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## AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO GARBAGE AND REFUSE COLLECTION FOR THE TOWN OF BRIDGEVILLE
The Commissioners of Bridgeville hereby ordain:
Section 1. Definitions.
- (a) As used in this Ordinance:
- (1) Garbage shall mean wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, and wastes resulting from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
- (2) Refuse shall mean:
- (A) Combustible trash, including but not limited to paper, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture and bedding.
- tin cans, dirt, stone, glass, crockery and other mineral waste.
- (B) Noncombustible trash, including but not limited to metals,
- (C) Street rubbish, including but not limited to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt and contents of litter receptacles.
manufacturing operations.
- (3) Residential Areas shall mean and include all residences other than motels and hotels, but shall include boardinghouses, apartment houses and condominiums, regardless of whether such residences are located in areas other than residential zones as defined in the Bridgeville Zoning Ordinance.
Section 2. Collections and disposal by Town.
Except as provided herein, all garbage and refuse accumulated within the Town of Bridgeville shall be collected by, conveyed by and disposed of by the Town of Bridgeville.
Section 3. Exceptions.
Garbage and refuse will be collected by the Town, or the Town's authorized collector, except that the owners of residential and nonresidential establishments may elect to have their garbage and residential and refuse collected by a private collector, provided that before of each year said owner verifies in a manner satisfactory to the Commissioners or a Town employee designated by the Commissioners, that they have provided for the collection and disposal of such garbage and refuse. In such event, said owner will not be billed by the Town for a collection fee for the said year commencing
- Wastes resulting from industrial processes and
## Section 4. Administration.
Garbage and refuse collection by the Town shall be supervised by the Commissioners or a Town employee designated by the Commissioners, who shall have authority to promulgate written rules and regulations not consistent with this chapter which regulate the types and amounts of garbage and refuse which the city will collect and all other matters incidental thereto.
Section 5. Fees for collection.
The Town shall collect from the owner of each parcel of residential real estate, who has not provided for a private collector in accordance with Section 3 herein, or from his or her tenant if the owner so designate, monthly garbage and refuse collection fee as set forth on the following schedule of fees, and shall collect from the owner of each commercial establishment which has not provided far a private collector in accordance with Section 3 herein, a monthly garbage and refuse collection fee as set forth in the following schedule of fees. Said fee will be for each month commencing \_of each year. Garbage fees will show as a separate line item on the water/sewer bills and will be included in each month's total. Bills are due upon receipt, bills are past due after the 15th of the month. A penalty of one and five tenths percent (1.5%) per month will be added to past due bills until paid. If any fee is not paid when due, the Town may discontinue collection service and water service until paid and may, in addition, proceed for the collection of said unpaid fees and penalties by an action in a court of competent jurisdiction or in any other manner provided by law.
Residential Fees
Use
Rental units Single-family dwellings Multi-family dwellings (per unit)
Use
Monthly Rate
Monthly Rate
Restaurants, per seat, per year Hardware stores, variety stores, package stores, furniture stores, five-and-ten stores, snack bars, amusement arcades Light volume Medium volume Heavy volume Laundromats and service stations Medium volume All other commercial stores Under 750 square feet 750 to 1,500 square feet Over 1,500 square feet (all volumes) professional offices, banks Use Hotels and motels, per room, per year Nonprofit organizations All eating establishments which have a private hauler and which operate a carry-out window shall pay the city a fee per year, regardless of whether or not they use the city collection service Light volume Over light volume Section 2. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption by a majority of the Commissioners of the Town of Bridgeville.
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COMMISSIONERS OF BRIDGEVILLE
BY:
ATTEST:
President
Margaret W. Seppole
secretar
ADOPTED: 10/1|2.000
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