(A) (1) Municipal solid waste collection billings for residential customers shall be due and payable monthly in advance, shall be issued concurrently with the municipal water billings and sewer use billings and shall be payable at the office of the Administrative Clerk of the city. Billings for municipal solid waste collection services will be rendered by the municipality for residential customers only, and billings for multiple residence, apartment, motel, hotel, commercial, institutional, and governmental customers within the municipal solid waste jurisdiction area shall be the responsibility of the contractor furnishing the solid waste collection services.
(2) Municipal solid waste collection billings shall be due and payable on the first day of each month and shall be paid by the fifteenth of each month. Municipal solid waste collection billings not paid by the fifteenth of each month shall be deemed delinquent. Upon such billings becoming delinquent, the Administrative Clerk shall give a written notice to the residential customer of such delinquency and shall demand immediate payment.
(3) If payment of the municipal solid waste collection charges is not received as aforesaid, the Administrative Clerk shall follow the procedures to disconnect and discontinue both municipal water and municipal solid waste collection services to the residential customer, such services to be deemed a combined utility for these purposes. The Administrative Clerk shall assess an additional fee set by resolution of the City Council and on file in the office of the Administrative Clerk in the event that water is shut off and solid waste collection services discontinued for the nonpayment of any municipal solid waste collection billings to compensate the municipality for the additional hookup necessary to again provide water service to the delinquent residential customer.
(`77 Code, § 3-909)
(B) (1) The City Council has separately established charges to be paid to it by each person whose premises are served by the municipal solid waste collection system. For purposes of such charges, a person's premises are deemed to be served by the municipal solid waste collection system and the owner and occupant of the premises shall be deemed served and therefore liable for the charges unless the owner or occupant proves to the City Council that:
(a) The premises are unoccupied; or
(b) The solid waste generated at the premises during the applicable billing period was lawfully collected and hauled to a permitted facility or was otherwise disposed of in conformance with all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
(2) Proof of proper disposal during the applicable billing period may be provided by means of any of the following:
(a) A billing receipt or other statement from a duly permitted solid waste hauling service for collection of solid waste at the premises during the applicable billing period;
(b) A billing receipt or register tab from a duly permitted transfer station or disposal facility or landfill for solid waste received during the applicable billing period; or
(c) Such other documentation of proper disposal as may be acceptable to the governing body.
(`77 Code, § 3-919) (Ord. 1999-O-007, passed - -)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 13-2020