(a) Household collection service customers shall be required to make a minimum deposit of $15 prior to the start of service.
(b) Commercial collection service customers shall be required to make a minimum deposit of $25 prior to the start of service.
(c) Prior to the start of service, a private community with a written agreement for city household collection services shall make a minimum deposit of the existing deposit rate listed in subsection (a) above multiplied by the total number of households, whether occupied or unoccupied, in the private community.
(d) The director is authorized to require a larger deposit from any customer when, in his or her judgment, the larger amount is necessary to ensure that the city is protected against loss for nonpayment of services.
(e) The director may refund deposits as an account credit to household collection service customers whose accounts show no delinquent payments for a period of 12 consecutive months.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 17655, § 3, passed 7-17-2007)