SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118739

• Record No: CB 118739
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118739
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 8/15/2016
• Ordinance No: Ord 125110
• Title: AN ORDINANCE increasing the fee or tax on persons engaged in or carrying on the business of the collection of garbage, rubbish, trash, CDL waste, and other solid waste; amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 5.48.055; and providing a special referendum opportunity as required by state law.
• Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
• Supporting documents: 1. Signed Ordinance 125110, 2. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/17/2016	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
8/17/2016	1	Mayor	returned
8/17/2016	1	Mayor	Signed
8/16/2016	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
8/15/2016	1	City Council	passed	Pass
8/9/2016	1	Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee	pass	Pass
7/26/2016	1	Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee	discussed
7/25/2016	1	City Council	referred
7/15/2016	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/12/2016	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE increasing the fee or tax on persons engaged in or carrying on the business of the collection of garbage, rubbish, trash, CDL waste, and other solid waste; amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 5.48.055; and providing a special referendum opportunity as required by state law.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection 5.48.055.B of the Seattle Municipal Code, which section was last amended by Ordinance 123747, is amended as follows:
5.48.055 Solid waste activities subject to tax - Amount
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B. Upon everyone, including The City of Seattle, engaged in or carrying on the business of solid waste collection services, a tax measured by the following:
1. A tax measured by gross income from solid waste collection services in Seattle which includes any charges to customers for transferring, processing, treating, storage, or disposal:
a. Prior to April 1, ((2005, ten (10))) 2017, 11.5 percent of the total gross income from solid waste collection services in Seattle, less income derived from the activities identified in subsection 5.48.055.C ((of this section)).
b. Effective April 1, ((2005, eleven and one-half (11.5))) 2017, 14.20 percent of the total gross income from solid waste collection services in Seattle, less income derived from the activities identified in subsection 5.48.055.C ((of this section)).
((2. A tax measured by solid waste tonnage collected:
a. Effective through December 31, 2006, Twelve Dollars and Forty Cents ($12.40) per ton of solid waste collected in Seattle, excluding the tonnage from recycling when such recycling contains no more than ten (10) percent non-recyclable material by volume, yard and food waste destined for composting, items to be reused or scrapped for salvage, and/or sand and gravel for construction of a public i...