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 Faribault
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 11. GARBAGE AND REFUSE

  § 11-9. Required collection and disposal.  

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  • (a)

    Every household or residential lessor, shall contract for and use the services of a licensed garbage and refuse hauler.

    (b)

    Any household or residential lessor who does not contract for and use the services of a licensed garbage and refuse hauler is guilty of a misdemeanor. Before any person is prosecuted for failure to contract for or use the service of a licensed garbage and refuse hauler, a household or owner shall be served with ten (10) days' written notice advising that such violation has occurred.

    (c)

    The method of notice and compliance as described in subsection (b) of this section may be served in person by an authorized city official or by certified mail. A copy of such notice and the affidavit or certificate of service thereof shall be maintained on file.

    (d)

    The notice shall describe the property involved sufficiently to identify it and shall describe the violation which exists. The notice shall also be accompanied with an affidavit to be executed by a licensed garbage and refuse hauler certifying that the household or owner is under contract for garbage-and-refuse-hauling service. The household or owner shall have ten (10) days from receipt of such notice to return the executed affidavit to the city. Failure to respond to the notice shall be grounds for prosecution. Where a household or owner has repeated lapses in the use of the services of a licensed garbage and refuse hauler, the city may contract with and prepay a one-year service charge on behalf of the household or owner.

    (e)

    In the case of failure to pay the service charge after ninety (90) days of the due date, written notice shall be given by mail to the owner of the property. After thirty (30) days from the date of the written notice, the service charges shall be certified to the county auditor on or before October 1 of each year with interest thereon from the date of expiration of the thirty-day notice. The unpaid service charge shall be included with the taxes against the real estate involved and shall be collected therewith. The council shall annually levy an assessment equal to the unpaid service charges on or before October 1 of each year against the lot or parcel of land involved. The assessments shall be certified to the county auditor and shall be collected and remitted to this municipality in the same manner as special assessments.

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 2, 11-14-89; Ord. No. 97-11, § 1, 6-10-97)