HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1990-2428 ORDINANCE NO. 2428
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADDING SECTION
8.24.195 TO THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
REDUCED RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING COLLECTION RATES
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Section 8.24.195 is hereby added to Chapter 8.24 of the
Chula Vista Municipal Code to read as follows:
Sec. 8.24.195 Reduced Residential Curbside Recycling Collection Rates.
The City Council considers that recycling is a community responsibility
critical to effective waste management and overall environmental
sensitivity, and that a residential curbside recycling program meets the
established City policy of designing recycling programs with attention to
public convenience. The City Council also finds and declares that senior
citizens and low income households may be financially burdened households
which have difficulties securing the basic necessities of life.
Therefore, it is the intent that a method be provided which would result
in a reduced collection charge for such citizens, thereby assisting the
household and providing a participation incentive.
A. This reduced rate shall apply to a senior citizen (62 years and over)
or a low income household which meets the total annual gross income
criteria used by the City for determining reduced sewer service
charges.
B. The.reduction shall be set at 30% of ~he _~s~ab!~Shed charge per
household per month, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. (For example, a
30% reduction of $1.10/month charge would be $.33 or rounded to $.35,
leaving a reduced monthly rate of $.75.).
C. The reduced rate shall be included in the household's quarterly
refuse collection bill which is billed in advance of the service.
D. Senior citizens who apply for reduced residential refuse collection
charges and self-regulate their own trash collection costs through
the purchase of colored trash bags directly from the Sanitary Service
do not receive a refuse collection bill. Those senior citizens will
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receive the reduced residential curbside recycling rate for six
months as part of the purchase of the color coded trash bags which
are planned to last one-half year for maximum discount value. With
the initiation of the curbside recycling program, all senior citizens
currently purchasing the colored trash bags will be notified of the
change.
E. Occupants of premises subject to a curbside recycling charge may
request a reduction due to low income by filing a completed City
application form at any time. Upon certification of eligibility by
the Director of Finance, the Sanitary Service will be notified to
reduce the recycling charge in time for the next regularly scheduled
billing cycle.
F. This reduced rate program for senior citizens and low income
households shall become effective January 1, 1991 or at a later date
which signals the implementation of the residential curbside
recycling program.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the
thirtieth day from and after its adoption.
Presented by Appro as to for by
/S~pUanie Pop~k (/ Bruce M. Boogaard \
Pri nci pal Management Assistant City Attorney x
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, California, this 4th day of December, 1990, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: McCandliss, Malcolm, Moore, Nader,
Rindone
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Mayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2428 had its first reading on
November 27, 1990, and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 4th day of November, 1990.
Executed this 4th day of December, 1990.
Beverly A./Authelet, City Clerk