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(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)
(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)
(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)
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.
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)