A. Authorized: The Authority, in providing the service of collecting and disposing of all refuse accumulated within the City for the purpose of preventing unsanitary, unsightly, hazardous, unhealthful and dangerous conditions caused by the accumulation of garbage and refuse, shall establish and collect a service charge or fee to defray the cost of maintenance of service and to pay any person contracting with the Authority for collection and disposal of garbage and refuse, the fees and charges provided by the contract for the collection and disposal thereof. Such service charges and fees shall be computed based on charges to owners or occupants of dwelling units or commercial establishments as nearly as practicable upon the basis of volume or time expended in collection and disposal thereof.
B. Billing And Collection; Delinquency: The charges fixed and imposed by and pursuant to this Section shall be added to the charges made for utility services under the care, custody and management of the Municipal Utility Board and shall be billed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as charges for such utility service, all such charges for utility services. In the event of a failure to pay the same as they might become due, the City shall have remedies to collect the same as are or may be authorized by law or equity, including the right of motion or resolution to be adopted by the Mayor and City Council, or other proper authority, to discontinue any other services furnished to such debtor by the City or any subdivision or agency thereof, after reasonable notice for nonpayment of such indebtedness to the City. The charges heretofore fixed and imposed for the removal of garbage and refuse from stores, offices, business houses, restaurants, hotels and other establishments accumulating garbage and refuse shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the Mayor and City Council by motion or resolution duly adopted change such charges. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to furnish the Municipal Utility Board with true and correct copies of any and all motions or resolutions fixing or changing the charges made and imposed by or pursuant to this Section immediately following their adoption by the Mayor and City Council. (Refer to Appendix A following this Code.) (1988 Code § 17-218)