(A) The City Council shall establish a system of service charges for refuse collection and shall fix and declare the maximum charges, including special charges for extra hauling or collecting from an excessive number of containers, and shall classify refuse collection and disposal according to the type of service required and given based on the type of residence or dwelling, type of business conducted and the number of collections and removals each week, fixing and establishing a service charge for each class.
(B) A copy of the fee schedule shall be adopted by City Council majority vote and is in § 39.01.
(1) Costs assessed. The cost of operating the commercial refuse collection system shall assessed on the size of the container and number of pickups per week.
(2) Individual residences.
(a) The service charge shall be made to the owner or occupant of each building or housing unit served. If the building is served by city water or sewer, the refuse collection charge shall be billed as a separate entry on the water or sewer bill.
(b) If the premises are not so served, the refuse collection charge shall be separately billed by the City Administrator-Treasurer.
(3) Commercial businesses/individual residences.
(a) Payment. Service charges shall be payable at the same time as bills for water service and subject to the same conditions of payment. Delinquent accounts not paid by the fifteenth of the month will be assessed according to the city’s fee schedule.
(b) Fund. All service charges shall be deposited in the Utility Fund.
(2009 Code, § 502.06) Penalty, see § 10.99