A. The Town of Hammonton has incurred substantial increased cost to collect, transport and dispose of solid waste, including among other costs a tipping or disposal charge paid to the Atlantic County Utilities Authority for the use of the County Landfill.
B. The disposal charge is in addition to the other costs of administration, equipment and labor which the town maintains for providing this service to the community.
C. Unless the increased costs are not offset by the creation of new revenue, the service of trash and garbage collection and disposal by the town will be in serious jeopardy of continuance. Also, the additional cost of disposal of trash as outlined in this article should be paid by those receiving the benefit and not by all the taxpayers.
D. The intention of this article is to provide a method of securing revenue to meet at least in part these added costs and to impose the charges for this service approximately to the persons who receive this service. This result has not been reached arbitrarily and is a conclusion taken from a study of costs and charges which faces the Town of Hammonton. The resulting method and fees are deemed to be fair and equitable without intending to be a revenue measure beyond need. The fees imposed will be charged to the person receiving the service and in relation to the extent of the service furnished.