HomeMy WebLinkAbout0263_261Commercial Rates
Rates 'vary according to amount of garbage.
Minimum commercial rate is $4.00 per month
Rates above $4.00 to be set at City Hall by
Waste from Cleanup or Building Operations
or any portion thereof
City Secretary.
$10.00 per load or proportionate charge for partial load if
waste is hauled by City.
If service is rendered during any portion of any month the
customer will be required to pay a minimum bill for this service.
H. PAYMENT AND COLLECTION
If the payment is received prior to the tenth of the month
following the month in which the service was performed,
rendered, or available, or if such payment bears a postmark
within such lim't, or received in the overnight depository
by 8:00 A.M. the following day, such payment shall -be
considered timely and not delinquent. When the said tenth
day falls on a Sunday or a legal City Holiday such t me
for payment shall be extended to the next business daffy.
When payment is made after the tenth of the mont1l 10;0
will be added to the next bill. Second notices will be
sent to all accounts not paid by the tenth of month.'
I.
FAILURE TO PAY CHARGES
If a third notice is required, utility Service will be
discontinued. Account balance plus a $6.00 service charge
must be paid before service will be restored. The customer
will be required to pay the service charge whether utilities
have been d'.sconnected or not.
SECTION II. That there shall be a $50.00 Utility Deposit
requ'red on each dwelling unit. There shall be no deposit
required on any dwelling unit occupied by Its owner.
All commercial establishments shall be required to post a
Ut*,.l'ty Deposit equal to at least twice the average monthly
bill of that establishment or a similar establishment of
i.ts nd. The minimum commercial deposit shall be $100.00.
SECTION III That all ordinances. resolutions, and orders
heretofore passed, adopted and made, or any part of the
sane, affecting rates, charges and poli_ci.es for sales made
or serv'ces rendered by the Electric, Water, Wastewater,
or Garbage Systems of the City of Georgetown.. Which are in
conflict w th this Ordinance, shall be and the same are hereby
in all things repealed, provided, that those provisions of the
Garbage and Trash Ordinance passed on the 10th day of March,
1975, as amended on the 8th day of March, 1976, which are
not in conflict herewith are not repealed.
SECTION IV. The urgent need for prescribing appropriate
a ustments in the rates and charges so that the revenues
derived from the affected accounts will provide additional
revenue and Sewer Systems of the City of Georgetown creates
an emergency for the immediate preservation of order,
health, safety, and general welfare of the public that requires
this Ordinance to become effective from and after the date
of its passage as made and provided by the Charter of the
City of Georgetown, and it is so ordained.