(A) Curbside collection of refuse shall be available to residential units and commercial structures under the terms and conditions of this subchapter, and under any reasonable rules and regulations as the Board may adopt. To be eligible for collection by the city, all refuse shall be separated and placed in separate approved trash bags by the occupants of the structure and shall require a trash collection sticker. The authorized bags for the collection and disposal of trash pursuant to this trash collection service shall have placed thereon a sticker to be purchased from the city or its authorized sellers at a price per sticker that the city may from time to time deem necessary to cover the costs of the service. The funds received from the sale of stickers and the base rate shall be for the cost of administration, collection and disposal costs, including equipment and labor costs, associated with the collection and disposal relating to the trash collection service. The sticker charge will be $1 for each sticker.
(B) (1) There is hereby imposed as base fee of $7.75 per month upon each residential unit contained in a structure consisting of one through three residential units plus $1 per stickered trash bag, each trash bag not to exceed 40 gallons in volume nor 30 pounds in weight.
(2) The fees established herein shall be imposed on and be the obligation of the owner of record of the residential unit or units as shown in the office of the County Recorder. The monthly fee shall be charged to each residential tenant subject to curbside collection, that being residential units of five units or less, regardless of whether the occupant thereof uses the city refuse curbside collection service or a private trash collection service.
(3) In the spring of each year the city has established a spring clean up week. For structures consisting of residential units of five units or less, there is hereby established an annual spring clean up fee of $6 for each residential customer billing. Additionally, the Tell City Trash Department during the spring clean up week allows residential customers to transport truckloads of trash to the Street Department site in Tell City. Because of the amount of such loads, an excess load fee is authorized to be billed for $10 per excess load, with such excess load to be determined by representatives of the Tell City Trash Department.
(C) (1) There is hereby imposed a fee for residential units contained in a structure consisting of at least four residential units or more, a base fee of $5.50 per month upon each residential unit contained in such structure, plus a fee of between $20 and $150 per month, as determined by the Street Commissioner, and the trash bags picked up by the City Trash Department for such apartment building shall not be required to have a bag fee, however, such trash bags shall not exceed 40 gallons in volume or 30 pounds in weight. The $5.50 per month, per unit fee shall be imposed upon the owner of said structure regardless of whether the occupants thereof use city provided refuse services, or privately provided services.
(2) For all commercial business structures there is hereby imposed a fee, as follows: the Street Commissioner may determine that such business structure shall qualify for the same fee structure as a residential structure, meaning that the commercial business customer would pay $5.50 per month plus $1 per trash bag for each separate trash bag. The Street Commissioner may also determine in his or her sole discretion that the above fee structure is not appropriate for such commercial business and may therefore instead of treating the commercial business customer as a residential customer for fee purposes, charge such commercial business customer a monthly fee between $35 and $150 per month, as determined by the Street Commissioner, and the trash bags picked up by the City Trash Department for such commercial customer shall not be required to have a bag fee, but the trash bags picked up shall not exceed 40 gallons in volume nor 30 pounds in weight. The customer shall be required to pay the $5.50 monthly fee, regardless of whether the occupant(s) thereof choose to use city provided refuse services, or private provided services.
(3) For billing purposes of the $5.50 monthly fee, except for apartment buildings containing four units or more, it shall be presumed that each water meter of the Water Department serves a structure for which the $5.50 monthly fee is due.
(D)
There is hereby imposed a fee charged to the City Housing Authority for its various housing units within the city, the following fees: 1648 10th Street - $495.00 per month; 1871 Pestalozzi Street - $310.00 per month; 605 16th Street - $310.00 per month. The trash bags collected at the above units of the City Housing Authority shall not be required to have stickers.
(E) (1) The fees imposed herein shall be due and payable at the office of the Trash Department in the City Hall on the fifteenth day of each month.
(2) There is hereby imposed a basic service fee of $50.00 if the Trash Department has to make a special trip to a tract of real property other than in its normal weekly operational route for the purpose of picking up trash bags. Additionally, improperly tagged trash bags or untagged trash bags which are picked up by the Trash Department at the time of its normal weekly operational route will require an additional fee of $5.00 per bag which is required to be properly tagged and collected by the Trash Department during this process.
(Ord. 662, passed 4-3-1989; Am. Ord. 934, passed 5-2-2005; Am. Ord. 937, passed 7-5-2005; Am. Ord. 974, passed 5-7-2007; Am. Ord. 1009, passed 5-4-2009; Am. Ord. 1043, passed 5-2-2011; Am. Ord. 1066, passed 5-6-2013; Am. Ord. 1123, passed 6-5-2017; Am. Ord. 1144, passed 5-7-2018; Am. Ord. 1176, passed 5-3-2021; Am. Ord. 1197, passed 1-17-2023)