[Amended 10-15-1997; 7-1-1998]
A. Landfill user fee amendments.
(1) Amendment 1: July 1, 1998.
(a)
Class 2b (fast-food establishments) rates are revised from $5,000
to $3,000 for their FY98 assessment.
(2) Amendment 2: July 1, 1998.
(a)
Residential landfill user fees will be incorporated in the tax
base beginning Fiscal Year 1999.
(b)
Commercial landfill user fees will revert to the FY97 User Fee
Schedule beginning fiscal year 1999. This schedule is shown below.
B. Landfill user fee classifications.
(1) Commercial. All commercial property shall be assessed a fee by the
Town in one of the following six categories:
(a)
Class 1: trucking terminals, storage warehouses and distributing
firms, automotive repair, gas stations, residence halls and dormitories
of 10 or fewer occupants (no food-serving facilities), stores under
1,000 square feet, business offices under 1,000 square feet, recreational
establishments and art galleries. No establishment in this class can
have food-serving facilities attached.
(b)
Class 2A: markets and grocery stores with below 10,000 square
feet, banks, general multioffice buildings, commercial greenhouses,
stores over 1,000 square feet and multistore buildings, hardware stores,
printing shops and liquor stores. No establishment in this class can
have a restaurant or any type of food service facility attached or
included.
(c)
Class 2B: retail food stores and bakeries which sell commercially
prepared foods and also prepare foods for sale in bulk quantities
(not single servings) for off-premises consumption.
(d)
Class 3: supermarkets (in excess of 10,000 square feet), restaurants,
lumber yards, yacht clubs, caterers, nursing homes and hospitals.
(e)
Class 4A: boarding and rooming houses, hotels, motels, resorts,
all to be without restaurants (continental breakfast not considered
a restaurant).
(f)
Class 4B: boarding and rooming houses, hotels, motels, resorts
that have restaurants.
Landfill User Fees
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Class 1
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$150
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Class 2A
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$300
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Class 2B
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$600
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Class 3
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$1,200
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Class 4A
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$65 + $15 per guest room
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Class 4B
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$65 + $15 per guest room + Class 3 fee
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C. Building Department. A fee for each new building, addition, demolition
or renovation shown in Exhibit 1 of this article as additions to other
building fees being charged.
[Added 11-2-1994]
Commencing Fiscal Year 1995, unless otherwise adopted or amended,
landfill user fees will not be assessed to properties that have been
determined to be exempt from local taxation pursuant to the Town Assessor's
records in accordance with MGL c. 59, § 5, Clauses 1 through
15, as of July 1 of each year.