A. Assessment Against Real Property: The cost and expense of collecting and disposing of garbage under the provisions of this Chapter and of rules and regulations made pursuant thereto, including the cost of procuring, collecting and hauling equipment, and the maintenance, repair and replacement thereof as required; of salaries, wages, stationery and office supplies and office equipment, books of account and all incidental costs and expense, shall be specially assessed against the real property serviced and from which garbage is deposited, collected and removed, except as otherwise herein provided.
B. Residences:
1. Single-Family: The basis and unit for such assessment of residence premises shall be a residence occupied and used for residential purposes by one person or one family, and charges and assessments for services rendered thereto shall be made as the rules and regulations of the City Council made pursuant hereto shall provide on the basis of actual cost.
2. Multiple-Family: A residence which is occupied by more than one family shall be assessed more than the unit charge, and adjustment of charges and assessments above and on the basis of the unit price for a multiple-family dwelling shall be made as the rules and regulations shall provide and as experience shall show to be fair and equitable on the basis of actual cost, above the unit price, of the service rendered.
C. Businesses: When garbage removal service is rendered to business and professional concerns, the charge for such service shall be at actual cost as computed by the city council under its rules and regulations made and promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
D. Special Assessments; Lien: All special assessments made and levied under this chapter shall be made and levied and collected in the same manner, so far as practicable, as are other special assessments and levies of the city and shall be a lien against the property against which they are severally assessed and levied until paid and discharged, and shall be subject to the same penalty for delinquency in payment when due and payable, as are other special assessments and levies made by the city and as are authorized by the laws of the state.
E. Disposition Of Monies; Garbage Fund: All special assessments and levies, and all other money collected, received or paid under the provisions of this chapter shall be kept in a separate fund to be known as the garbage fund and shall be paid out only on warrants drawn against such fund and signed as are other warrants of the city for the disbursements of its funds, and only upon claims duly executed, presented, audited and allowed, all as required by law. (1977 Code § 7.08.050)