All persons who dispose of Municipal Solid Waste at the City transfer station, or the Grand Island Regional landfill when permitted, shall pay to the City for such dumping privileges, for each load, an amount in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
An additional charge shall apply when the delivering vehicle is not properly equipped or the load is not completely covered, or otherwise contained or securely fastened as required by this chapter or other applicable laws. Penalty provision applies to all loads.
All yard waste, clean trees and branches shall be free of trash and debris. All plastic bags must be removed by the hauler.
Special wastes as defined in §17-1 and so designated by the Solid Waste Superintendent or his/her designee as requiring additional handling due to disposal method and/or operational considerations shall be charged a disposal rate in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule. Due to the additional handling necessary to process the disposal of special waste, no special waste will be accepted within one hour of the end of the working day.
Fuel contaminated soils require Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and landfill pre-approval.
Asbestos (ACM) requires Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and landfill pre-approval. Disposal only during scheduled hours. Haulers shall use same equipment and procedures at disposal area as required for removal procedures. ACM shall be in approved condition and/or containers.
If full payment is not received by the 20th of each month in the month it is due, a late payment charge shall be assessed. This charge shall be one percent (1%) per month of the unpaid balance.
The fees required by this chapter may be waived by order of the mayor when, in the discretion of the mayor, the public health, safety, and welfare of the community would be enhanced by the waiving of such fees because of city-wide or district cleanup or improvement campaigns, or because of fire, flood, tornado, or other event, or series of events, causing extensive damage to the homes and property of the residents of the City of Grand Island.
This section shall not be construed to permit the mayor to waive fees for garbage and refuse licensees under this chapter, disposing of garbage, refuse and waste materials for hire at the City transfer station or sanitary landfill in the normal course of their business.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 9045, effective 6-7-2006)