(A) Each residential customer shall be furnished one-half (½) cubic yard toter and charged a solid waste collection fee of twenty-four dollars and ninety-five cents ($24.95) per month. Each residential customer who has more than one (1) one-half (½) cubic yard toter shall be charged an additional solid waste collection fee of five dollars ($5.00) per month for each additional toter regardless of whether the additional toter is actually utilized. Each residential customer who has a recyclable toter will be charged a fee of five dollars ($5.00) per month. An additional fee may be charged for any toter not obtained from the city that is not compatible with the lift system on the Sanitation Department vehicles. Unless a separate commercial contract is in place for dumpster service at the multi-family complex or mobile home park, each residential unit in a multi-family residential complex and each mobile home located in a mobile home park shall be deemed to be a separate residential customer for purposes of this chapter and shall be charged a solid waste collection fee. If a residential unit is vacant and unoccupied for a period in excess of sixty (60) consecutive days, the monthly solid waste collection fee shall be suspended following the expiration of the sixty (60)-day period as long as the unit remains unoccupied and provided the owner or the person having control of the unit notifies the city in writing that the unit has been vacant for at least sixty (60) days. The owner or person having control of the residential unit shall immediately notify the city in writing when the unit is occupied. The solid waste collection fee for the unit shall be reinstated effective the first date of re-occupancy.
(B) Each commercial customer shall be charged in accordance with the following schedule for solid waste collection, transportation or disposal services:
Two cubic yard container
Number of pickups per month | Number of containers per customer | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
4 | $38.91 | $77.84 | $116.75 | $155.66 | $194.59 |
8 | $77.84 | $155.66 | $233.50 | $311.33 | $389.16 |
12 | $116.75 | $233.50 | $350.25 | $467.00 | $583.75 |
16 | $155.66 | $311.33 | $467.00 | $622.66 | $778.33 |
Four cubic yard container
Number of pickups per month | Number of containers per customer | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
4 | $77.84 | $155.66 | $233.50 | $311.33 | $389.16 |
8 | $155.66 | $311.33 | $467.00 | $622.66 | $778.33 |
12 | $233.50 | $467.00 | $700.50 | $933.99 | $1,167.49 |
16 | $311.33 | $622.66 | $933.99 | $1,245.33 | $1,556.65 |
Six cubic yard container
Number of pickups per month | Number of containers per customer | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
4 | $116.75 | $233.50 | $350.25 | $467.00 | $583.75 |
8 | $233.50 | $467.00 | $700.50 | $933.99 | $1,167.49 |
12 | $350.25 | $700.50 | $1,050.74 | $1,400.99 | $1,751.24 |
16 | $467.00 | $933.99 | $1,400.99 | $1,867.99 | $2,334.99 |
Eight cubic yard container
Number of pickups per month | Number of containers per customer | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
4 | $155.66 | $311.33 | $467.00 | $622.66 | $778.33 |
8 | $311.33 | $622.66 | $933.99 | $1,245.33 | $1,566.6 5 |
12 | $467.00 | $933.99 | $1,400.99 | $1,867.99 | $2,334.9 9 |
16 | $622.66 | $1,245.33 | $1,867.99 | $2,490.65 | $3,113.3 1 |
(C) (1) The following items shall be collected and/or disposed of by the sanitation department at a charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) per trip:
(a) Construction debris up to two (2) cubic yards;
(b) Carpet in excess of one roll;
(c) Limbs and trees larger than four (4) inches in diameter or in excess of two (2) cubic yards (pickup truck bed amount);
(d) Refrigerators, air conditioners and other appliances not containing freon.
(2) (a) The Sanitation Department shall make available for rental container boxes for the collection and disposal of construction material and carpets in excess of two (2) cubic yards, and other similar garbage and refuse not appropriate for normal residential collection and disposal. The Sanitation Department shall be responsible for delivering the container box to the location within the city specified by the customer, and the Sanitation Department shall be responsible for picking up the container box at said location and properly disposing of the contents thereof when requested to do so by the person or business entity renting the container box. All materials shall be placed wholly within the container box; no materials shall be placed outside of the container box.
(b) Container boxes shall be rented for a period of five (5) days per charge and includes emptying the box one time. Boxes may be emptied more than once for a two hundred seventy-five dollar ($275.00) charge for each trip. The base rental rate for the container box shall be as follows:
Box Size | Rental Rate - first five (5) days |
10 yards | $275.00 - residential $275.00 - commercial |
20 yards | $275.00 - residential $275.00 - commercial |
30 yards | $275.00 - residential $275.00 - commercial |
40 yards | $275.00 - residential $275.00 - commercial |
(3) After the expiration of the initial five (5) day rental period, there shall be an additional rental charge of five dollars ($5.00) per day for the next five (5) days, and an additional rental charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each day thereafter. In addition to the base rental, a tipping fee of thirty dollars and twenty-five cents ($30.25), plus an environmental fee, shall be charged per ton for the contents of each container to offset the tipping fee charged to the Sanitation Department to dispose of the contents of each container box. The weekly base rental shall be paid in advance prior to the delivery of the container box. Any additional rental fees together with the tipping fee shall be billed no less frequently than monthly following disposal of the contents of each container box.
(D) All charges hereunder shall be billed monthly.
(E) The fee for solid waste delivered to the transfer station during regular business hours shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per ton with a minimum fee of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($31.25) prorated up to one ton per delivery.
(Ord. 93-03, passed 3-2-93, Am. Ord. 93-13, passed 4-23-93; Am. Ord. 94-13, passed 6-20-94; Am. Ord. 99-10, passed 6-21-99; Am. Ord. 2000-11, passed 6-19-00; Am. Ord. 2001-01, passed 2-2-01; Am. Ord. 2005-11, passed 6-20-05; Am. Ord. 2007-02, passed 2-19-07; Am. Ord. 09-09, passed 6-15- 09; Am. Ord. 09-11, passed 8-3-09; Am. Ord. 2011-04, passed 4-18-11; Am. Ord. 2011-14, passed 10-3-11; Am. Ord. 2015-19, passed 8-3-15; Am. Ord. 2016-19, passed 12-5-16; Am. Ord. O-2021-4, passed 4-5-21; Am. Ord. 2024-5, passed 5-20-24)