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p;+tV OF N COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII .1Tj O•f •M► BILL NO. 306 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 20-46 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF A "PAY AS YOU THROW" PROGRAM AT ALL COUNTY LANDFILLS AND SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish a "Pay as You Throw" program for refuse that is legally deposited at a County landfill or transfer station. Under the provisions of this ordinance, all currently established fees and requirements are to remain in place, with the addition of requiring that any person depositing any amount of refuse at a County landfill or landfill transfer station shall pay the existing landfill disposal rate, as provided in Section 20-49, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended). SECTION 2. Chapter 20, article 4, section 20-46 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 20-46. Disposal fees. (a) Any refuse, except for prohibited materials, delivered by a business, Federal or State agency, religious entity, nonprofit organization or private citizen to [the working fae a County landfill or solid waste transfer station shall be charged by the ton or fraction thereof at rates as set forth herein. (b) In addition to the per ton charge or volume charge, items which cannot be disposed in the working face of the landfill in accordance with usual disposal practices or which require special handling and/or arrangements by landfill personnel shall be assessed a special handling charge at rates as set forth herein. Such items shall include but may not be limited to asbestos and confidential document destruction or other disposal requiring a witness. Tires, whether whole, cut, sliced, chipped or shredded, will not be accepted at any County landfill. All wire or cable must be cut to four -foot lengths prior to disposal at any County landfill or transfer station.