Section 5.20.130 Landfill fees and charges.

1. At city controlled sanitary disposal projects, it shall be unlawful to deposit any material removed from property within the corporate limits of the city without paying in advance the appropriate fees and charges as set forth herein. The following fee schedule is adopted:

b. Pickup trucks, vans, carryalls, suburbans, small utility trailers and other utility vehicles with a net weight of material to be disposed of weighing less than 750 pounds $9.25 ;

c. Uncovered or unsecured pickup trucks, vans, carryalls, suburbans, small utility trailers and all other utility vehicles with a net weight of material to be disposed of weighing less than 750 pounds $9.25 plus a $5.00 surcharge as well as any and all collection costs incurred to collect the $5.00 surcharge;

d. Pickup trucks, vans, carryalls, suburbans, small utility trailers and other utility vehicles with a net weight of material to be disposed of weighing in excess of 750 pounds $34.85 per ton;

e. Uncovered or unsecured pickup trucks, vans, carryalls, suburbans, small utility trailers and all other utility vehicles with a net weight of material to be disposed of weighing in excess of 750 pounds or greater $34.85 per ton plus a $10.00 surcharge per load; as well as any and all costs incurred to collect the $10.00 surcharge;

f. Commercial, contractor, demolition and industrial haulers shall pay a rate to be negotiated with the city's contractor operating the sanitary disposal project, that in no case shall exceed $34.85 per ton. A $10.00 surcharge will be assessed for every uncovered or unsecured load, as well as any and all other costs incurred to collect the $10.00 surcharge;

g. City curbside residential collected wastes $27.81 per ton and City departmental delivered waste $26.85 per ton;

h. Notwithstanding the foregoing fees, all waste tires will be accepted for collection and processing at the following fee schedule:

(1) Automobile Tires (Includes Motorcycle, Moped, and Bicycle Tires) $2.00 per tire without the rim; $3.00 per tire with the rim.

(4) Tractor Tires (Includes Truck Tractor, Farm Tractor and Road Tractor) $20.00 per tire.

i. Notwithstanding the foregoing fees, special handling fees shall be charged for the following items as indicated:

(5) Major appliances, for example, washers, dryers, refrigerators and similar items commonly referred to as white goods $7.00 each.

Asbestos waste may be accepted at the landfill from outside sources as long as such wastes are properly processed. The contractor will be allowed to charge double commercial rate for special processing and handling fees. In addition, a $25.00 per ton special city fee will be charged along with all other associated tax and maintenance fees.

2. At city controlled sanitary disposal projects, it shall be unlawful to deposit any materials removed from property outside the corporate limits of the city without paying in advance the appropriate fees and charges as set forth herein. The following fee schedule is adopted:

b. Pickup trucks, vans, carryalls, suburbans, small utility trailers and other utility vehicles with a net weight of material to be disposed of weighing less than 750 pounds $9.25;

d. The tonnage fees and surcharges set forth in subsection 5.20.130(1) shall be charged plus an additional $10.00 per ton maintenance fee.

3. The above rates include a surcharge imposed by the State of Iowa in the amount of $4.75 per ton. The contractor operating the city's sanitary disposal project shall remit .95 cents of this State surcharge to the city for the planning of sanitary disposal projects;

4. The above rates include a charge of $6.75 per ton for residential accounts and $14.75 per ton for commercial and nonresident accounts to pay for capital improvements to the city's disposal projects that may be required by state or federal laws and regulations and post closure maintenance of the city's sanitary disposal project. The contractor operating the city's sanitary disposal project shall remit this sum to the city.

5. The operator of the city's sanitary disposal project has the right to refuse dumping privileges to loads generated out side of the city limits if it would interfere with normal operation or might pose an operational problem. These may include agricultural wastes such as manure, paunch manure, slick, waste water treatment plant lagoon residue, feedlot lagoon residue, etc;

6. All materials deposed which may require special handling or attention may be charged on the basis of actual costs of handling and not on the basis of per tonnage fees established for conventional waste. In the event that charges are computed on the basis of actual costs of handling, the hauler will be informed of this at the time the load is delivered and before the dumping costs are incurred.

. (Ord. 2006-0461;2005-0576; 2004-0544; 2003-0620; 2003-0600; 2002-0668; 2002-0157; 2001-0538; 2001-0220; 2000-9599; 2000-9251; 99-8021; 98/U-6824; 97/U-5612; 97/U-5300; 96/U-4396; 96/U-4245; 95/U-3367; 94/U-2559; 94/U-2197; 93/U-1223; 92/U-359; 91/T-10489)