(a) For solid waste collection and disposal, the City shall charge to each dwelling unit within the Municipality a monthly rate to be paid by the owner of said property. Such rate shall be as established from time to time by Council.
(b) If "tipping” fees or other additional environmental fees are charged to the City by other governmental entities or agencies or the City's solid waste contractor, such additional fees shall be added to and prorated among thedwelling units in existence at that time and be made a part of the fee charged by the City as set forth in subsection (a) hereof.
(c) If a commercial use on real property upon which a dwelling unit is located requires more than a standard residential rubbish and garbage storage facility to be utilized, the user shall pay only the cost of the commercial storage facility, provided the user utilizes the services of the City’s solid waste contractor, unless the property owner requests both a commercial and residential storage facility be provided. If the user utilizes the services of any other solid waste contractor, the user shall be required to pay the charges specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), above, in addition to the commercial charges.
(d) At the time of conveyance of title to any real property within the City upon which is situated one or more dwelling units, all outstanding charges for solid waste collection and disposal shall be paid by the owner of said real property prior to transfer of title.
(e) The billing for the rates established hereinabove shall be made by the City's solid waste contractor on a quarterly basis. If the City receives notice from its solid waste contractor that an owner of real property upon which a dwelling unit is located has failed to pay the fee assessed for a period of at least ninety days, then the City shall notify said owner (as contained in the County real property records), via regular United States mail, that his or her bill is overdue and that a twenty percent City administrative fee has been added to the bill to cover the cost of collection. The owner shall be further advised that unless the overdue bill, including the administrative fee, has been paid to the City within thirty days of the date of the letter, then further action will be taken by the City.
(f) Any owner who fails to pay the fee assessed herein for a period of more than the thirty days provided for in subsection (d) hereof will be sent a second notice of said delinquency, which shall be sent by United States certified mail, postage prepaid. If the owner has not paid the entire fee due within fourteen days of receipt of the second letter, then the City shall refer the matter to either the Director of Law or the City Prosecutor for collection as other debts of like amount are recoverable, or for prosecution as set forth herein below. In the event that the certified mailing authorized herein is either refused or unclaimed by the owner, then the City shall mail the second letter of delinquency by regular United States mail and the fourteen day time period established herein shall commence on the date of such mailing. At any time any delinquent fees for the City trash collection, plus penalties, and administrative fees may be certified to the County Auditor and Treasurer as due and payable from the property owner and upon such certification shall be collected in the same manner as other City taxes and/or fees upon the tax duplicate as allowed by law.
The Director of Finance shall, on an annual basis, or as needed, furnish to the County Auditor and Treasurer such other and further information as is necessary to permit identification of the property against which the aforesaid fee has been assessed and which remains unpaid.
(g) Any owner of real property upon which a dwelling unit is located who fails to pay the fee established herein to the City for a period of more than fourteen days after receiving the notice of delinquency authorized in subsection (f) hereof shall, in addition to any other charges, be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1060.99.
(h) Any owner of a dwelling unit approved by the office of the County Auditor for the homestead exemption may petition the City for exemption from the fees assessed pursuant to this section. (Ord. 100-2005. Passed 12-27-05.)