3071 ORDINANCE NO. 3071
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, ENDING
CHAPTER 11 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD ENTITLED
"GARBAGE, TRASH, WEEDS AND SOLID WASTE"; PROVIDING
THAT MANDATORY COLLECTION OF COMMERCIAL WASTE BY SOLID
WASTE DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SHALL
BEGIN ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1991; PROVIDING A NEW
SCHEDULE OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES; PROVIDING
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL COLLECTION FEE FOR COMMERCIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS; PROVIDING FOR WAIVER OF FEES FOR
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION,
SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Chapter 11, Article I, Section 11-1.1, Mandatory
Refuse Service By City, shall be amended to read as follows:
section 11-1.1. Mandatory Refuse Service By City. All property
owners and/or occupants of residential property within the City limits of
Sanford, Florida will be required to have mandatory refuse pickup bY the
City and pay charges for such service as specified in Section 11-12
beginning on January 1, 1989. All business owners or occupants of
commercial property and all persons or companies who have been issued an
occupational license by the City and are located within the City limits of
the City of Sanford will be required to have mandatory refuse pickup by the
City and pay charges to the City for s~ch service as specified in Section
11-12 beginning on or after October 1, 1991.
SECTION 2: That Chapter 11, Article I, Section 11-12, schedule Of
solid waste collection fees, shall be amended to read as follows:
section 11-12. Schedule of solid waste collection fees. There is
hereby imposed a solid waste collection fee, the term "solid waste
collection" includes collection of garbage, refuse and recyclable materials
as defined in Section ll-1 herein. The amount of said fee shall be in
accordance with the following schedule:
(a) For each "single-family residence" which term shall embrace
only a single building and it's premises for single-family
occupancy, and exclude any rental occupancy other than
single-family, each "church" and each "lodge", which term
shall embrace only nonprofit, fraternal organizations
maintaining buildings for their lodge purposes and each
"nursery", such term embracing only educational buildings
used for instruction of children of pre-public school age,
the fee to be paid to the city for garbage and refuse
collection service shall be ten dollars and ninety-five cents
($10.95) per month and the fee to be paid to the City for
recyclabte materials collection shall be one dollar and
seventy-six cents ($1.76) per month; provided that
residential uses such as lodges, churches and nursery's that
generate volumes of solid waste in excess of that allowed for
residential uses as specified in Section 11-2 shall be
designated to be commercial establishments and shall be
charged fees according to the rates for commercial
establishments as specified in Section ll-12(d) herein.
(b) For each multiple-residential use, including, but not limited
to, duplexes, apartments, quarters or combination thereof:
(1) The fee to be paid to the City for multiple-residential
garbage and refuse collection service shall be six
dollars and eighty cents ($6.80) per month per family
dwelling unit and the fee to be paid to the City for
recyclable materials collection shall be one dollar and
seventy-six cents ($1.76) per month per family dwelling
unit. "Quarters" occupancy is defined as several
single-family rental buildings of one ownership on the
same premises and services as to other utilities through
a single utility meter or bill.
(2) Any multiple-residential use which, in the judgement of
the Public Works Director, can be serviced with city
provided commercial collection containers, are hereby
declared to be commercial establishments and the fee to
be paid to the City monthly shall be at the rate of ten
dollars and thirteen cents ($10.13) plus a recycling fee
of One dollar and seventy-six cents ($1.76) for each
cubic yard of solid waste collected per week, subject
however, to a minimum fee of eleven dollars and
eighty-nine cents ($11.89) per month. Such
multiple-residential uses shall be regulated in
accordance with the rules and regulations provided in
this chapter for the operation of commercial
establishments.
(c) Refuse Collection Fee Waiver, Customer Charge - There shall
be a monthly customer charge for each account. The monthly
charge will be the monthly charge outlined in the Sanford
City Code Section ll-12.(a)&(b), with the exception of those
persons and families that meet the City of Sanford's poverty
guidelines which are hereby defined as person or persons
whose income is at or below the level of twenty-eight percent
(28%) of the median household income for this area as defined
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's
most recently released data. Said person or persons meeting
the City of Sanford's poverty guidelines, subject to proper
application for assistance and proper documentation of income
verification, shall receive free solid waste and recycling
pick-up. Proper documentation shall consist of Florida
Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services income
statements, the person or persons most recent U.8. Internal
Revenue Service Income Tax return and/or other documentation
of City Manager shall judge sufficient to verify income.
(d) For commercial establishments, which shall include motels,
hotels, manufacturers, retail and wholesale establishment,
general offices and all other places wherever solid waste may
accumulate and which are not described herein as residential:
(1) Containers furnished by the City. Where, in the
judgement of the Public Works Director, commercial
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refuse service can be furnished using City provided
containers, such containers shall be furnished by the
City and the fee to be paid to the City monthly shall be
at the rate of ten dollars and thirteen cents ($10.13)
plus a recycling fee of one dollar and seventy-six cents
($1.76) for each cubic yard of solid waste collected per
week, subject however, to a minimum fee of eleven
dollars and eighty-nine cents ($11.89) per month.
(2) Containers provided by the user. Where, in the
judgement of the Director, commercial refuse collection
service can be furnished without the use of
City-furnished containers, the fee to be paid to the
City monthly shall be at the rate of ten dollars and
thirteen cents ($10.13) plus a recycling fee of one
dollar and seventy-six cents ($1.76) for each cubic yard
of solid waste collected per week, subject however, to a
minimum fee of eleven dollars and eighty-nine cents
($11.89) per month.
(3) Compacted refuse. Where the collection of compacted
refuse is acceptable by the Director, the fee to be paid
to the City monthly shall be at the rate of ten dollars
and thirteen cents ($10.13) plus a recycling fee of one
dollar and seventy-six cents ($1.76) for each cubic yard
of solid waste collected per week, plus a fee which
shall be determined by an agreement between the
establishment and the Director that shall be sufficient
to cover the costs of the service rendered, subject to
appeal to the City Manager and the City Commission. The
minimum fee for the collection of compacted refuse shall
be eleven dollars and eighty-nine cents ($11.89) per
month.
(4) Waiver of fees. The Public Works Director shall have
the authority to waive the refuse collection fee(s)
provided for herein should an investigation reveal that
a commercial establishment does not generate any refuse
and thereby does not require refuse collection service
by the city of sanford or that a commercial
establishment has a Service Agreement with a franchise
collector for such collection service that meets or
exceeds the standards established by the City's
collection program. If at any time during a billing
period, it becomes necessary to provide refuse
collection service to a commercial establishment, the
commercial establishment will be billed as though it had
utilized the refuse collection service for the whole
billing period. This subsection shall not be construed
to allow any person to violate any provision of this or
any other Chapter of the Code of the City of Sanford.
SECTION 3: Codification. That this Ordinance shall be codified
and made a part of the City Code of Ordinances.
SECTION 4: Severability. If any section or portion of a section
Of this ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional it
shall not be held to impair the validity, force or effect of any other
section or part of a section of this ordinance.
SECTION 5: Conflicts That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
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in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 6: Effective Date. shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
MAYOR ~~~
ATTEST:
City of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. 't g n true and correct
Florida, do hereby h a
copy of Ordinance No. 3071, PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 26th day of
August, 1991, was posted at the front door of the City Hall in the
City of Sanford, Florida, on the 27th day of August, 1991.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the
official seal of the City of Sanford, Florida, this 27th day of
August, 1991.
~ the City ~~e
City of Sanford, Florida
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