Fees for sanitary service shall be established by a resolution adopted by the Burley city council.
(A) Residential: A single-family unit is each housekeeping unit. Residential pick up shall be once each week at a day designated by the city.
(B) Commercial: Service to restaurants, retail and wholesale establishments, hospitals, nursing homes, motels, service stations, offices, banks, and other commercial establishments and institutions, and mobile home parks.
Any commercial customer may make application in writing to the city administrator to share a container for once a week pick up with another customer.
The city administrator, in acting on the application, shall take into consideration the quantity of refuse likely to be deposited in the container and the number of customers that propose to use the container.
(C) Rates, When Effective: For any pick up not expressly provided herein, the rate shall be fixed by resolution of the city council. From and after the passage of the resolution, the rate shall be in full force and effect as though part of this chapter.
(D) Use Of Containers: All commercial customers shall use such containers either alone or sharing with other customers as prescribed by the council.
(E) Size Of Containers: Residential customers shall use either ninety (90) gallon containers or three hundred (300) gallon containers as directed by the sanitation inspector. In directing the size to use, the sanitation inspector shall consider alley or front pick up, accessibility to customer use, and density of surrounding population.
(F) Special Circumstances: The city council may make provision, if necessary, for users having special circumstances that, in the opinion of the city council, are unable to comply with provisions of this chapter because of such special circumstances. A variance hereunder shall be by resolution setting forth the findings of special circumstances, why compliance is impossible and the acts required of the user in refuse removal and the charges therefor.
(G) Charges: The following services designated shall be charged in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Burley city council:
1. Use of a front end loader to remove refuse of any residential or commercial customer of the city that is over seventy (70) pounds. Such charges shall be in addition to any other fees owed by the residential or commercial customer.
2. For the use of a truck to haul the refuse loaded by the front end loader provided in subsection (G)1 of this section to be paid in addition to all other charges of the residential or commercial customer.
3. Each tire and/or wheel hauled by the city from any residential or commercial customer which fee shall be in addition to all other fees applicable to that commercial or residential customer.
4. A special handling fee shall be paid by any residential or commercial customer in addition to all other fees charged when there is a hauling necessary by the city such as, but not limited to, appliances, carpet, furniture, tree limbs and any other items customarily not placed in the requisite refuse containers. This fee shall be in addition to all other fees charged to the residential or commercial customer.
5. All tree limbs and tree branches that are not cut in maximum forty inch (40") lengths and bundled in bundles not to exceed seventy (70) pounds shall be subject to the special handling charge which shall be in addition to all other charges of the commercial or residential customer.
6. There shall be a minimum charge for the destruction of weeds in the city as provided in title 10, chapter 8 of this code. Such fees may be certified by the city treasurer to the county treasurer under the provisions of Idaho Code 50-317 and 50-1008. (Ord. 1160, 5-7-2002)