(A) There is hereby imposed for the collection and disposal of solid waste and for the improvement of the general public and environment, a service charge for each dwelling unit or commercial establishment to which such service shall be provided under the provisions of this chapter. Said service charge shall be in accordance with the service charge negotiated by the city with the contractor providing solid waste collection services for the city. The service and service charge shall be terminated upon presentation of satisfactory proof to the Director, Mayor, or City Clerk, that any such dwelling unit or commercial establishment is unoccupied, and service and service charge shall be commenced upon renewed occupancy thereof.
(B) The system of services established by the provisions of this chapter hereof is designated as an integral part of the city’s program of health, sanitation, and general welfare, to be operated as an adjunct to the city’s system for providing all manner of utilities services. The city may enforce collection of such charges by bringing proper legal action against the occupant of the premises which has received such services to recover any sums due for such services plus a reasonable attorney’s fee to be fixed by the court, plus the cost of such action.
(C) The service charge herein provided for is hereby imposed upon the occupant of each occupied dwelling unit and the billing therefor shall be made to the person contracting for city utilities of any kind to each such dwelling unit. In the event a dwelling unit is not serviced by city utilities or in the absence of information that such person is neither the owner or the tenant of such dwelling unit, then billing therefor shall be made to the owner. Service charges shall be payable to the city.
(D) The city shall include the foregoing service charge on its utility bill as a separate charge, which shall be paid on or before the fifteenth of the following month.
(E) The city shall provide any contractor hereunder with a monthly statement showing the number of dwelling units, together with all additions and deletions.
(Prior Code, § 230.100) (Ord. 175, passed 12-14-1974; Ord. 406, passed 8-18-2011)