(A) Rates and charges, generally. The owner or occupant of any premises served by the city collection system within the city shall pay to the city a service charge as provided herein. The City Council shall, by resolution, establish a system of service charges for refuse collection. In the resolution it shall fix the charges, including any special charges for extra hauling or collecting from an excessive number of containers and classify users, of the service according to the type of occupancy and number of collections per week.
(B) Billing. The service charge for each premises shall be made to the owner and occupant. The refuse collection charge may be separately billed by the City Clerk-Treasurer or may be billed as a separate entry on the water or sewer bill.
(C) Payment. Service charges shall be payable at the same time as bills for water service and subject to the same conditions of payment. If any charge is unpaid on September 1 of any year, the Council may levy an assessment equal to the unpaid charges as of that date plus interest at the rate of 10% from that date, or any other interest rate as provided by Council resolution. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall certify the assessment to the County Auditor for collection in the same manner as assessments for local improvements.
(D) Fund. All service charges shall be deposited in a separate account in the General Fund.
(E) Adjustments. The City Council may, by Council resolution, determine and issue rules and regulations providing for a waiver or reduction in the payment of the service charges in the event premises are unoccupied or other equitable circumstances, and may, in connection therewith, provide reasonable requirements in connection with same.
(Ord. 94, passed 3-22-1983)