HomeMy WebLinkAbout78-127RESOLUTION NO. 78-127
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9/27/78
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF 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 provides 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:
T~pe of Billin~ Unit
Charge per Service Unit
per two-months
Single-family residence ....... $ 5.10
Duplex (2 service units) ...... 4.20
Triplex (3 service units) ..... 3.84
Multifamily Residential ....... 3.84
(4 or more service units)
Non-residential ............... 5.10
4. Ail 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.
RESOLUTION NO. 78-127
5. The service charges 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.
6. Resolution No. 77-73 is hereby repealed.
ADOPTED this 2nd day of
the following vote:
October , 1978, by
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCILMEN: Ward, Brandt, Bricken,
Evans
COUNCILMEN: Ortiz
Yamamoto,
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
COUNCILMEN: Garthe
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KEITH L. GOW
City Attorney
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