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RESOLUTION NO. 80-166 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ~F THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHEDULE OF SERVICE CHARGES FOR REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICES WHEREAS, Article II, Chapter 16 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code provided for refuse collection services in the City of Santa Ana and authorizes the establishment of charges for such services by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS, increased costs to the City of Santa Ana for the provision of refuse collection services now require an upward adjustment in such service charges; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: 1. As used herein "service unit" shall mean each of the following: each single-family dwelling, each dwelling unit within a duplex, triplex, or multifamily residential building, each apartment or condominium unit within an apartment or condominium building, and each business, professional, industrial, or other non-residential occupancy unit; provided each such unit which receives refuse collection services solely by means of the mechanically unloaded bin service provided by the City's refuse collection contractor shall not be considered a service unit for purposes of this Resolution. 2. The service charge for refuse collection services shall be billed once each two months. Each service unit having a separate water meter and each combination of service units sharing a common water meter shall constitute a single billing unit for purposes of this Resolution. For each such billing unit receiving water service from the City of Santa Ana, the service charge hereby imposed shall be added to the charges for water service and billed with the bill for water service. Each billing unit not receiving water service from the City of Santa Ana shall be billed separately. 3. The service charge for refuse collection services is hereby imposed as follows: Type of Billing Unit Charge per Service Unit per two-months Single-family residence ....... $ 6.58 Duplex (2 service units) ...... 5.42 Triplex (3 service units) ...... 4.96 Multifamily Residential ....... 4.96 (4 or more service units) Non-residential ........... 6.58 4. All service charges shall be due and payable at the Finance Department in the City Hall of the City of Santa Ana on the date of billing therefor, and shall become delinquent fifteen (15) days from and after the date of such billing. A penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be charged on all unpaid bills for such service charges thirty (30) days from and after the billing date. 5. The service charaes established by this Resolution shall become effective on the first billing following adoption of this Resolution according to the current billing dates of each billing unit respectively.