1013ORDINANCE NO. 1013
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA
AMENDING CHAPTER 11, THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA, 1954, SECTION 11-12.1 THEREOF,
SUCH SECTION IMPOSING 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, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
METHODS OF BILLING FOR THE SAME, AND THE SAID
AMENDMENT CHANGING THE FEES FOR COLLECTION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 11 of The Code of the City of Sanford,
Florida, 1954, Section 11-12.1, be and the same is hereby amended in
words and figures to read as follows:
"Sec. 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 shah 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 two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) 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 dwelling
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.
Volume per
collection
Monthly charges based upon collections per week
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 collec-
tion, 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
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
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconflict here-
with be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
A.D. 1971.
Attest:
8th day of February
Ma ~ ~
Xs ne tsity Commissiom/~ the
City of Sanford, Florida.
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. lO13, PASSED and ADOPTED
by the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on
the 8th day of February, 1971, was POSTED at the front door
of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the
9th day of February, 1971.