(a) For garbage and rubbish collected and removed, the Director of Public Service and Safety on behalf of the City shall make a monthly charge of:
(1) Sixteen dollars and fifty cents ($16.50) per month for each single family residence or unit for weekly service.
(2) Weekly service shall be limited to five units of trash or garbage in plastic bags no larger than thirty gallons. Bags or containers must not weigh in excess of fifty pounds.
(b) Any quantity over the weekly limit of five units will be billed at a minimum fifty cents ($.50) per unit.
(c) The applicable rate shall be payable in quarterly installments in advance on the twenty-fifth day of January, April, July and October of each year at the office of the Treasurer, Collections Department. All bills not paid on or before the due date are subject to a ten percent (10%) penalty.
(d) An additional charge shall be incurred for pickup upon prior arrangements of additional items not generally characterized as garbage or rubbish except automotive or building materials which will not be picked up at all. (Example: Major appliances - approved; auto transmission - unapproved; construction brick - unapproved; furniture - approved.)
(e) The rates for additional pick-ups indicated in subsection (d) above shall be:
(1) Ten dollars ($10.00) for each major appliance, piece of furniture, mattress or box springs.
(2) Special clean-up of trash: Ten dollars ($10.00) for ten bags or boxes not weighing over fifty pounds each plus one dollar ($1.00) per bag or box over ten.
(3) Other large quantities or extraordinary circumstances will be determined on an individual basis and will be billed accordingly.
(f) Rates for commercial users will be determined by the Director of Public Safety and Service.
(g) All bills not paid fifteen days after the date when they are billed shall be subject to a ten percent (10%) penalty.
(h) The use of a City-owned container would be subject to the commercial rates established herein.
(i) All moneys and revenues received by the Director of Public Service and Safety or City Auditor in any manner for the collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish shall be held and retained in the Department of Garbage and Rubbish Fund and applied to the expense of the conduct and operation of such department. (Ord. 107-2008. Passed 9-2-08.)
(j) Commencing April 1, 2012, one hundred percent (100%) of the amounts collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Solid Waste Fund to be used for operating costs. Zero percent (0%) shall be deposited into the Solid Waste Capital Improvement Fund to be used for improvements within the department.
(Ord. 75-2012. Passed 7-2-12.)