(A) When Payable: All bills for solid waste collection, hauling and/or landfill dumping charges provided herein shall be for the previous month and shall be payable on the first of each month, following the month of services rendered. Each bill shall show the amount of the solid waste collection, hauling and or landfill dumping charges. In the event the garbage bill, or any part thereof, is not paid in full by the tenth of each month, it will be considered delinquent and subject to a penalty fee. In the event any such bill remains unpaid for a period of forty (40) days after the date rendered or in the event the fortieth day falls on a holiday, Saturday or Sunday, then on the next succeeding working day during which time the bill has not been paid in full, the city clerk shall mail notice to the legal owner, applicant for service, and the occupant at the address receiving service, that the garbage service will be terminated not less than ten (10) days after the date of mailing of such notice. If the garbage bill is not paid within that ten (10) day notice, services will be terminated and legal action will follow.
(B) Mandatory Solid Waste Collection: No person or commercial establishment within the city shall be permitted to avoid or refuse to accept such solid waste collection and disposal service, including franchise permitted private collector services, and the failure of any person to accept such service shall not exempt him from the payment of the charges for such collection and disposal services.
(C) Establishment Of Rates: There shall be assessed and charged against the occupant or owner of all premises within the city, fees for the collection, hauling and landfill disposal of solid waste. Any such fees billed by the city shall be set by resolution. Any such fees billed by a private franchise collector shall be set by the franchise collector and approved by the city. (Ord. 175, 10-13-1993)