(A) Fee schedule. The following schedule of fees for sanitation services shall be, to wit:
(1) Minimum billing: an amount as set by the City Council from time to time per month residential;
(2) Single family residence: an amount as set by the City Council from time to time per month;
(3) Multiple unit dwellings: such as houses with basements or upstairs apartments, duplexes and triplexes, when all units are charged to the owner or manager on a single bill, and not more than three separate households are maintained in the units, an amount as set by the City Council from time to time per month for the first unit and an amount as set by the City Council from time to time per month for each additional unit up to a total of three; and
(4) Multiple unit dwellings housing four or more separately maintained households and billed to the owner or manager on a single bill shall be deemed commercial units, and shall be included in the commercial rate structure.
(B) Commercial/business rates. The monthly charges for collection and disposal of solid waste for commercial, business establishments shall be based upon volume and service. This includes all structures or parts thereof not included as a residential or multiple residential units. The existing commercial/business rates are based upon a rate for a three cubic yard container per month for once-a-week collection. Additional pick-ups are in an amount as set by the City Council from time to time each. A tabular form summarizing rates to be effective for all billings shall be as follows:
(1) Commercial/business units that share a common container shall have the above rates prorated as determined by the city;
(2) The minimum shall be an amount as set by the City Council from time to time for shared containers; and
(3) Commercial roll-out carts (90-gallon) are an amount as set by the City Council from time to time per month, one pick up per week minimum (only allowed when alley access or access to three cubic yard container is not available).
(C) When due. Charges for regular sanitation services shall be due and payable on or before the tenth day of each month, payable at the city’s business office.
(D) Outside city limits. The monthly customer fee for sanitation customers outside the city limits shall be 50% higher than in city limit rates.
(Prior Code, § 53.20) (Ord. 1538, passed 8-8-1994; Ord. 1604, passed 1-26-1998; Ord. 1692, passed 9-24-2001; Ord. 1738, passed 9-22-2003; Ord. 1779, passed 9-27-2004; Ord. 1973, passed 9-23-2013; Ord. 1987, passed 9-22-2014; Ord. 2010, passed 9-28-2015; Ord. 2034, passed 9-26-2016; Ord. 2113, passed 9- -2022)