(A) A charge of $18.00 per month for each solid waste disposal container provided by the city and assigned to a residential dwelling, $5.00 per month for each recycling container provided by the city and assigned to a residential dwelling, and $31.00 per regularly scheduled pick-up of a residential dumpster is hereby established for residential sanitation customers. Additional pick-ups for residential dumpsters shall be $40.00 per pick-up.
(B) The collection charges instituted in this section will be added to the sanitation customer's water and sewer bill. Payment terms will be the same as for the water and sewer bill. In the event of nonpayment of this charge, collection of the customer's refuse/recyclables will be discontinued until payment is remitted in full. All payments for solid waste/recycling services user fees and water and sewer charges whether full or partial payments shall be applied to the customer's account as follows: First, to any solid waste services user fee charges including any arrears charges; second, to any recycling services user fee charges including arrears charges; and third, to any water and sewer charges including arrears charges. In the event of partial payments, the utility charges will be considered outstanding and the prescribed disconnection of services for non-payment will be enforced.
(C) All residential premises located within the corporate limits of the City of Asheboro shall be assumed to be using the solid waste and recycling collection services offered by the city. The occupants of the premises shall be charged for these services so long as the premises remain in the city limits, are or have previously been improved for residential dwelling purposes, and contractual arrangements for solid waste collection services have not been made with an entity other than the City of Asheboro. In the absence of documentation to establish otherwise, the customer of record with the city's water billing office shall be deemed to be the occupant of the premises receiving solid waste/recycling collection services and shall be responsible for all of the associated fees that will be charged each month.
(D) In the case of disputes about the fees charged pursuant to the provisions of this section, the City Manager, or his designee, shall have the authority to adjust any fee charged after the Manager or other designated official has reviewed the circumstances surrounding the charge and determined, consistent with the provisions of the Code of Asheboro, that the disputed charge was added to the customer's account in error.
(E) Provisions specific to residential dumpsters.
(1) Dumpsters may be rented from the city by a residential sanitation customer at a rental rate of $21.00 per dumpster per month. A customer's eligibility to rent a dumpster from the city is contingent on the customer utilizing the city as the exclusive provider of solid waste collection services for the rented dumpster(s). The city's Environmental Services Department will terminate, without any penalty to the city, the rental relationship with a customer and will immediately retrieve any and all dumpsters rented to a customer if a solid waste collection service other than the city is found to have collected materials from a city-owned dumpster. The city will replace a dumpster previously rented from the city with a cleaned dumpster upon the request and agreement of the customer to receive this service at a charge of $100.00 per dumpster each time such a request is made.
(2) A one pick-up per week minimum is hereby established for any residential customer using a dumpster.
(3) Unless arrangements are made otherwise and the city is notified of and agrees to these arrangements, the owner(s) of the real property where a residential dumpster is located shall be responsible for the charges specified in this section.
(4) The owner of the property upon which a dumpster is located is deemed responsible for the maintenance of the premises in general and the location of the dumpster site in particular so as to allow the Environmental Services Department's trucks reasonable access to the dumpster.
(5) In order to receive residential dumpster service, all property owners must complete a dumpster permit and properly execute a hold harmless agreement in favor of the city.
(6) The city shall not be liable for any damages resulting to parking lots, drives, and the like caused by the weight of the trucks used for dumpster pick-up. Each property owner is expected to maintain a lot or drive of sufficient structure to support the weight of the collection trucks.
(F) No refuse which is unacceptable as routine refuse at the landfill will be collected from residential sanitation customers. Examples of unacceptable waste include but are not limited to: hazardous waste, tires, batteries, medical waste, yard waste, liquid waste, and white goods. Any receptacles containing any of these materials will not be picked-up by the Environmental Services Department until the unacceptable materials are removed.
(G) The owner of the premises where the dumpsters/containers are located and the residents utilizing the dumpsters/containers are responsible for the contents of the containers. The city is not responsible for policing containers to prevent the dumping of unacceptable waste, or refuse from individuals not related to the customer(s).
(Ord. 34-02, passed 10-10-02; Am. Ord. 59-03, passed 6-5-03; Am. Ord. 67-03, passed 7-10-03; Am. Ord. 28 ORD 6-06, passed 6-20-06; Am. Ord. 21 ORD 6-07, passed 6-7- 07; Am. Ord. 40 ORD 06-08, passed 6-24-08; Am. Ord. 37 ORD 6-10, passed 6-24-10; Am. Ord. 19 ORD 6-12, passed 6-28-12; Am. Ord. 13 ORD 6-14, passed 6-26-14; Am. Ord. 17 ORD 6-15, passed 6-29-15; Am. Ord. 36 ORD 6-22, passed 6-28-22)