A. 
All customers who receive the County's waste material collection services, described in Section 6.20.025 of this chapter, shall pay to the County fees for such services. The fees shall be established by the Board by resolution and may be amended from time to time. The charge for County solid waste collection services may be collected with the rates, tolls and charges of any other County-administered utility, as authorized by DWMR. Customers shall receive a consolidated utility bill and, unless exempted by DWMR, shall pay the consolidated bill. If a tenant pays the consolidated bill, the owner shall remain liable under all other sections of this chapter.
B. 
If a customer of the County's waste material collection services contaminates a recyclable material container and/or an organic material container to such an extent as to render the contents of that container unrecyclable thereby necessitating disposal, the customer may be billed, at the discretion of the Director, an additional charge for waste disposal.
1. 
Upon the third instance of notification to the customer of repeated contamination, the Director may require additional solid waste container capacity be provided to the customer and the customer will be billed accordingly.
C. 
If a customer does not enclose full payment for their consolidated utility bill, and if the customer has not stipulated otherwise, the payment shall be allocated to his or her waste management account and any other utility accounts in the same proportion that the various utility charges constitute the total amount charged.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
A. 
The County waste material collection service shall issue a consolidated billing statement for each legal parcel of improved land; however, separate waste material collection statements may be issued to individual residences located on the same legal parcel upon approval of the landowner and of DWMR.
B. 
Billing of two or more legal parcels on one billing statement which fulfill conditions established by DWMR may be authorized. Such authorization by DWMR does not relieve the individual property owner from liability under this chapter.
C. 
Except as provided herein, the County waste material collection service charges shall be billed no less frequently than bimonthly. It shall be due and payable on presentation and shall become delinquent 30 days for bimonthly billing or 21 days for monthly billing after the date of billing.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1215 § 1, 2002; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
Adjustments of County waste material collection service charges may be made at each billing, when appropriate, upon receipt of written notification from a customer to the Director requesting a billing adjustment and stating the grounds for said adjustment. Any amount paid in excess of the actual computed charge shall be credited against the charge for the succeeding billing period. Any deficiency in the amount paid against the actual computed charge shall be added to the charge for the succeeding billing period. Deficiency or credit adjustments shall be limited to a period of no more than three years preceding the date that DWMR determines a billing discrepancy exists.
The Director may adjust billing or allow refunds for the following reasons:
A. 
Upon change of use or users;
B. 
Successful dispute by a customer as to a charge;
C. 
Missed service; or
D. 
When a residential dwelling unit (single-family, accessory, or duplex) is unoccupied for any purpose and is untenantable as defined in Civil Code Section 1941.1.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
Rate assistance to customers for financial hardship may be available through application to DWMR. Households are eligible for the rebate if household income does not exceed 200 percent of the then-current applicable Federal poverty level, as set forth in the annual poverty guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
With respect to County waste material collection services, vacancy credits shall not be allowed after billing has been initiated unless DWMR allows a vacancy credit for periods in which a dwelling, previously determined habitable, is declared uninhabitable or untenantable by the County because of fire, damage, or other causes, if the residential dwelling unit is actually unoccupied because of this change in status.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
Any waste material collection service charge that becomes delinquent as provided in Section 6.20.515 above, shall incur an added penalty charge of 10% of the amount that has become delinquent. The delinquent amount, including the 10% penalty charge, shall thereafter incur an additional interest charge of one and one-half percent per month until paid or placed on the annual tax bill. If collected with taxes, the total of delinquent amount plus penalties will incur an additional 10% lien penalty.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 590 § 1, 1984; SCC 634 § 1, 1985; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1215 § 2, 2002; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
Billing for County waste material collection services shall commence on the date the premises are suitable for occupancy. This shall normally be considered to be 90 days after the premises are connected to the public sewer system; however, the Director is empowered to vary the date that the premises are considered suitable for occupancy, based on a reasonable interpretation of information obtained from public records or field inspection. DWMR may also initiate billing based upon a request for other utility services to the premises, or notification from owners or occupants that the structure is completed. In all cases, initiation of billing shall be to the owner of record of the property as shown upon the most recent County Assessor's roll as of the date the property is considered suitable for occupancy unless otherwise requested by the owner in writing and agreed to by the Director.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
A. 
The amount of charges for County waste material collection services and use of waste material transfer and recycling stations and solid waste disposal sites shall be established and may be revised from time to time by Board resolution. The revenue from such charges shall not exceed the costs incurred by the County Solid Waste Enterprise Fund in providing solid waste management services, including the cost of any charges imposed pursuant to subsection B below. The amount of such charges may vary based upon the type of property receiving service, the type and quantity of waste material collected and managed, the level of service, and any other factors determined to constitute an equitable apportionment of the costs incurred by the County Solid Waste Enterprise Fund.
B. 
The charges authorized by subsection A may include a charge to the County's Solid Waste Enterprise Fund to reflect reasonable compensation for the use of solid waste disposal sites owned by the County. The revenue from any such charge may be deposited in the County's general fund.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 0978 § 1, 1994; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
Each customer service charge for the County's waste material collection service levied pursuant to this chapter, a resolution or ordinance adopted by the Board, or rules or regulations promulgated by the Director pursuant to Section 6.20.035, is made a lien upon any such parcel receiving such waste material collection services, and any proceedings authorized by law to enforce payment of such liens may be taken by the County to enforce payment of such charges.
This section shall apply to all parcels wherein the owner or tenant has subscribed to the County's waste material collection service.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 694 § 2, 1987; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
All charges for the County's waste material collection services shall be billed to the owner of record of any such parcel as shown upon the most recent County Assessor's roll as of the date that waste material collection service is commenced for the parcel, to the successor in interest of such person, such person's designee, or to any person requesting that such charges be billed to him or her. In all cases, however, the owner of record shall remain liable for the charges. This section shall apply to all parcels wherein the owner has subscribed to the County's waste material collection service.
(SCC 517 § 2, 1982; SCC 694 § 3, 1987; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
All users of County-owned transfer stations and recycling and disposal facilities shall pay fees for such use in accordance with Section 6.20.540. Fees for such services are payable upon delivery of such service unless otherwise excepted.
(SCC 590 § 2, 1984; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)
Customers who receive waste material transfer and disposal services at County-owned facilities and who have approved credit applications on file with the County shall be billed on a monthly basis, based upon weight tickets and other documentation for such services rendered during the preceding month. Payment shall be due at the end of the monthly billing cycle and shall be considered delinquent 30 days from the date of the invoice. Delinquent payments shall incur an added penalty charge of 10% of the invoice amount, plus an additional one and one-half percent monthly interest charge applied cumulatively 60 days after the date of delinquency.
(SCC 590 § 3, 1984; SCC 1044 § 2, 1996; SCC 1654 § 25, 2019; SCC 1672 § 5, 2021; SCC 1720 § 1, 2023)