957.02 RULES AND REGULATIONS.

   (a)    The Municipal Manager is empowered and directed to make, promulgate by such method as he shall deem necessary, and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations consonant with the provisions of this chapter as he may deem necessary or desirable to its proper and just administration and enforcement.

   (b)    In addition to such other and additional rules and regulations as the Municipal Manager may deem necessary or desirable, such rules and regulations shall include the following:

(1)    Rules and regulations prescribing days and hours for collections and routes to be followed by collection trucks;

(2)    Rules prescribing the maximum distances from streets or alleys of collection routes which collectors may go for garbage receptacles or for trash to be collected, and rules governing or prescribing conditions of accessibility to collectors of garbage and trash to be collected;

(3)    Rules prescribing the manner or method in which various kinds or classes of garbage and trash must be packed, bundled, or otherwise prepared for collection; and

(4)    Rules prescribing the maximum size or weight of garbage containers, and number of containers, bundles, or pieces of trash which collectors will be required to handle and load. (Ord. 261. Passed 2-2-60.)

957.03 MATERIALS NOT TO BE COLLECTED.

   (a)    Scrap or waste matter regularly produced or accumulated as a part of, or in the carrying on of, a manufacturing or industrial process or commercial food packing or preparation process shall not be considered trash or garbage within the meaning of this chapter and shall not be collected as such.

   (b)    Debris such as earth, brickbats, broken concrete, broken plaster, and other materials resulting from or accumulated in the construction, alteration, major repair, razing or destruction of any building or structure shall not be considered to be trash within the meaning of this chapter and shall not be collected as such.

(Ord. 261. Passed 2-2-60.)

957.04 UNAUTHORIZED COLLECTION PROHIBITED.

   (a)    The Municipality is authorized to collect trash and garbage; including recyclables, within the corporate limits.

   (b)    It shall be unlawful for any person, or employer or agent thereof, other than the authorized collector of garbage and trash, the authorized collector of recyclables, or other person authorized by Council, to collect, or move, or appropriate, or dispose of any garbage or trash, including recyclables. A person producing garbage or trash, including recyclables, may place it or cause it to be placed in a proper container however, the person shall still be required to pay for the collection services from the Municipality unless specifically exempted by Council as set forth above.

(Ord. 1995-12. Passed 10-17-95.)

957.05 UNAUTHORIZED DEPOSIT PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any garbage or trash upon any street, alley, or public way or place within the Municipality, or in or upon any vacant land or building without permission so to do from the owner thereof, excepting placement along streets or alleys of garbage or trash properly prepared for collection as provided by this chapter, in accordance with rules and regulations made and promulgated by the Municipal Manager.

(Ord. 261. Passed 2-2-60.)

RATES AND CHARGES

957.06 SCHEDULE OF RATES.

   (a)    The following shall be the quarterly rates charged by the City of Brookville for trash and garbage collection and shall be based upon the number of collections per week and the amount of trash and garbage collected. The following rate schedule shall apply effective with the March 2023 billing for refuse collection for December 2022 through February 2023:

      CLASS I:   The minimum charge to be paid by each dwelling unit having not more than one cubic yard or less of garbage and trash per week and not more than one stop per week. Rate to be sixty dollars ($60.00) per quarter.

      CLASS II:   The minimum charge to be paid by each commercial (business, industrial, professional, etc.) place having not more than one cubic yard or less of garbage and trash per week and not more than one stop per week. Rate to be seventy-four dollars and fifty cents ($74.50) per quarter.

            (Ord. 2023-02. Passed 2-7-23.)

   (b)    Any additional pickups or yardage over and above a customer's certain classification shall be charged at actual costs as determined by the Municipal Manager.

   (c)   There shall be a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the total refuse bill added if the bill is not timely paid within twenty-five days after the billing date.

(Ord. 1993-05. Passed 5-4-93.)

   (d)   There shall be a ten percent (10%) discount on the quarterly refuse billing for senior citizens or permanently and totally disabled citizens who apply for the discount and qualify for the discount. To receive the ten percent (10%) discount on the quarterly refuse billing, the refuse account customer shall meet the following qualifications:

      (1)   Be 65 years old or older, or permanently and totally disabled, at the time of application; and

      (2)   Have a total household income that does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000);and

      (3)   Own or rent your residence in the City of Brookville at the time of application for the discount, and reside in that residence.

   An application for this ten percent (10%) senior citizen or permanently and totally disabled refuse discount shall be completed annually, and the applicant shall provide a copy of the current year tax return or other evidence of income deemed appropriate by the Finance Director to establish that the applicant qualifies for the discount. Upon approval of the application for the ten percent (10%) discount, the ten percent (10%) discount shall apply to the next quarterly billing after approval of the application. The ten percent (10%) discount shall continue for a period of one (1) year from the date of the application, and then the refuse consumer must reapply to continue to receive the ten percent (10%) discount. (Ord. 2017-17. Passed 12-19-17.)

   (e)   The City of Brookville shall provide trash collection of yard wastes including garden residues, leaves, grass clippings, shrubbery, and tree limbs less than one quarter inch in diameter under the basic trash collection fees in subsection 957.06(a). The City of Brookville shall provide tree limb chipping and collection for tree limbs greater than one-quarter inch in diameter but less than four inches in diameter at a minimum charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first ten minutes of chipping service, and two dollars ($2.00) for each additional minute of service in excess of ten minutes. Any charges for tree limb chipping and collection by the City shall be invoiced to the property owner; if the invoice remains unpaid for thirty days or more, the charge shall be placed on the utility bill for the property.

(Ord. 2023-02. Passed 2-7-23.)