(A) Responsibility for the payment of all garbage, refuse, landscape waste and recycling materials disposal fees for all noncommercial residences, commercial residential properties and commercial properties rests with the owners of the property or with the persons holding the beneficial interest in the property.
(B) All garbage, refuse, landscape (yard) waste and recyclable materials collection charges for noncommercial residences within the city shall be billed by the designated authorized garbage disposal contractor or private scavenger service and shall be paid by the occupant, owner or owner’s agent. The basic charge shall entitle each family or occupant to a weekly collection of all household waste, including garbage, refuse and rubbish, all landscape (yard) waste and shrub trimmings and all recyclable materials.
(C) (1) The charges outlined in division (B) hereof shall be assessed and billed on a quarterly basis, based upon a per unit charge that Council shall assess from time to time per negotiated contract with the private collector or disposal contractor. The charges shall be paid per unit; however, they will not be divisible.
(2) Based upon actual administrative expenditures associated with the collection and billing of all solid waste disposal services, the fees are hereby adjusted by an increase of 2.5% on the billing cycle beginning on July 1, 2017. Those rates and figures amended as of January 1, 2008, shall be further amended commencing on the billing cycle beginning on January 1, 2012, by an additional 4.0%. Fees for the collection and billing of all solid waste disposal services are hereby adjusted by an increase of 2.0% commencing on the billing cycle beginning on January 1, 2014.
(D) It is hereby declared to be a nuisance to fail to pay the charges established in this section in that the failure and the resultant termination of service create an immediate health and safety hazard to the premises, the neighborhood and the city at large.
(E) Penalty for late payment. The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the charges for collection on such premises, and the service is furnished to the premises by the city only upon condition that the owner, occupant and user are jointly and severally liable therefore to the city. A penalty of 10% shall be added to all bills not paid within the allowable time. When the date of billing is a Sunday or a legal holiday, then such bills shall be payable on the next succeeding secular day without any additional penalty.
(Ord. 93-56, passed 10-12-1993; Ord. 07-61, passed 11-13-2007; Ord. 08-70, passed 11-11-2008; Ord. 11-43, passed 12-13-2011; Ord. 12-5, passed 2-14-2012; Ord. No. 13-30, passed 11-12-2013; Ord. 17-17, passed 5-23-2017)