The Board of Supervisors finds and determines that refuse disposal sites are provided for use by owners of property within each separate area of Area No. 1. The Board of Supervisors also finds and determines that it is not feasible in the East Mountain Area, West Mountain Area, or the Trona and Baker Areas of Area No. 1 to establish a pay-at-the-gate management system of refuse disposal sites. The low volume of waste brought to the refuse disposal sites located in such areas of Area No. 1, resulting from the rural nature of such areas, makes it economically unfeasible to incur the additional cost of acquiring and installing scales and retaining personnel to weigh the refuse and collect the resulting gate fee. Accordingly, parcels of property within the West Mountain Area, East Mountain Area and Trona and Baker Areas of Area No. 1 shall be subject to a refuse disposal land use fee in accordance with that Schedule of Fees set forth in § 16.0222 of the San Bernardino County Code, with no pay-at-the-gate fee being imposed at refuse disposal sites in such areas of Area No. 1 [except to the extent necessary to prevent disposal of refuse without the payment of any fee, as provided in § 16.0222(c)(3)].
Within the Desert Area, excluding the Trona and Baker Areas, of Area No. 1 a pay-at-the-gate management system of refuse disposal sites is utilized. The Board of Supervisors finds and determines that the more urbanized nature of the Desert Area, excluding the Trona and Baker Areas, of Area No. 1 and the resulting greater volume of refuse received at refuse disposal sites located in this area of Area No. 1, make the equipment and personnel costs of a pay-at-the-gate system economically feasible. However, because of the lack of mandatory collection of residential refuse and the limited voluntary collection by use of commercial haulers of refuse generated on residential property, a land use fee will be imposed on residential property in order to discourage illegal dumping in the desert. Refuse generated on parcels of property used for commercial purposes is less likely to be illegally dumped because a greater percentage of such refuse is collected by commercial haulers and because the gate fee resulting from self-hauling is less likely to deter the use of the refuse disposal site, as such fee can be treated as an additional cost of doing business. Therefore, only residential parcels of property within the Desert Area, excluding the Trona and Baker Areas, of Area No. 1 shall be subject to a refuse disposal land use fee in accordance with that Schedule of Fees set forth in § 16.0222 of the San Bernardino County Code. The payment of such a land use fee shall entitle the owners of such residential parcels (or a licensed commercial hauler designated by an owner) to utilize refuse disposal sites without the payment of any pay-at-the-gate fee for ordinary refuse generated on such residential property (ordinary refuse does not include demolition-type waste generated on any such parcel of property). Owners of parcels of property within the Desert Area, excluding the Trona-Baker Areas, of Area No. 1 which are not residential are provided refuse disposal sites, but with respect to their refuse the refuse disposal sites are to be operated on a pay-at-the-gate basis. Accordingly, no refuse disposal land use fee is established for the nonresidential, improved parcels within the Desert Area, excluding the Trona-Baker Areas, of Area No. 1.
(Ord. 1923, passed - -1974; Am. Ord. 3445, passed - -1991; Am. Ord. 3458, passed - -1991)