(A) General. The fees for the disposal of solid waste at any of the county’s solid waste management sites shall be in accordance with the rate structure adopted by the Board of Commissioners.
(B) Availability and use fees for solid waste disposal facilities.
(1) Purpose and intent. The provisions of this chapter are such as to impose fees for the availability and use of a disposal facility provided by the county. Availability fees imposed hereunder shall not exceed the cost of providing the facility and shall be imposed on all improved property in the county that benefits from the availability of the facility. Fees for use of the facility shall not exceed the cost of operating the facility and may be imposed only on those who use the facility.
(2) Authority. This chapter is adopted under the authority of G.S. §§ 153A-292 and 153A-293.
(3) Applicability. This chapter is applicable to all owners of improved property in the county that benefit from the availability of the facility and commercial, municipal, and industrial users of the facility, subject to the provisions of G.S. § 153A-292(b).
(4) Fees. Except as otherwise herein provided, the following fees shall be imposed.
(a) A fee of $37.50 per unit shall be imposed on the improved property of each owner (as of July 1 of the fiscal year for which the fee is collected) within the county that benefits from the availability of the facility, and thereafter said fee per unit, per year will be established annually by the Board of Commissioners in the annual budget ordinance. For the purposes of this chapter,
UNIT means a potential generator of solid waste and shall include, but not be limited to, each individual residence, mobile home, apartment unit, condominium unit, commercial enterprise, manufacturer, industrial plant, utility, church, school, hospital, rest home facility, and non-profit institution. This fee shall be applied separately for each individual business, store, or other entity within a commercial enterprise.
(b) A fee of $25 per ton shall be imposed on all solid waste deposited by commercial, municipal, and industrial entities which use the facility, and thereafter, said fee per ton shall be established by the Board of Commissioners in the annual budget ordinance; provided, however, said fee shall not apply to solid waste deposited by commercial and municipal haulers which is collected from residential customers within the county.
(c) A fee of $25 per ton shall be collected from individuals, commercial, municipal, and industrial haulers that deposit stumps, limbs, leaves, concrete, brick, wood, construction debris, and uncontaminated earth in the demolition landfill. Thereafter, said fee per ton, shall be established by the Board of Commissioners in the annual budget ordinance. There will be no charge for yard waste delivered separated in the following categories:
1. Leaves and grass clippings only;
2. Limbs under six inches in diameter and six feet or less in length; and/or
3. Wood products; clean and in natural state (without paint and the like and six feet or less in length).
(d) Fees for tire disposal, as set forth below, shall be collected from individuals, and commercial, municipal, and industrial haulers in accordance with Senate Bill 111, Chapter 784. Such fees shall supersede any tire disposal fees adopted or established prior to July 20, 1992. Thereafter, said fees shall be established by the Board of Commissioners in the annual budget ordinance:
1. Fifty cents each: car and light truck - up to 16.5;
2. One dollar and twenty-five cents each: medium and large truck - over 16.5;
3. Two dollars and fifty cents each: farm tractor tires;
4. Three dollars and seventy-five cents each: construction, heavy equipment type; and
5. Fifty cents per/20 pounds: tire pieces (cut, shredded, and the like).
(5) Collection and enforcement.
(a) Improved real property. The fee imposed by this chapter upon owners of all improved property who benefit from the availability of the facility shall be billed with property taxes pursuant to G.S. § 153A-293 and shall be payable in the same manner as property taxes; provided, however, that in the event of nonpayment, said fee shall be collected in any manner in which delinquent personal or real property taxes can be collected and that, until paid, the fees imposed shall constitute a lien on the real property described on the bill that includes the fee. In conjunction with, and in the same manner as used for billing owners for property taxes, the county’s Tax Administrator shall bill owners who are not otherwise subject to taxation for the availability fees imposed by this chapter.
(b) Commercial, municipal, and industrial users. As a condition for the disposition of solid waste of all kinds by commercial, municipal, and industrial users at the facility, the users of said facilities shall run an account approved by the county’s Finance Officer, which account shall be payable in full on a monthly basis. In the event of nonpayment of the monthly account, the privilege of the use of the facility may be suspended. Until the account is fully paid, the suspension, as herein provided, may remain in full force and effect.
(6) Residential solid waste sticker. The owners of improved property shall be supplied by the county with one sticker per unit, which shall be displayed above the state inspection sticker on the windshield of the vehicle being used for disposal purposes. This will allow each resident to dispose of household garbage at any county solid waste convenience center or landfill.
(7) Effective date. This division (B) shall be effective as of July 1, 1992.
(Ord. passed 7-23-1990; Ord. passed 8-3-1992) Penalty, see § 50.99