A license may set its own rates, and may contract with its customers, subject only to the following restrictions.
(A) The licensee shall set volume-based rates for commercial and industrial customers for collection of unseparated solid waste, and shall dispose of recyclable materials from such customer free of charge. The licensee may agree with such customers on any frequency of pickup of solid waste, provided that all waste is picked up at least once per week. Because the needs of commercial and industrial customers vary from customer to customer, the licensee need not announce a rate of general applicability, and is free, subject to state and federal law, to discriminate among commercial and industrial customers in the matter of rates.
(B) The rates for residential customers shall be of general applicability, and there shall be no discrimination among residential customers as to rates; however, senior citizen discounts are permissible. The licensee may agree with such customers on any frequency of pickup of solid waste, provided that all waste is picked up at least once per week.
(C) Recyclable materials shall be picked up from residential customers free of charge.
(D) Rates for disposal of yard waste shall be volume based.
(E) A licensee may change its rates from time to time in its discretion. The licensee shall provide the village with a copy of any rate change for residential customers at least 60 days in advance of the rate change and shall inform each residential customer of the rate change in writing at least 30 days in advance of its effective date. However, the first notification after passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall require only a 30-day notification. Notice to customers may, in the discretion of the licensee, be made by an insert in the monthly bill. No rate change shall be effective unless these notice provisions are complied with.
(Ord. 10-17, passed 11-2-2010)