§ 52.03 FEES.
   (A)   The maximum fees which shall be charged by collectors for the collection of a standard, routine, or normal quantity of residential and/or commercial business garbage and refuse from the respective service classifications herein set forth shall be as follows.
      (1)   Single person household. One pickup per week; rate, charge, and/or fee to be established by the Common Council from time to time by resolution.
      (2)   Two or more person household. One pickup per week; rate, charge, and/or fee to be established by the Common Council from time to time by resolution.
      (3)   Commercial business establishments. Individual negotiations with the licensed contractor.
      (4)   Manufacturing and industrial plants. As negotiated between such licensed collector and manufacturing and industrial plant, and depending upon volume and type of garbage and refuse hauled.
      (5)   Special (vacation residential) and emergency pickups. Individual negotiations with the licensed collector.
   (B)   The monthly service fees, as determined by the collector, shall be the normal course of the operation as part of the city’s Water Department. Said service charge for an occupied active residential household shall, however, be billed separately by the garbage collector at his or her fees.
   (C)   (1)   Delinquent payment on occupied premises; water. If such charge by the collector is not paid when due, set by the collector, the water service to the occupied premises may be terminated by the city in such the manner as provided for in the event for delinquent water and sewer charges, and such water service shall not be restored until the charge in question has been paid in full, together with any penalty otherwise provided by this chapter.
      (2)   Occupied premises. Any place of abode, dwelling, or active residential household that is occupied that has water and sewer services will automatically receive garbage services by said collector. It will be required to utilize the garbage services for the city contracted hauler. The property owner will receive a garbage utility bill from the collector whether the property owner utilizes the service or not. It is the responsibility of the property owner to pay said bill, or uncollected garbage bills will result in the disconnection of water services. In the result of disconnection of water service, a reconnect charge for service will be charged to the property owner’s water and sewer bill.
   (D)   In addition to fees, any applicable state and/or municipal sales taxes as required by state statutes will be added.
   (E)   A collector may assess a reasonable additional fee for collection of garbage and refuse in excess of the standard, routine, or normal quantity of residential or commercial business establishments’ garbage and refuse, and may assess a reasonable additional fee in the event such collector is required to carry garbage, refuse, or both garbage and refuse a distance of more than 80 feet to the nearest point of reasonable vehicle access for pickup purposes.
   (F)   All fees assessed by the collector in addition to the fee for the standard quantity of residential and/or commercial business garbage and refuse shall be separately set forth on the collector’s billing and a complete explanation shall be provided therefor.
   (G)   Each residential unit in a mobile home park shall be classified as a single apartment for the purpose of this chapter.
   (H)   Upon request of a collector, the owner or manager of an apartment house or mobile home park containing in excess of two living units may, at said owner’s or manager’s option consent, to collect the fees herein set forth from his or her tenants and remit the same to said collector in one sum.
(Ord. 404, passed 5-2-1990; Ord. 409, passed 8-5-1992; Ord. 415, passed 10-6-1993; Ord. 421, passed 6-7-1995; Ord. 435, passed 10-1-1997; Ord. 470, passed 12-5-2006; Ord. 491, passed 4-4-2011; Ord. 511, passed 10-3-2016)