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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII > ORDINANCE NO. CIS 138 BILL NO. s� AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 20 -46, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), RELATING TO SOLID WASTE FEES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The purpose of this bill is to correct inadvertent drafting errors found in Ordinance No. 05 -21. Because Ordinance No. 05 -21 did not contain any of the previously adopted amendments made by Ordinance No. 03 -102 this measure reinstates those changes into section 20 -46, Hawaii County Code, as appropriate. SECTION 2. Chapter 20, article 4, section 20 -46, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition) is amended to read as follows: "Article 4. Solid Waste Fees. 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 face of a County landfill 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. Whole tires 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. (c) Administrative rules shall provide partial credit to commercial haulers for residential waste. The amount of the credit shall be no less than two dollars per month for each single - family household from which the hauler collects refuse[.], provided the hauler's account is current. The annual credit shall be equal to the landfill disposal fee multiplied by one and one -half tons per year per single - family household. The residential credit shall not exceed the total landfill tipping fees charged to the residential hauler for the month for which the credit is being claimed. Commercial haulers who claim this credit shall provide documentation to the solid waste division including customer name, mailing address, and service address for each credit claimed. Claims for the residential credit must be submitted on or before the last day of the month following the month for which the credit is being claimed and the hauler's account must be current for the credit to be applied.