As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A building constructed for occupancy as a single-family residence.
Includes firms, companies, corporations, partnerships, associations
or any organization entity as well as individuals.
A means or device to enclose trash containers which will
also prevent the containers, lids and their contents from being blown
about by the wind. Suitable protection shall be constructed to permit
easy access to the enclosed trash containers for trash removal by
the collector and shall be no higher than 30 inches above the surrounding
ground level where top access only is provided. If higher than 30
inches, an appropriate side or back shall be open or readily opened
to permit access to each container, and such container shall be readily
accessible from the street.
Member of the Fenwick Island Police Department or Town of
Fenwick Island employee.
Includes garbage, rubbish, yard waste, construction debris,
recyclables and/or any other foreign waste.
Property owners of single-family dwellings in the Residential Zone and property owners of single-family dwellings in the Commercial Zone in the Town of Fenwick Island, Delaware, shall be assessed an annual service fee for the collection of garbage, recyclables, yard waste and trash by the Town of Fenwick Island. Owners of properties in the Commercial Zone used for purposes other than single-family dwellings shall engage the services of private garbage, recyclables, yard waste and trash removal companies for the removal of such items in accordance with the rules and regulations set forth below in Article II, Handling and Disposition of Solid Waste.
The annual service fee for single-family dwellings shall be
determined by Town Council as a budget item annually.
For property owners of single-family dwellings, the notice, rendering and payment of the annual service fees for the collection of garbage, recyclables, yard waste and trash shall be in the same manner as is prescribed for the notice, rendering the payment of the Town property tax, pursuant to Section 24 of the Town Charter. The proration of the annual fee, if any, shall be determined in accordance with the procedures for the proration of taxes on new buildings as set forth in Chapter 146, Taxation, Article I, Reassessment.
For property owners of single-family dwellings, the procedure
for the collection of any delinquent annual service fee for the collection
of garbage, recyclables, yard waste and trash shall be the same as
prescribed for the collection of a delinquent property tax, pursuant
to the provisions of the Town Charter.
