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(A) Before the letting of any contract for the collection and removal of garbage and other refuse within the town limits, the Council shall advertise for bids pursuant to the codes of the state.
(B) Upon the letting of such contract, the person receiving the same shall give a bond to the town in such sum as shall be designated by the Council, which bond shall provide for the faithful performance of such contract.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.060) (Ord. 191, passed - -)
(A) It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant of a building used for human habitation or business purposes within the town to provide or cause to be provided, portable, washable, galvanized metallic containers of not more than 32 gallons’ capacity, and sufficient in number to hold the garbage accumulating between periods of removal. All such garbage containers shall be water-tight and provided with handles and tight-fitting metallic covers.
(B) The covers shall be kept on the containers at all times, except when necessarily removed for depositing or removing garbage. This section shall apply to Class I occupants, only as hereinafter defined. Said containers shall be kept upon suitable stands not less than 12 inches or more than 24 inches above the surface of the ground and so placed as to be readily accessible to the garbage collector at all times.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.070) (Ord. 191, passed - -) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) (1) All refuse, animal or vegetable matter upon any premises in the town which is not otherwise disposed of, shall be securely wrapped and deposited in the cans or containers above mentioned.
(2) All ashes, tin cans and other indestructible matter is to be deposited in the cans or containers above mentioned, and all waste paper to be removed by the town as garbage shall be placed either in said cans and containers or in sacks securely tied or baled.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.080)
(B) Incineration of any material in a garbage container, or other can, or outside incinerator is prohibited within the town.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.090)
(Ord. 191, passed - -) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) (1) The cost of collection of garbage from the town shall, in all cases, be assessed and taxed against the real estate from which the garbage is removed. Each lot from which garbage is removed shall, as far as practicable, bear its share of the expense of collecting and disposal of the garbage in proportion to the amount of garbage removed therefrom.
(2) (a) The Town Council shall cause to be prepared a list of all lots or parts of lots in the town upon which there are buildings or other improvements.
(b) Except in the cases or single unit dwellings, such lists shall show, in connection with each building, the number of rooms therein and the nature of business or occupation for which the same is used.
(c) If used or occupied as a multiple dwelling, the number or apartments or dwelling units in which it is divided shall be listed.
(d) The lists shall also show the number of stories of each building, other than residences, and the character of business carried on in such building so far as it is necessary for fixing the rate of taxation hereinafter set forth.
(e) Such lists shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and shall constitute the list of lots upon which garbage tax shall be collected each year, except as later modified and revised.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Town Council to have prepared by a competent person employed for that service, to, on or before April 1 each year, prepare a list of all lots, fractions of lots or other real estate, in the town not theretofore taxed, upon which buildings or other improvements have been erected or constructed necessitating the removal of garbage. Any addition to building or changes in the use thereof which shall affect the rate of taxation as hereinafter set forth shall be noted on the aforesaid list to accomplish the annual revision of the list.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.110)
(B) Any area of 25 feet by 150 feet upon any unplatted premises within the town, upon which is situated a building or part or a building which necessitates the removal of garbage under this chapter, shall constitute a unit for the purpose of taxation under this chapter and shall be assessed in the same proportion and in the same manner as lots or portions of lots upon which there are buildings or parts of buildings necessitating the removal of garbage hereunder.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.120)
(C) It shall be the duty of the Council to estimate, as nearly as practicable, the cost of collecting and disposing of garbage in the town, and before the second Monday in August of each year, the Council shall pass and adopt a resolution levying and assessing a basic tax upon all lots or portions of occupied lots, notwithstanding the fact that the owners of occupants thereof may privately dispose of their said garbage. All occupied lots shall be classified according to the use thereof designated as follows:
(1) Class I - Single Unit Residence, including individual dwelling units within a structure housing multiple dwelling units and individual lots in trailer courts or mobile home parks; and
(2) Class II - Business and Property.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.130)
(D) Basic tax for Class I occupancies shall be fixed and determined by the Council by resolution. To fix equitable tax rates for Class II occupancies, it shall be the duty of the Town Council to fairly appraise the kind and quantity of garbage and refuse service required by each Class II occupancy. Whereupon, the Council shall fix the tax rates for each individual Class II occupancy based upon the service required. Such tax on Class II occupancies, however, shall not exceed the following amounts:
(1) In addition to the basic tax for Class I occupancies, 300% of the basic tax for restaurants, meat markets, grocery stores, department stores, saloons, hardware stores, trailer courts, service stations, drug stores, theaters, elevators, lumber yards, variety stores, implement and automobile agencies and appliance stores;
(2) In addition to the basic tax for Class I occupancies, 200% of the basic tax for general repair shops, barbershops, banks, dry cleaners, morticians, plumbing stores, post office, bakeries, shoe repair shops, newspapers and depots, laundries and pool halls;
(3) In addition to the basic tax for Class I occupancies, 25% for each ten rooms or fractions thereof in hotels and rooming houses and motels; but this limitation shall not prevent the levy of an additional tax in the event the hotels and rooming houses also conduct restaurants, stores, bars or other businesses within the same building or upon the same lot;
(4) In addition to the basic tax for Class I occupancies, 25% shall be added to each building containing offices for each office unit; and
(5) In addition to the basic tax for Class 1 occupancies, 25% shall be added to each building containing apartments, in addition to business units, for each apartment.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.140)
(Ord. 191, passed - -; Ord. 326, passed 11-10-2014)
(A) All special assessments made and levied under this chapter shall be made and levied and collected annually in the same manner, so far as practicable, as are other special assessments and levies of the town and shall be made at the same time.
(B) Notice thereof and opportunity to be heard shall be given the same as for other special assessments and levies, all as provided for by the statutes of the state.
(C) Said assessments shall be a lien against the property against which they are severally assessed and levied until paid and discharged, and shall be subject to the same penalties for delinquency in payment when due and payable as are other special assessments and levies made by the town and as authorized by the laws of the state.
(D) All special assessments and levies and all other moneys collected, received or paid under the provisions of this chapter shall be kept in a separate fund and shall be paid out only on warrants drawn against such fund and signed as are other warrants of the town for the disbursement of its funds and upon claim fully executed, presented ordered and allowed, all as required by law.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.150) (Ord. 191, passed - -)
The town’s Health Officer (who may also be the Chief of Police) shall be and is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing and controlling the removal and disposal of garbage if he or she deems the same necessary to promote the sanitary and public health conditions of the town; and such officer shall have the supervision over containers to be used in the collection of garbage and over the equipment used in disposing of the same.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.220) (Ord. 191, passed - -)
CONDITIONS; PROHIBITED ACTIONS
The burning of garbage, as defined herein, within the corporate limits of the town, in or out of incinerators, is hereby forbidden and prohibited and any such burning or disposing shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 7.02.160) (Ord. 191, passed - -) Penalty, see § 50.99
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