1244 ORDINANCE NO. 1244
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 11, SANFORD CITY CODE OF THE
CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, SECTION 11-12 THEREOF,
AS AMENDED, SUCH SECTION IMPOSING A FEE FOR THE
COLLECTION OF REFUSE AS DEFINED THEREIN PRE-
SCRIBING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH FEE AND DEFINING
USAGES UPON WHICH SAID FEE IS BASED AND PROVIDING
FOR THE METHODS OF BILLING, SAID AMENDMENT CHANG-
ING THE FEES FOR REFUSE COLLECTION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Section 11-12 of Chapter 11 of the
Sanford City Code, be and the same is hereby amended in words
and figures in accordance with Schedule I attached hereto and
hereby made a part of this Ordinance as fully and completely
as though the same were set forth in this Section.
SECTION 2. Except as amended herein, said section
as amended shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall become effec-
tive October 1, 1974.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of August
A. D., 1974. ~~~
May o
Attest: ~~
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do
hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance
No. 1244, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of San-
ford, Florida, on the 26th day of August, 1974, was POSTED on the front
door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 27th day
of August, 1974.
SCHEDULE I
"Sec. 11-12. Schedule of Refuse Collection Fees
There is hereby imposed a refuse collection fee,
the term "refuse collection" including collection of
both garbage and refuse as defined in Section 11-1
of the Code of the City of Sanford, Florida, 1973,
the amount of which fee shall be in accordance with
the following schedule:
(a) For each single-family residence, which
term shall embrace only a single building and its
premises for single-family occupancy, and exclude
any rental occupancy other than the single-family,
each church, each lodge, which term shall embrace
only non-profit, 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 shall be three dollars
and ninety-five cents ($3.95) per month with an allowance
of not more than two receptacles, as required by Section
11-2 of the Code of the City of Sanford, Florida, per
usage.
(b) For any multiple residential use including
but not limited to duplexes, apartments, quarters or
combination thereof, a charge of two dollars and seventy-five
cents ($2.75) per family dwelling unit, subject, however,
to a minimum of five dollars and fifty cents ($5.50).
Quarters occupancy is defined as several single family
rental buildings of one ownership on the same premises
and serviced as to other utilities through a single
utility meter or bill. No more than two receptacles
per family dwelling unit shall be allowed as provided
by Section 11-12.
(c) For each business occupancy (which term shall
embrace any occupancy other than purely residential) the
fees to be paid to the City shall be as follows:
Volume per Monthly charges based upon collections per week
collection 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 yard 4.80 9.60 14.40 19.20 24.00 28.80
2 yards 9.60 19.20 28.80 38.40 48.00 57.60
3 yards 14.40 28.80 43.20 57.60 72.00 86.40
4 yards 19.20 38.40 57.60 76.80 96.00 115.20
5 yards 24.00 48.00 72.00 96.00 120.00 144.00
6 yards 28.80 57.60 86.40 115.20 144.00 172.80
7 yards 33~60~ 67.20 100.80 134.40 168.00 201.60
8 yards 38.40 76.80 115.20 153.60 192.00 230.40
9 yards 43.20 86.40 129.60 172.80 216.00 259.20
10 yards 48.00 96.00 144.00 192.00 240.00 288.00
Provided, however, commercial establishments having a volume
of collections less than one cubic yard per collection, the
fee to be paid to the city shall be a minimum of $4.80 per
month for two collections per week; $7.20 per month for three
collections per week; $9.60 per month for four collections
per week; $12.00 for five collections per week; $14.40 for
six collections per week.
(d) The monthly fees provided hereina'bove shall
cover the uniform refuse collection service provided for all
usages similarly situated throughout the City of Sanford.
Upon application of the owner to the City Manager, or upon
his own investigation, the City Manager is hereby vested
with authority after consideration of the volume, type,
specialty of handling, and required frequency of collection,
to specially classify users as special refuse collection
customers. These customers shall pay a refuse fee recommended
by the City Manager and approved by the City Commission upon
notification to the user as to such special classification
and fee. Should any person feel aggrieved 'by an administrative
ruling of the City Manager under and by virtue of this
ordinance, such person may file a written complaint in
duplicate with the City Clerk not later than twenty-four
hours prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the City
Commission and set forth, briefly, the grievance complained
of. The Clerk upon receipt of such complaint shall refer
the same to the City Manager to be placed on the agenda for
hearing at the next ensuing meeting of the City Commission."