A. The city, its duly authorized agents, contractors, employees, or licensees shall have the exclusive right to collect and gather garbage and rubbish within the city, and it is unlawful for any person, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to collect or gather garbage or rubbish within the city.
B. Every householder, head of a family, tenant, proprietor, or operator of any residence or place of business, within the city, who is in possession thereof or in charge of any premises within the city upon which rubbish or garbage accumulates or may accumulate, must use the city's collection service whether the system is operated by the city, its agents, employees, contractors or licensees.
C. The current set of fees and charges for collection shall be retained in the office of the city clerk, and shall be subject to inspection by any citizen of the city during regular office hours.
D. Except as to commercial and industrial establishments, the fees and charges, whether for operation of the system by the city, or its contractor or licensee, shall be billed and collected monthly together with charges for the use of the city's municipal water and sewer systems. All bills are to be directed to the owner of the real property, who bears all responsibility for payment of same. Failure to pay such fees and charges within forty (40) days of the date of billing shall result in discontinuance of the garbage collection service. (Ord. 1101, 2012)