8436-93 Amending Various Sections Throught Chapter 16 Refuse

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containers and bags : Eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11 .50) Fifteen Dollars ($15 . 00) per month. (6) The City shall provide or contract with others to provide specialty collection services, which allow for collection of residential refuse from areas other than curbside or alleyside . Specialty collection service shall be subject to a monthly charge of Fifteen dollars ($15 . 00) for a single-family dwelling; provided, however, that where specialized services are provided to residences where the head of the household is disabled or sixty-five (65) years of age or older, and where financial hardship can be demonstrated pursuant to rules and standards adopted by the Board of Public Works, the monthly fee for such service shall be Seven dollars and fifty cents ($7 .50) . (7) The City may provide or contract with others to provide curbside collection of recyclables . If such collection is performed by the City, the fee for such service may be set by the Board of Public Works after a public hearing to a fee reflective of the actual cost to the City of providing such service . If the service is performed by a contractor selected pursuant to a public bid process, the monthly fee for such service to the public may be determined by the bid or may be set by the Board of Public Works as set out above . (6) (8) Pickup of appliances, furniture and other miscellaneous items : Appliances, furniture and other miscellaneous items will be picked up as a part of the regularly city solid wastc customer, provided that no special equipment is - : ' - - - . _ _ ' - -- - which, in the opinion of the manager of the Bureau of Solid Waste, require special equipment or special scheduling, or pick up requested by subject to the following charges : Eight dollars and fifty cents ($8 .50) minimum for one itcm and three dollars and fifty cents ($3 .50) for each additional item to be picked up. When the extra items to be pickcd up arc items such as brush, construction or demolition debris or items other than appliances and furniture, customer with an estimated removal cost . This total cost shall replace the per item cost listed previously. shall be picked up by the City from residential customers subject to the following charges : (1) First large item (appliance, sofa, etc No Charge (2) Second large item or 1/2 cubic yard of construction or demolition debris . . $ 10 . 00 (3) Per cubic yard $ 20 . 00 (4) Per truck load (18 cubic yards) $420 . 00 The manager of the Bureau of Solid Waste shall, upon request, provide the customer with an estimated removal cost . In such a case, the items will be removed by the Bureau only after acceptance by the customer of the estimated removal costs . (9) The City may provide residential refuse collection services to residences outside of the corporate limits of South Bend. The fee for such service shall be based upon the fee schedule for residences within the City plus a surcharge equal to twenty percent (20%) of the fees for City residents set out above.