(a) Uniform handling service shall be implemented in every franchise area, and imposed on the owners of all classes of dwellings or commercial or industrial units within a given uniform handling area, unless otherwise specified within a franchise agreement. All owners of a dwelling or a commercial or industrial unit within the uniform handling area who are required to have uniform handling service shall, upon notice thereof, be required to accept uniform handling service from the grantee (or one of the grantees) holding a franchise agreement for the uniform handling area and pay the rate for such services currently in effect under the total rate of the applicable franchise agreement.
(b) Uniform handling service shall not be imposed on the owner of any class of dwelling or commercial or industrial unit located in an Agricultural Preserve Overlay District within the sphere of influence of the City of Chino or of the City of Ontario, as designated upon the land use district maps of the County General Plan.
(Ord. 4385, passed - -2020; Am. Ord. 4434, passed - -2022)