(A) A waste collection assessment of $216 per year per dwelling unit is hereby levied for the two assessment years beginning July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024, and ending respectively on June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025, for the purpose of defraying the cost of waste collection in the city.
(B) A "DWELLING UNIT" is hereby defined as a one-family residence, the premises in which a family of one or more resides and, in the case of apartment buildings, each apartment shall be considered a separate dwelling unit unless the apartment building is served by a dumpster.
(C) The waste collection assessment levied by the City Council for the assessment years beginning July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, and beginning July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, shall be due and payable to the City of Fort Wright in care of the City Clerk from and after passage of Ordinance 11-2023. The amount shall be stated on the tax bill. Anyone failing to pay the assessment by December 29, 2023 and December 31, 2024, respectively, shall be deemed delinquent, and the bill shall have added thereto a penalty of 20% of the amount thereof, and shall bear interest rate of 12% per annum from January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025, respectively, until paid. The assessment shall constitute a lien upon the property and be collectable in the same manner as tax levied against real estate.
(Ord. 350-1985, passed 10-7-85; Am. Ord. 392-1988, passed 9-7-88; Am. Ord. 407-1989, passed 10-4-89; Am. Ord. 434-1990, passed 10-3-90; Am. Ord. 453-1991, passed 10-17-91; Am. Ord. 462-1992, passed 10-7-92; Am. Ord. 512-95, passed 9-14-95; Am. Ord. 557-97, passed 10-1-97; Am. Ord. 573-98, passed 9-2-98; Am. Ord. 589-99, passed 9-8-99; Am. Ord. 13-00, passed 9-13-00; Am. Ord. 16-06, passed 9-8-06; Am. Ord. 5-07, passed 9-5-07; Am. Ord. 12-08, passed 9-9-08; Am. Ord. 15-09, passed 9-2-09; Am. Ord. 5-10, passed 9-1-10; Am. Ord. 6-11, passed 9-7-11; Am. Ord. 13-12, passed 9-5-12; Am. Ord. 3-13, passed 9-5-13; Am. Ord. 10-13, passed 9-4-13; Am. Ord. 12-14, passed 9-3-14; Am. Ord. 13- 2015, passed 9-2-15; Am. Ord. 08-2016, passed --; Am. Ord. 12-2017, passed 10-11-17; Am. Ord. 12-2018, passed 10-17-18; Am. Ord. 05-19, passed 6-19-19; Am. Ord. 5-2020, passed 10-21-20; Am. Ord. 11-2021, passed 10-6-21; Am. Ord. 12-2023, passed 11-4-23)