(A) There is imposed upon each owner, tenant or occupant of a residential unit to whom garbage collection, trash pick-up and refuse collection is made available by the city, a residential user fee according to the following schedule.
(1) There is imposed a fee of $7 per month upon each residential unit contained in a structure consisting of only one residential unit for the year 2010 and the same shall be increased for the year 2011 to the sum of $11 per month and shall remain in full force and effect until any modification is made to this section.
(2) (a) Residential apartment units in structures consisting of two or three units. There is hereby imposed a fee of $10 per month upon each residential apartment unit contained in a structure consisting of either two or three residential units. The same shall remain in full force and effect until further modification.
(b) Residential apartment units in structures consisting of four or more units. There is hereby imposed a fee of $8 per month upon each apartment residential unit contained in such complex or building. The same shall remain in full force and effect until further modification.
(3) The fees established herein shall be imposed on and be the obligation of the user of the city water and sewage utilities, and shall be payable as are bills for water and sewage services rendered. The user fee or service charge shall be due and payable along with the monthly water and sewage bill as levied by the city, and shall be subject to the late charges and collection procedures as contained in I.C. 36-9-30-1 et seq. Where multiple residential units use a single meter, the billings shall be to the same entity as the water and sewage service billing. In the event any recipient of garbage and refuse collection service is not either a direct or indirect user of municipal water service and does not therefore receive a water or sewage bill, the recipient will be billed directly for the service, and the bill will be payable on the same basis as are bills for water and sewage services.
(B) The fees provided for in this chapter shall be paid as they become due at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer. All collection shall be in an account separate and distinct from other funds of the city, and shall not be merged or commingle therewith, but collection and receipts shall be used exclusively for the payment of garbage, trash and refuse collection services and for disposal charges of the city.
(Ord. 362, passed 11- -89; Am. Ord. 597, passed 10-13-09; Am. Ord. 647, passed 10-15-13)