Special collections, fees, extra charges

(a)

Special collections by the department or waste services not expressly provided for in this chapter may be performed upon payment of reasonable fees and pursuant to such conditions as may be specified by the director, such fees to be reviewed annually by the city commission. Whenever noncompliance of this chapter occurs, which necessitates the department to remove, rectify or remedy said noncompliance, the fee for such services, as indicated in section 22-93, shall be assessed upon the person responsible for the conditions which give rise to and cause the noncompliance.

(b)

Refusal or delay in rendering payment for any special collection performed as outlined in this chapter shall constitute the basis for adding such unpaid charges to the regular waste fee assessment accruing against the property where such special collections are made, and are hereby imposed as special assessment liens against the real property aforesaid, and until fully paid and discharged, or barred by law, shall remain liens equal in rank and dignity with the lien of ad valorem taxes and superior in rank and dignity to all other liens, encumbrances, titles and claims in, to or against the real property involved, and when delinquent shall bear interest and may be enforced and collected together with reasonable attorney's fees for such collection pursuant to the provisions of section 22-89 herein, when applicable.

(c)

Free service. There shall be no free service rendered by the department for the collection, transportation, or disposal of solid waste.

(d)

Governmental agencies. For any premises owned, leased or occupied by the United States of America or any agency thereof, the State of Florida or any political subdivision thereof, including any body politic and corporate created under the laws of the United States of America or of the State of Florida, the city may enter into contracts, negotiated by the city manager and approved by the city commission, with any such body or agency for the collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste, prescribing rates and charges to be paid by such body or agency in lieu of the rates herein prescribed; provided, however, that the charges to be paid by such body or agency shall not be less than an amount which is fair and equitable taking into account the cost to the city of such collection, transportation and disposal.

(Ord. No. 10128, § 1, 7-10-86; Code 1980, § 22-14)