§ 86-101. Charge for collection.

(a)

The fees specified in this section are based on the availability of city removal, disposal and recycling services and shall be collected regardless of whether or not the occupant of a residential unit places any refuse or recyclable materials out for collection.

(b)

Each occupied residential unit within the city limits shall be charged the sum of $24.45, plus applicable sales tax, per month for city refuse collection and curb-side recycling services.

(c)

When the head of the household of a residential unit certifies in writing to the utility collections office that he is over 65 years of age and that he will place no more than one 30-gallon can or one 30-gallon plastic bag of refuse at his residential unit for collection on each regularly scheduled collection day, the monthly charge for city refuse collection and curb-side recycling services will be $21.15 plus applicable sales tax.

(d)

When the owner of an unoccupied residential unit certifies in writing to the utility billing office that the unit is unoccupied and water service has been disconnected, the monthly charge levied under subsections (b) and (c) of this section from that time forward shall not be assessed for as long as the unit remains unoccupied and the water service remains disconnected.

(e)

For multifamily dwelling unit projects containing eight dwelling units or less, the monthly charge for refuse collection and curb-side recycling services shall be $24.45, plus applicable sales tax, times the number of occupied units in the project.

(f)

A multifamily unit that exceeds eight dwelling units will be considered a commercial multifamily unit, and no city refuse collection or curb-side recycling services will be provided.

(Code 1967, § 14-16; Ord. No. 2019, § 2, 6-10-76; Ord. No. 2081, §§ 1, 2, 9-23-76; Ord. No. 2739, § 1, 9-27-79; Ord. No. 2975, § 1, 9-25-80; Ord. No. 3230, § 1, 9-24-81; Ord. No. 3462, § 1, 9-24-82; Ord. No. 3714, § 1, 11-10-83; Ord. No. 4270, § 1, 9-26-85; Ord. No. 5100, § 1, 9-22-88; Ord. No. 5349, § 1, 9-14-89; Ord. No. 5471, § 1, 2-22-90; Ord. No. 6009, § 1, 9-26-91; Ord. No. 6350, § 1, 9-24-92; Ord. No. 6527, § 2, 1-28-93; Ord. No. 6776, § 1, 9-23-93; Ord. No. 7393, § 1, 9-14-95; Ord. No. 8986, § 1, 9-14-00; Ord. No. 9406, § 1, 8-22-02; Ord. No. 10,404, §§ 1—3, 9-14-06; Ord. No. 10,866, § 1, 3-27-08; Ord. No. 11,182, §§ 1—3, 9-10-09; Ord. No. 11,433, §§ 1—3, 9-9-10; Ord. No. 12,054, § 1, 9-13-12; Ord. No. 13,340 , § 1, 10-27-16; Ord. No. 13,578 , § 1, 9-14-17)