Spokane Municipal Code

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.02 Solid Waste

Article VII. Disposal Rates

Section 13.02.0566 Nonprofit Waste Reduction Corporation

1. Customers who satisfy the requirements of this section may qualify for a nonprofit waste reduction corporation rate. Customers not qualifying under this section are subject to the general tonnage rate for mixed solid waste. To qualify, a customer must apply to the director and demonstrate the following requirements:

1. 1. Customer must be a corporation, not for profit, organized under chapter 24.03 RCW; and

1. 2. Customer must show qualification as a tax exempt corporation under the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3); and

1. 3. Customer must be a business engaged in promoting the department’s waste reduction and recycling goals, primarily involved in processing abandoned goods for resale or reuse, with proceeds from said resale committed to financing human service programs.

2. Upon determination of eligibility by the director, a nonprofit waste reduction corporation may receive a discount of thirty-five percent from the rates generally in effect for City disposal facility service, plus applicable state taxes.

1. 1. The discount is only allowed where, in the regular course of disposal facility business, the eligible load is separately weighed and billed.

1. 2. The discount shall not apply where the nonprofit waste reduction corporation’s waste is mixed or included with other waste or not normally separated and weighed.

3. Eligibility to dispose of solid waste under the nonprofit waste reduction corporation rate is a revocable privilege. Failure to comply with conditions or pay all fees will result in revocation or denial of the nonprofit rate discount privilege.

Date Passed: Monday, January 5, 2009

Effective Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009

ORD C34372 Section 19