(a) All residential properties shall be charged a monthly rate of $8.75 per unit for the collection and disposal of solid waste. The per unit fee shall be discounted by fifty percent (50%) for a residential property owner that receives a reduction in their water rate under the homestead provisions of Chapter 535.
(b) The fee shall be included on the property owner's water bill and shall be due when the water charges are due.
(c) Exemptions.
(1) A residential property owner that resides in a multiple unit dwelling where the other units of the dwelling are vacant and not used for rental purposes, may request an exemption from the per-unit charge for the unoccupied units.
(2) If a residential property owner resides in their own property and that property has been unoccupied for a consecutive period of sixty (60) or more days, the owner may request a fifty percent (50%) discount from the per-unit charge during that time.
(d) The Director of Public Works shall create rules and regulations establishing guidelines for vacant properties.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Residential property" means real property that is improved by a building or other structure that has one (1) to four (4) dwelling units.
(2) "Dwelling unit" means a room or group of rooms located within a dwelling structure and forming a single habitable unit with living, sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitary facilities used or intended to be used by one (1) family.
(3) "Dwelling structure" means a building or structure used or designed or intended to be used, all or in part, for residential purposes.
(Ord. No. 513-13. Passed 4-8-13, eff. 4-10-13)