1089 ORDINANCE NO. 1089
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 11, THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA, 1954, AS AMENDED, SECTION
11-12.1 THEREOF, AS AMENDED, SUCH SECTION IM-
POSING A FEE FOR THE COLLECTION OF REFUSE AS
DEFINED THEREIN PRESCRIBING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH
FEE AND DEFINING USAGES UPON WHICH SAID FEE IS
BASED ANDPROVIDING FOR THE METHODS OF BILLING
THE SAME, AND SAID AMENDMENT CHANGING THE FEES
FOR COLLECTION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 11, The Code of the City of Sanford,
Florida, 1954, as amended, Section 11-12. i thereof, as amended, be and
the same is hereby amended by changing the fees for refuse collection
according to Schedule A, attached hereto and by reference incorporated
herein.
SECTION 2. Except as herin amended, said section as amended
shall remain in full force and virtue.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective October 1, 1972.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this I]_)~A. D. 1972.
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SCHEDULE A
That Chapter 11 of The Code of the City of Sanford, Florida, 1954, Sec-
tion 11 - 12.1, be and the same is hereby amended in words and figures
to read as follows:
'~ec. 11 - 12.1. Refuse collection fees--Imposed; amount.
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, 1954, 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 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 shall be three dollars and ten cents ($3,10) 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 one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per family dwel-
ling unit, subject, however, to a minimum of three dollars
($3.00). 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 - 2.
(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 13~.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 hereinabove shall cover
the uniform refuse collection service provided for all usages
similarly situated throughout the City of Sanford. Upon appli-
cation of the owner to the City Manager, or upon his own in-
vestigation, 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 com-
plaint 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."
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. 1089, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the llth day of
September, 1972, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall
on the 13th day of September, 1972.
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