1. Nonregular or Occasional Basis. A person or entity who is not a solid waste collector may remove, transport, and dispose of accumulations of solid waste from the person’s or entity’s own property or the property of another person or entity on a nonregular and occasional basis for disposal at a disposal facility or for waste recycling if in doing so the person or entity would not be required to have a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission pursuant to Chapter 81.77 RCW as now existing or as hereafter amended; provided, that this exception does not excuse the person or entity from complying with the mandatory requirement of this section to obtain regular garbage collection service from a licensed solid waste collector;

2. Abandoned or Junk Vehicles. Removal of abandoned or junk vehicles is not the responsibility of a solid waste collector, and abandoned or junk vehicles may be removed from a property and disposed of pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10.08 LMC, as now existing and as may be hereafter amended;

3. Construction and Demolition Waste. Construction and demolition waste from a property must be removed, transported, and disposed of at a disposal facility by the person or entity in charge of the property or by someone acting at that person’s or entity’s direction, or the construction or demolition waste may be removed, transported, and disposed of by a licensed solid waste collector;

4. Dead Animals. Every person or entity in charge of a property upon which a dead animal is located shall immediately cause the carcass to be (a) preserved or interred so as to be incapable of attracting or providing food for vectors; (b) delivered to an appropriate facility for scientific or educational study purposes; (c) cremated; or (d) removed for disposal by an animal control officer. A solid waste collector is not responsible for removing the carcass of a dead animal;

5. Dangerous Wastes. Dangerous wastes shall not be removed from a property by a solid waste collector regularly servicing that property unless the solid waste collector has agreed with the person or entity in charge of the property to do so and that person or entity has complied with the requirements for removal of the dangerous waste, if any, of the solid waste collector. Otherwise, the removal, transport and disposal of dangerous waste is the responsibility of the person or entity in charge of the property. For purposes of this subsection, “dangerous waste” shall be defined as any solid waste designated as dangerous waste by the state Department of Ecology under Chapter 173-303 WAC, as now existing or as may be hereafter amended, and also known as “hazardous waste” under Chapter 70.105 RCW, as now existing or as may be hereafter amended;

6. Problem Wastes. Problem wastes shall not be removed from a property by a solid waste collector. Removal, transport and disposal of problem waste is the responsibility of the person or entity in charge of the property. For purposes of this section, “problem waste” shall be defined as (a) soils removed during the cleanup of a remedial action site, or a dangerous waste site, or from such other cleanup efforts and actions that contain harmful substances but are not designated as dangerous wastes, or (b) dredge spoils resulting from the dredging of surface waters of the state where contaminants are present in the dredge spoils at concentrations not suitable for open water disposal and the dredge spoils are not dangerous wastes and are not regulated by Section 400 of the Federal Clean Water Act, as now existing and as may hereafter be amended;

7. Septage. Septage shall not be removed from a property by a solid waste collector. Removal, transport and disposal of septage from a property is the responsibility of the person or entity in charge of the property. For purposes of this section, “septage” shall be defined as a semisolid consisting of settled sewage solids combined with varying amounts of water and dissolved materials generated from a septic tank system; and

8. Yard Waste. Yard waste from a property must be removed, transported, and disposed of by the person or entity in charge of the property or by someone acting at the person’s or entity’s direction, or it may be removed by a solid waste collector. (Ord. 3108 § 1, 2015; Ord. 21 § 4, 1959)