<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 44-41. - Charges generally.</div>
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               For the service of collecting and disposing of refuse, the owner or occupant of all
               premises from which refuse is collected by the county or its franchisee shall be charged
               such rates as may be established, from time to time, by the county commissioners.
               No owner or occupant of these premises shall be exempt from the collection and disposal
               service provided by the county or by individual franchisees.
               
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                  (1)
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                  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all owners or occupants of premises
                  within the county shall be subject to the service charges prescribed by the county
                  commissioners. Fees for the collection and disposal of refuse by the county and/or
                  its franchisees shall be charged to the owner of all premises in the amount specified
                  in the fee schedule located in Appendix B.
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                  (2)
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                  New Hanover County Government and New Hanover County Public Schools are exempt from
                  tipping fees for the disposal of municipal solid waste at the New Hanover County solid
                  waste disposal facilities.
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                  (3)
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                  The North Carolina Department of Transportation is exempt from tipping fees for the
                  disposal of solid waste at the county solid waste facilities which is generated from
                  litter pickup activities along public roads and highways in New Hanover County by
                  Adopt-A-Highway volunteers, inmate litter crews, and/or highway maintenance personnel.
                  This tipping fee exemption does not apply to the disposal of solid waste generated
                  by any North Carolina Department of Transportation facilities, or any maintenance
                  or construction activities.
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                  (4)
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                  The Director of Environmental Management may waive tipping fees to organized community
                  cleanup activities for parks, green spaces, beaches, waterways, or similar public
                  open spaces in New Hanover County.
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                  (5)
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                  Any federal Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) or 501(d) non-profit organization
                  located in New Hanover County which accepts clothing, furniture or other items of
                  personal property on a year-round basis, and sells those items of personal property
                  to raise funds for the organization's services, or distributes those items of personal
                  property to persons in need, shall be exempt from paying tipping fees on that personal
                  property which is in such disrepair that it cannot be resold or distributed and must
                  be transported and disposed of at the New Hanover County Solid Waste facilities.
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                  (6)
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                  All requests for exemption meeting criteria subsections <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH44SOWA_ARTIICODI_DIV1MARESE_S44-41CHGE" class="section-link" data-product-id="11337">44-41</a>(1)â€”(5) shall be made on the appropriate form, in writing, to the director of environmental
                  management 30 days prior to the event. Applicants will be promptly notified of approval
                  or disapproval of the request in writing.
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               (Ord. of 6-2-2003, Â§ 4; Ord. of 1-22-2013, Â§ 2)
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