959.11  RATES FOR COLLECTION.
   (a)   The Director of Safety-Service shall charge, and every householder or other person accumulating garbage or rubbish, or both, shall pay for collection services rendered for residential premises, the following rates:
      (1)   Effective the first full billing cycle after January 1, 2018:
         A.   The sum of twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) per month, or seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents ($79.50) per quarter. However, in the event any customer requests an additional pick-up, then there shall be a charge of twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) for each additional such pick-up.
         B.   The charge for each additional residential pick-up, as authorized under Section 959.16, shall be twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) per unit plus a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) crew charge.
      (2)   Effective the first full billing cycle after January 1, 2019:
         A.   The sum of twenty-seven dollars and forty-two cents ($27.42) per month, or eighty-two dollars and twenty-six cents ($82.26) per quarter. However, in the event any customer requests an additional pick-up, then there shall be a charge of twenty-seven dollars and forty-two cents ($27.42) for each additional such pick-up.
         B.   The charge for each additional residential pick-up, as authorized under Section 959.16, shall be twenty-seven dollars and forty-two cents ($27.42) per unit plus a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) crew charge.
      (3)   Effective the first full billing cycle after January 1, 2020:
         A.   The sum of twenty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents ($28.38) per month, or eighty-five dollars and fourteen cents ($85.14) per quarter. However, in the event any customer requests an additional pick-up, then there shall be a charge of twenty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents ($28.38) for each additional such pick-up.
         B.   The charge for each additional residential pick-up, as authorized under Section 959.16, shall be twenty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents ($28.38) per unit plus a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) crew charge.
   (b)   For the purpose of this section, a multifamily dwelling means one which contains two or more separate living units. The Director shall charge to the owner of such multifamily dwelling the above-mentioned rates for each unit contained therein, which shall be paid by the owner monthly in advance of the collection service rendered.
   (c)   The following rate shall apply to any person who has qualified for and has received a homestead exemption on his or her real estate tax duplicate:
      (1)   Effective the first full billing cycle after January 1, 2019, the sum of nineteen dollars and twenty cents ($19.20) per month, or fifty-seven dollars and sixty cents ($57.60) per quarter.
      (2)   Effective the first full billing cycle after January 1, 2020, the sum of nineteen dollars and eighty-seven cents ($19.87) per month, or fifty-nine dollars and sixty-one cents ($59.61) per quarter.
   (d)   An otherwise-eligible person shall commence paying said homestead exemption rate (homestead rate) when he or she applies, in person or in writing, for said rate by presenting his or her paid real estate tax bill.  Said homestead rate shall be renewed annually.
   (e)   The rates for collection services set forth in this section for residential and homestead collections are hereby authorized. The funds derived from such rates shall be paid into the Sanitation Fund of the City of Elyria.
(Ord. 2017-11.  Passed 2-6-17; Ord. 2017-173.  Passed 11-20-17; Ord. 2017-174.  Passed 11-20- 17; Ord. 2017-206.  Passed 12-18-17.)