Every occupied residence and every commercial, institutional, multiple residence, apartment, hotel, motel, and governmental building or premises in which day-to-day activities are conducted within the municipal solid waste jurisdiction area shall be served by the solid waste collection and disposal service system offered by the municipality and shall be subject to the assessment and payment of charges for such service as set from time to time by the governing body of the municipality. The municipality may also agree to provide such service to persons who do not live within the corporate limits of the municipality, but who are served by municipal utility services of any kind or who are within such close distance to the corporate limits of the municipality as to make such service economical and practical for the municipality and its contracted hauler.
(`77 Code, § 3-904)