(a) The city will provide refuse collection services only to properties having three or fewer residential units, as determined by the city’s Building Department records or other city records.
(b) Commencing on the earliest date permitted by law following the passage of this section, the city will charge all owners of property receiving refuse collection services from the city according to the following schedule.
(1) Fourteen dollars per month for each residential unit, as determined according to city Building Department records or other city records, for properties having three units or less, with an annual increase of $1 per year over the next five years beginning on August 1, 2013 and increasing on each subsequent August 1 of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, with the final increase effective August 1, 2017. There shall be no assessments for unoccupied housing units. Although the housing units may be unoccupied, owners of such housing units are responsible for keeping their properties free of trash and in a clean, safe and sanitary condition pursuant to § 1377.01. Owners of unoccupied housing units shall notify the city’s Building Department when the units become unoccupied. Owners who fail to notify the city’s Building Department when a previously vacant unoccupied housing unit becomes occupied will be subject to a fine of two months’ additional assessment.
(2) Ten dollars and fifty cents per month for each single-family dwelling occupied by an owner qualifying for a homestead exemption as defined by the County Auditor, with an annual increase of $0.75 per year over the next five years beginning on August 1, 2013 and increasing on each subsequent August 1 of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, with the final increase effective August 1, 2017.
(3) Fifty dollars for the second and each additional “hopper load” of refuse, in addition to the normal monthly fee fixed above, for abnormally large amounts of refuse, including, but not limited to, refuse resulting from move outs or eviction set outs.
(Ord. 02-12, passed 9-18-2012)