But almost 4000 smaller businesses, including dentists, hairdressers and beauty salons, should find out in the next year if they will pay more for disposing of their wasteThe Dunedin City Council bylaw, which the council was required to review under the Local Government Act, attracted strong criticism during consultation.
Community groups such as small sports clubs, churches, marae and other non-profit organisations raised concerns they may be caught up in the bylaw, even though they did not have significant trade waste discharge.
And two large Dunedin employers - Cadbury Confectionery and Graeme Lowe Otago - said the bylaw could impact on their future viability in the city.
Cadbury said the changes it needed to make to its business to meet standards set by the bylaw would cost more than $300,000, while Graeme Lowe Otago said if the company had to choose between running its tannery business in Dunedin and somewhere else, then somewhere else was more attractive.
At a council meeting yesterday that voted to adopt the bylaw, Cr Neil Collins said he had been contacted by concerned clubs, and asked bylaw hearings subcommittee chairman Andrew Noone whether the issue had been resolved.
"In summary, are they happy now?" Cr Collins asked.
"Yes, they are," Cr Noone replied.
A report to the meeting said premises with discharges similar to domestic discharges were not considered trade waste customers, and definitions within the bylaw were clarified to make them more "user friendly".
It said further consideration would be given to fees and charges, following the larger businesses' concerns.
A report to detail costs would be written, and would be considered during the 2009/10 annual plan.
Cr Noone said after the meeting the charges would stay the same until that was done.
More work would be done to decide which of almost 4000 businesses should pay more for their waste under the bylaw, spreading the cost currently paid by 23 larger businesses.
The businesses had been identified as possibly producing trade waste, and some would be contacted by telephone to work out whether, or how much, they should pay, and some would be visited by council officers to be assessed.
The level of treatment those businesses applied to their waste before it left the premises would be considered.
