A. Garbage collection shall be made not less than once per week for each residence and business within the city. It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of premises within the limits of the municipality to use the garbage and refuse collection service. It also is the responsibility of every resident to place the containers at roadside or alleyway that is designated for pick up.
B. For any person using the system, the vested real property owner or contract purchaser of that property will be billed by the city at the then existing rates, or shall be subject to the commercial billing rates as elsewhere provided in this chapter for all users on the subject real estate. If there be more than one occupant of real estate, the owner or contract purchaser will nevertheless pay the entire bill for that property.
C. The city clerk shall be authorized to accept proof of contract purchaser status, but until such proof is adequately shown, the vested real property owner shall remain liable for the garbage billing.
D. In addition, in the event of a failure of the landowner or contract purchaser to pay the garbage bill when due, the city shall be entitled to a lien on the real property served by the garbage service, which lien shall be in addition to, and may be coupled with, a lien otherwise provided for sewer and water service provided in this code.
E. The filing and foreclosure of such lien shall be controlled as provided for unpaid water bills set forth in section 13.04.080 of this code. (Ord. 2007-7 §1, 2007: Ord. 4-85 §1, 1985: Ord. 14-78 §1, 1978: prior code §8-303)