(1) All persons using a county owned and operated solid waste disposal system facility shall pay the service fees set forth in the solid waste service fee schedule. The solid waste service fee schedule and any revisions to the service fee schedule shall be prepared by the director and submitted to the county council for approval by motion. The solid waste service fee schedule will be based on full cost recovery standards. Listed fees are subject to applicable taxes. The director shall, at the time of payment, round the total service fees and taxes owing up to the nearest whole dollar when any fraction of a dollar owing is $0.50 or greater, and round the total service fees and taxes owing down to the nearest whole dollar when any fraction of a dollar owing is less than $0.50.

(2) Service fees for solid waste disposal shall be based upon measured weights whenever possible. In the absence of weight information, service fees shall be based upon the cubic yard or as otherwise defined in the solid waste service fee schedule. All vehicles shall be charged at least a minimum fee regardless of weight or volume, as established in the solid waste service fee schedule.

(3) In the absence of exact measurements of weight or quantity, the estimate of the director shall be final and binding on the user.

(4) Service fees do not apply to specific source separated recyclable materials accepted by county owned and operated solid waste disposal system facilities for recycling, except for those materials for which specific fees have been designated in the established solid waste service fee schedule.

(5) All users of the vactor decant facility will establish a credit account with the solid waste management division in accordance with the provisions of SCC 7.41.030. Cash will not be accepted at this facility.

(6) There is no service fee for the disposal of household generated hazardous waste from Snohomish county residents residing in unincorporated Snohomish County or in municipal corporations situated within Snohomish County that enter into or maintain interlocal agreements with the county for the purpose of disposing of solid waste generated and collected therein.

(7) Service fees for certified scale weights will be as established in the solid waste service fee schedule.

(8) Operators of reclamation sites that qualify to directly ship residual waste to an intermodal facility under the provisions of SCC 7.35.125 shall pay the service fees set forth in the solid waste service fee schedule. (Added by Ord. 92-115, Oct. 12, 1992; Amended by Ord. 93-134, Dec. 15, 1993, Eff date Dec. 25, 1993; Amended by Ord. 95-069 § 1, Sept. 1, 1995, Eff date Sept. 1, 1995; Amended by Ord. 96-066 § 1, Sept. 11, 1996, Eff date Sept. 22, 1996; Amended by Ord. 98-129 § 2, Nov. 23, 1998, Eff date Dec. 10, 1998; Amended by Amended Ord. 01-059, Aug. 29, 2001, Eff date Sept. 10, 2001; Amended by Ord. 02-044, Oct. 30, 2002, Eff date Nov. 9, 2002; Amended by Ord. 03-115, Sept. 3, 2003, Eff date Sept. 14, 2003; Amended by Ord. 03-128, Oct. 29, 2003, Eff date Nov. 9, 2003; Amended by Ord. 05-135, Nov. 30, 2005, Eff date Dec. 15, 2005; Amended by Ord. 08-125, Nov. 10, 2008, Eff date Jan. 1, 2009; Amended by Amended Ord. 11-002, Feb. 16, 2011, Eff date Mar. 4, 2011; Amended by Amended Ord. 22-068, Dec. 14, 2022, Eff date Dec. 26, 2022).