There is hereby established a City Waste Management System.
(A) (1) No household garbage or refuse shall be collected or disposed of by any household or owner of any 2-unit apartment except through the City Waste Management System.
(2) No commercial or industrial garbage or refuse shall be disposed of except by the owner thereof or by a duly licensed garbage or refuse collector.
(3) The existence of indoor or outdoor incinerators or burning receptacles shall not relieve any household from disposing of household garbage or refuse through the City Waste Management System.
(B) The Council shall make and establish by resolution administrative regulations and rules that may be necessary and proper to regulate, enforce and carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(C) (1) The Council shall make and establish by resolution a system of service charges for the removal and disposal of household garbage and refuse under the City Waste Management System.
(2) It shall fix and declare the maximum charges, including any special charges; and shall classify the removal and disposal according to the type of service required and given.
(D) (1) All service charges for the Waste Management System for each household shall be entered, shown and placed on the city utility bill and be indicated thereon as city garbage service charge.
(2) All service charges shall be due and payable at the City Hall. In case service charges are not paid by the fifteenth day of the month, after the same become due, the city shall add 10% to the amount of the service charge bill.
(E) All service charges for residential household refuse service shall be charged directly to the owner or occupant of the real estate to which service is provided.
(F) (1) In case of failure to pay this service charge after the expiration of 10 days after the due date, written notice shall be given by mail to the owner of the real estate for which refuse service is provided.
(2) After the expiration of 30 days from the date of the written notice, service charges shall be certified to the County Auditor on October 1 of each year, with interest thereon at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of expiration of the 30-days’ notice, to be included with the taxes against the real estate involved and to be collected.
(3) The Council shall levy annually an assessment equal to the unpaid service charges on October 1 of each year against the lot or parcel of land involved.
(4) The assessments shall be so certified to the Council Auditor and shall be collected and remitted to the City of St. Charles in the same manner as special assessments.
(G) (1) All income from the operation of the residential refuse collection system shall be kept and maintained in a special city fund hereby designated as the waste management fund.
(2) All expenses of the operation of the City Waste Management System shall be paid from this fund.
(H) The garbage rate shall be established annually or as needed, by city resolution.
(1987 Code, § 410.11) Penalty, see § 10.99