<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 44-170. - User fees for waste collection and disposal.</div>
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               The costs of collection and disposal of solid waste in the county shall be recovered
               from the citizens through user fees.
               
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                  (1)
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                  There shall be an annual solid waste collection fee imposed to recover the costs of
                  operating the collection system located throughout rural the county. This fee shall
                  not be imposed in those incorporated areas within the county which have a recognized
                  garbage collection system.
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                  (2)
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                  There shall be an annual disposal fee imposed to recover the costs of siting, operating
                  and closing solid waste sites, sorting, reduction and disposal facilities in the county.
                  This fee shall be imposed countywide, inside and outside the incorporated areas.
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                  (3)
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                  There shall be a solid waste tipping fee imposed on selected, large industrial accounts
                  and on commercial solid waste haulers.
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                  (4)
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                  The amounts to be charged as solid waste collection fees, disposal fees and solid
                  waste tipping fees shall be established and adjusted as necessary by the county board
                  of commissioners, shall appear in the official minutes of the board meeting at which
                  the charges were adopted, and shall appear on fee schedule.
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                  (5)
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                  The total revenue derived from the solid waste collection fees, disposal fees, and
                  solid waste tipping fees shall be set to recover the full costs of solid waste collection
                  and disposal in the county, to include the costs of siting and opening new solid waste
                  disposal sites and closing old solid waste disposal sites.
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                  (6)
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                  The solid waste collection and disposal fees shall initially be collected on all new
                  primary residences (houses and mobile homes) before a certificate of occupancy is
                  issued by the county building inspections department. This initial fee will be prorated
                  on an amount equal to 1/12 of the appropriate fee times the number of full months
                  remaining in the calendar year at the time the certificate of occupancy is issued.
                  After the initial collection, the fee shall be billed annually on the ad valorem tax
                  notices sent to the county residences. The solid waste tipping fee amount shall be
                  determined at the landfill site, through a measurement system using either weight
                  or volume, depending on the type of solid waste being disposed. Invoices shall be
                  mailed monthly by the county to the solid waste tipping fee accounts.
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               (Ord. of no date, Â§ 1; Ord. of 7-24-2000; Ord. of 6-19-2023(1))
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