other than special wastes or hazardous wastes,
            resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and
            demolition of structures and from road building.  Such
            wastes shall include, but are not limited to, bricks,
            roofing materials, concrete and other masonry materials,
            soil, rock and lumber, road spoils, rebar, paving
            material; for which a building or demolition permit has
            been properly issued if so required by any applicable
            resolutions, ordinances, codes or laws.
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       18, Section 18-123, subsections (b) and (c) be and the same are
       hereby deleted and new subsections (b) and (c) substituted in 
lieu
       thereof to read as follows:
            	 (b)  Non-residents of the city delivering refuse in
            automobiles, station wagons, standard size pick-up
            trucks and small trailers shall be charged ten dollars
            ($10.00) per load of refuse, and five dollars ($5.00)
            for construction and demolition wastes.
           
            	 (c)  All private collectors, municipalities,
            government agencies, contractors or others depositing
            waste shall be charged at the rate of twenty-six dollars
            ($26.00) per ton for dumping, with a minimum of twenty
            and 80/100 dollars ($20.80) per load.
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       	    	 SECTION 3.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       18, Section 18-123, be and the same is hereby amended further to
       add a new subsection (i) to read as follows:
            	 (i)  All private collectors, municipalities,
            government agencies, contractors or others depositing
            construction and demolition waste originating within the
            legal boundaries of the City of Chattanooga or Hamilton
            County shall be charged at the rate of thirteen dollars
            ($13.00) per ton for dumping, with a minimum of ten and
            40/100 dollars ($10.40) per load.
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 4.  That this Ordinance shall become effective
       two (2) weeks from and after its passage as provided by law, but
       the operative dates of the changes in rates specified herein 
shall
       be January 1, 1996.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading November 28, 1995.    s/s                               
       	    	      	   	     	          CHAIRPERSON
      
                                     APPROVED:  X    DISAPPROVED:      
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:                         ,1995.
      
      
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       MAM:cjc	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR