King County - File #: 2015-0237

• File #: 2015-0237
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Lapsed
• File created: 7/6/2015
• In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
• Final action: 2/1/2016
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to construction and demolition waste; amending Ordinance 8891, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.04.020, Ordinance 10916, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.30.010, Ordinance 10916, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.30.020 and Ordinance 10961, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.30.050 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.670.
• Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
• Indexes: Recycling
• Code sections: 10.04.020 - , 10.30.010 - ., 10.30.020 - ., 10.30.050 - ., 4A.670 - .
• Staff: Reed, Mike

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/1/2015	1	Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee	Deferred
8/18/2015	1	Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee	Deferred
7/6/2015	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

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Clerk 06/25/2015
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AN ORDINANCE relating to construction and demolition waste; amending Ordinance 8891, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.04.020, Ordinance 10916, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.30.010, Ordinance 10916, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.30.020 and Ordinance 10961, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.30.050 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.670.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Since 1994, the county has contracted with two vendors to provide receiving facilities for construction, demolition and land clearing waste ("CDL"). Because land clearing waste is now usually recycled separately, the term construction and demolition ("C&D") is more commonly used. The existing contracts expire on September 14, 2015. This ordinance continues the practice of contracting with private vendors but includes enhanced recycling provisions and allows participation by any qualified facility. Other jurisdictions use a similar approach to managing C&D waste, including the city of Seattle, Lewis county and Portland Metro.
2. The King County 2001 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan specifies that the following actions occur upon expiration of the existing contracts: "The executive, in consultation with the Solid Waste Advisory Committee and appropriate staff from cities in the region, shall propose to the council alternatives for future handling of CDL that will best suit the region as a whole. A goal of the preferred alternative should be to increase the amount of CDL recycled from work and disposal sites. The council shall approve the CDL handling program by ordinance."
3. In order to meet the goal of increasing the amount of C&D recycled from work and disposal sites, this ordinance authorizes the solid waste division of the department of natural resources and parks to enter agreements with privately-owned C&D waste receiving facilities which establish minimum recycling requirements for C&D material.
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