(a) An annual fee in an amount to be set periodically by Resolution of Council of the Borough of White Oak is hereby imposed upon each dwelling unit located in the Borough of White Oak for the collection and removal of garbage and other refuse material by the Borough's contract hauler. The fee shall be applicable for the year 2012 and each year thereafter. Invoices for the annual fee shall be mailed to the owner of the real estate upon which the dwelling unit is located on or before January 1 of the year for which the invoice applies. The aforesaid owner of the real estate upon which the dwelling unit is located is required to pay said invoice in one of the following manners:
(Ord. 3611. Passed 6-20-11.)
(Ord. 3611. Passed 6-20-11.)
(1) The Annual fee to be paid during the Discount Period on or before February 28 of the year for which the fee is due as per this subsection shall be one hundred ninety-two dollars ($192.00).
(2) The annual fee to be paid during the Face Period of March 1 through June 30 as per this subsection shall be two hundred four dollars ($204.00).
(3) The annual fee to be paid during the Penalty Period from July 1 through December 31 as per this subsection shall be two hundred forty dollars ($240.00).
(4) An administrative fee in the amount of forty-five dollars ($45.00) will be paid to the Borough for accounts delinquent after December 31, of the year charged for which the annual fee is due.
(5) Interest at the rate of five percent (5%) will be charged on delinquent accounts not paid by December 31, of the year for which said annual fee was imposed.
(6) Penalty in the amount of five percent (5%) will be charged on delinquent accounts not paid by December 31, of the year for which said annual fee was imposed.
(7) Legal fees and court costs as charged by the Borough Solicitor for collection of delinquent accounts will be charged.
(Res. 3612. Passed 6-20-11.)
(b) All invoices for trash collection will be mailed to the owner of the real estate to which the invoice applies at the address designated by said owner or in the event that said owner does not designate an address the invoices shall be mailed either to the property serviced or any address designated in tax records.
(c) A dwelling unit is defined as a single family house or residential unit the equivalent thereof having separate culinary facilities. Each dwelling unit in a duplex or in a row of connecting houses shall be billed as a separate dwelling unit.
(d) Each dwelling unit in the Borough shall use the garbage collection and disposal service provided by the Borough and shall pay the annual fee imposed by this section whether garbage is actually collected from the dwelling unit or not.
(e) Neither the Borough nor its contract hauler on behalf of the Borough shall collect and dispose of garbage and refuse material from apartment buildings, any kind of building containing three or more dwelling units, or any property containing three or more dwelling units on the same parcel of land. Also, business establishments, commercial establishments, industrial establishments, schools, churches, volunteer fire companies and other non-residential establishments shall arrange for their own garbage and refuse collection and disposal.
(f) The proper officers of the Borough are authorized and directed to institute any necessary billing practices and procedures for the collection of the fee imposed by this section. The billing and .collection of the fee may be performed by employees of the Borough or in the alternative, these functions may be subcontracted to an independent agency or entity.
(g) The fee imposed by this section shall become a lien upon the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest therein upon which the dwelling unit is located, such lien to begin at the time when the fee under this section is due and payable, and continue until discharged by payment, or in accordance with the law, and the Solicitor is authorized to file a municipal claim in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Claims and Liens Act of 1923, 53 P.S. Section 7101 et seq., its supplements and amendments.
(h) In the event the annual fee remains unpaid after December 31 of the year for which the fee is due, there shall be added to any claim for said past due fees an administrative fee to be determined by Resolution of Council, as well as such attorney's fees, court costs and expenses incurred in the collection process. In addition such interest and penalties as are allowed by law shall be added as additional charges.
(i) All fees imposed by this section, together with interest and penalties prescribed herein shall be recoverable as other debts of like character are recovered.
(j) The effective date of the section shall be January 1, 2012.
(Ord. 3611. Passed 6-20-11.)