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§ 97.47 ASSESSMENT.
   (A)   The property owner of any commercial unit excluding heavy users who by private contract enter into an agreement with the City’s designated solid waste contractor or the owner of any dwelling unit within the City shall be required to pay an annual solid waste service charge for solid waste collection and disposal subject to increase or decrease as set out in § 97.49. Any person on a homestead exemption for real estate tax purposes shall be required to pay an annual solid waste collection and disposal fee at an adjusted rate, subject to increase or decrease as set out in § 97.49.
   (B)   The annual solid waste service charge imposed by this section shall be levied and assessed upon the property owner of any commercial unit or upon the record owner of any dwelling unit with the City, as of January 1 each year.
   (C)   The City’s Finance and Administration Department shall forward to each property owner of any commercial unit or the record owner of any dwelling unit, a notice indicating the amount of the annual solid waste service charge and the terms and conditions of payment.
   (D)   The annual solid waste service charge shall be due and payable at the time that real estate taxes are determined to be due and payable for the calendar year of receipt.
(1995 Code, § 8.20.230) (Ord. O-94-25, passed 8-15-1994)
§ 97.48 PENALTY AND INTEREST FOR NON-PAYMENT.
   (A)   Any annual solid waste service charge which remains unpaid for a period of 30 days, from the date of delinquency, shall have a 10% penalty assessed thereon. After 60 days from the due date, another 10% penalty shall be levied.
   (B)   In addition, from the date of delinquency forward, there shall also be assessed interest on the unpaid amount of the annual solid waste service charge, at the rate of 12%, per year, until paid.
(1995 Code, § 8.20.240) (1995 Code, § 8.20.240) (Ord. O-94-25, passed 8-15-1994; Am. Ord. O-98-17, passed 9-14-1998)
§ 97.49 REVENUES.
   (A)   Revenues generated from the assessment and collection of the annual solid waste service charge shall be accounted for with a separate fund and shall be used to defray the cost of solid waste collection and disposal, including maintenance of the former City landfill and reasonable administrative expenses.
   (B)   (1)   The City’s Chief Financial Officer shall prepare for the City Manager an annual analysis of the revenues reasonably necessary to defray the cost of the collection and disposal efforts to determine if the solid waste service charge shall be increased or decreased. Any such increase or decrease shall be authorized by the City Manager after reviewing and approving said report.
      (2)   Any such increase or decrease in the annual solid waste service charge shall be based upon the corresponding percentage increase or decrease in the total waste collection and disposal costs of the City, including landfill maintenance, and reasonable administrative expenses using 1994 as the base year.
(1995 Code, § 8.20.250) (Ord. O-94-25, passed 8-15-1994)
§ 97.99 PENALTY.
   Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to the civil fines as set out in Appendix A, as adopted.
APPENDIX A: VIOLATIONS; FINES
Violation
Minimum Fine
Maximum Fine
Violation
Minimum Fine
Maximum Fine
Pedestrian dropping litter
$50
$250
Litter thrown from vehicle
$50
$250
Dump-outs
$50
$250
Vehicle load improperly secured or not tarped, load escape
$25
$125
Depositing handbills or uninhabited, vacant property
$25
$125
Sweep-outs
$25
$125
Improper disposition of construction waste
$25
$125
Damaging/defacing litter receptacles
$25
$125
Use of litter receptacles for household/business solid waste
$25
$125
Solid Waste was burned
$25
$125
Improper disposition of waste at construction, demolition or repair sites (i.e., dropping shingles off roof onto public property)
$25
$125
Non-containerized solid waste not suitably bound for collection falls apart Garbage cans and waste wheelers set out prior to 5:00 p.m. the day before collection or not removed within 12 hours of collection
$25
$125
Solid Waste in garbage bags
$25
$125
Garbage cans and waste wheelers not secured at top
$25
$125
Remodeling, rehab, repair solid waste in excess of 7 calendar days
$25
$125
Inadequate number of litter receptacles in parking lot
$25
$125
No litter receptacles commercial industrial loading/unloading area
$25
$125
Littered property:
Loading/unloading areas
$25
$125
Repair/construction/ demolition areas
$25
$125
Residential
$25
$125
Storage of garbage cans or waste wheeler on City, public or neighboring property
$25
$125
Garbage cans or waste wheelers not set out at area designated by City
$25
$125
Solid Waste stocked in open garbage can/waste wheeler
$25
$125
Owner not supplying garbage cans or waste wheeler at mufti-family units
$25
$125
Garbage cans or waste wheelers not maintained in good repair and sufficiently tight and waterproof cover
$25
$125
Large accumulation of solid waste not removed by owner/occupant
$25
$125
New multifamily dwellings not providing heavy user containers
$25
$125
Industrial and hazardous waste not removed by owner/occupant
$25
$125
 
(1995 Code, § 8.20.190) (Ord. O-2001-22, passed 9-24-2001)