Section 380.307. - Payment on accounts; establishing credit accounts; controlling delinquent accounts.

(a) Unless otherwise provided for in this Section, users of the City's trash disposal sites or sanitary landfills shall pay in advance, according to established rates, prior to disposing of materials on said sites. (b) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section, a user of the City's trash disposal sites or sanitary landfills may establish credit accounts as a means of paying monthly garbage disposal rates and charges incurred under this Part by: (1) Agreeing to pay monthly all garbage disposal rates and charges incurred in each month upon presentation of a bill for the charges by the Environmental Resource Management Department; and (2) Providing security for unpaid incurred charges by depositing cash, a surety bond or a letter of credit as a security deposit with the Tax Collector in an amount sufficient to pay estimated charges for a period of three months as determined by the Director of Environmental Resource Management; or alternatively (3) In lieu of providing security as provided in subsection (b)(2) of this Section, a person providing solid waste collection service pursuant to a contract with the City may authorize the City to deduct delinquent disposal fees owed the City from his monthly compensation for collection service. (c) When unpaid monthly charges become past due, the user's security deposit account shall be debited for the amount of the charges. (d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section, when past-due and unpaid monthly charges for a user exceed the amount deposited in that user's security deposit account, the user shall thereafter pay cash for each disposal in the City's trash disposal sites or sanitary landfills prior to making the disposal until the user is in compliance with subsection (b) of this Section. (e) When a user has caused complete depletion of his security deposit account by failure to pay past-due monthly charges, he may continue utilizing his credit account after: (1) Submission of a plan for replenishing his security deposit account to an amount sufficient to pay estimated charges for a period of three months. (2) Payment of the past-due monthly charges and current monthly charges upon submission of a bill for the charges by the Environmental Resource Management Department and approval thereof by the Director of Environmental Resource Management. The provisions of this subsection shall be available only if a user is not delinquent in paying under another plan approved under this subsection. (f) Notwithstanding any of the above provisions of this Section, the Chief of Solid Waste is authorized to waive the provisions of this Section and authorize a user of the City's trash disposal sites or sanitary landfills to dispose of authorized waste if the user exceeds its established security, if and only if: (1) The user has an acceptable and established financial history with the City; and (2) The disposal shall be for a one time job or event; and (3) Satisfactory arrangements for the prompt payment of the disposal fees are made in advance of the disposal; and (4) The Chief of Solid Waste maintains a log of all such waivers reflecting the date of disposal, the disposal fee and the date of payment. (Ord. 75-318-126, § 1; Ord. 75-1052-517, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 2006-535-E, § 1) Note— Former § 519.107.