(A) All developed real property, within the boundaries of the city, having an established water and or sewer connection to a utility system, and/or provided with one or more sanitation collection and disposal services by the city, shall be required to remit to the city a fee as designated by the City Council.
(B) With exception to item (A) above, all developed real property being apartment buildings and commercial establishments within the boundaries of the city, having an established water and or sewer connection to a utility system, and/or provided with one or more sanitation services, including but not limited to, sanitation containers of a minimum of four cubic yards, shall remit to the city a fee equal to the fee schedule as may be periodically enacted by the City Council for such services.
(C) The city shall determine how to levy and collect the subject fees in items (A) and (B) above, including but not limited to, notification and collection through water and/or sewer service billing or individual billing.
(D) The fees stated above shall be due and payable upon receipt of any instrument chosen by the city, and shall become delinquent 30 days after receipt of such notification. The fees are also payable in full, regardless of the amount of such services consumed or received for the period during which such services were available for use or consumption.
(E) The city shall be entitled to any and all available remedies, now and in the future, to enforce collection of these amounts.
(F) Payment of the subject fees does not provide any payer the right or privilege to reduce or otherwise pro rate any other duly authorized charge levied by the city.
(G) Established water and or sewer account holders, not including apartment buildings and commercial establishments within the city, may apply to the city to waive any solid waste fees for the period in which the following conditions apply:
(1) The property owner and or tenant provides a written statement that no solid waste services were used for the period covered by the solid waste fee billing; and
(2) That the water and or sewer services consumed for the same period are less than 1,000 gallons for a two month period; and
(3) That the premises served has been, for all intents and purposes, unoccupied during the waiver period requested.
(4) The Finance Department shall provide such application documents to any water and sewer account holder upon demand. Upon approval of the City Manager, the Finance Department shall waive the applicable fee for that billing period.
(5) The period of time covered by an approved application shall be for the applicable billing period only. Any subsequent waiver requests shall be individually approved by the City Manager, but no more than three consecutive waivers shall be approved within a calendar year.
(H) Any water and or sewer account holder subject to solid waste fees as stated in subsection (A) of this section, not including apartment buildings and commercial establishments within the city, may apply to the city to waive the solid waste fee as designated by the City Council if their structural residence is located more than 1,500 feet from the public right-of-way.
(1) The Finance Department shall provide such application documents to any water and sewer account holder upon demand. Upon approval of the City Manager, the Finance Department shall waive the applicable fee for that billing period.
(2) Any account holder obtaining such waiver will no longer be eligible for any solid waste removal service, including but not limited to garbage, refuse, yard rubbish and trash, by the City at the affected residence.
(3) This waiver in no way alleviates the requirements and obligations of owners and occupants under this Chapter for the maintenance of their property.
(I) Any residential subscription recycling services shall be offered and provided through a City Council approved contractor.
(Ord. passed 8-20-91; Am. Ord. passed 2-22-94; Am. Ord. passed 6-21-05; Am. Ord. passed 5-17-11; Am. Ord. passed 6-20-17)