<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 44-55. - Collection facility user fee.</div>
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               An annual fee, denominated a collection facility user fee, may be charged to defray,
               wholly or in part, the capital and operating costs of providing solid waste and designated
               solid waste collection facilities and services for the use of the owners or occupants
               of each single-family residential unit of noncommercial residential premises within
               the territorial jurisdiction of this chapter. The fee shall be imposed upon the owners
               of such units as provided by and in the amount set forth in the annual schedule of
               solid waste management fees adopted by the board of county commissioners. If imposed,
               such fee shall be charged and collected as follows:
               
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                  (1)
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                  The county assessor shall determine from the tax records of the county the names and
                  addresses of the owners, as of July 1 of each year, of each separate parcel of noncommercial
                  residential property wholly or partly in an urban collection area and the number of
                  habitable single-family residential units subject to the fee on or within such property.
                  Such information shall be provided to the county tax collector for billing and collection
                  of the fee.
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                  (2)
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                  The county tax collector shall multiply the number of habitable single-family units
                  subject to the fee in each such tax parcel of noncommercial residential property by
                  the amount of fee chargeable to each unit therein and include such total amounts on
                  the annual bill sent such owners for property taxes levied on such parcel. The fee
                  shall be due upon receipt of the bill and payable without interest if paid before
                  January 6 next following such receipt. Fees shall be paid in the manner provided in
                  G.S. 105-357, 105-358, and 105-359.
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                  (3)
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                  Fees for each fiscal year paid on or after January 6 of the year is delinquent and
                  are subject to interest as set forth in G.S. 105-360.
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                  (4)
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                  A lien securing payment of fees charged against a parcel of noncommercial residential
                  property shall attach to the parcel on July 1 of each fiscal year. In the event of
                  nonpayment of the fees after they are delinquent, the tax collector may enforce the
                  lien in the manner for foreclosure for unpaid ad valorem property taxes set forth
                  in G.S. 105-374 and 105-375.
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                  (5)
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                  The tax collector shall pay over and account to the county for fees collected hereunder
                  in accordance with rules promulgated by the county finance director.
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               (Ord. of 2-3-1997, Â§ 1-36)
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