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ORDINANCE NO. 68-5-71
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE V OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF
PADUCAH; PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING SANITATION AND
THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE; PRESCRIBING CHARGES FOR SAID
REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE AND THE METHOD OF FINANCING SAID SERVICE;
AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE", WHICH
WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON DECEMBER. -16, 1952, and
AMENDED ON FEBRUARY 22, 1966
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Article V of an ordinance having the title
quoted above, which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the
City of Paducah, Kentucky, on December 16, 1952, and amended on February
22, 1966, be amended and reordained so that said Article as amended
and reordained shall read as follows:
"Article V Financing
"Section 1. Refuse Collection Service: There is hereby
levied a refuse collection service charge of One Dollar Seventy-
five Cents ($1.75) per month on each household and each business
place in the City of Paducah for the purpose of increasing the
revenues of the General Fund out of which shall be met the costs
of providing refuse collection service, provided that households
of which the lawful head is unable to afford said charge, as
certified by the City's duly appointed Social Worker, shall be
exempt from said charge.
"Section 2. Additional Refuse Collection Service: For additional
Refuse Collection Service there shall be levied a charge which,
Except for Exceptional Cases referred to in Section 4 of Article
IV, shall be based on the following schedule of charges:
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Number of _
32 -Gal. Cans
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SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY CHARGES
1.75
2.97
4.37
5.95
7.43
8.92
10.50
11.80
13.47
15.05
16.45
18.02
19.60
21.08
22.65
24.15
25.63
27.12
5.95
9.10
11.90
15.05
18.20
21.00
24.15
27.30
30.10
33.25
36.40
39.55
42.35
45.50
10.50
15.05
19.60
24.15
28.70
33.25
37.80
42.35
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Dempster Containers
(6 Cu. Yds
(Equal to 30 cans) 28.20 41.17 54.15 67.12 79.50 92.00
(8 Cu. Yds.
(Equal to 40 cans) 34.20 47.17 60.15 73.12 85.50 99.00
(10 Cu. Yds.
(Equal to 50 cans) 40.20 53.12 67.65 79.29 91.50 105.00
"Section 3. Method of Billing: To the extent feasible, charges for
Refuse Collection Service shall be billed monthly as a separate item
on the water bill sent out monthly by the Paducah Water Works and said
charge so billed shall be payable monthly at the offices of the
Paducah Water Works in the same manner and within the same penalty -
free period as required for payment of charges for water service.
The water customer in whose name the water meter account is carried
shall be held responsible for 'payment of the full amount of the
Refuse Collection Service charges billed, which total amount shall
be based on the number of households and/or business places served
by said water meter. Due to the daily, cycular billing system used
by the Paducah Water Works, charges for Refuse Collection Service
may be billed at the beginning, during, or at the end of the monthly
period in which Refuse Collection Service is rendered, and the
first billing period corresponding with the first period of service
shall be the month of February, 1953 and thereafter in monthly
cycles. In instances when it is not feasible or possible to utilize
the water bill in notifying households or business places of Refuse
collection Service charges payable, bills shall be prepared at and
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dispatched from the City Hall, and shall be payable at the City Hall
within ten days after date of rendering.
"When any bill for water service and refuse.collection service
charges remains unpaid and becomes delinquent and the water service
to the delinquent premises has been discontinued, such water service
shall not be restored or reinstated until the entire charge for
both water service and refuse collection service is paid in full
including any penalty for non-payment of water service."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
on and after June 1, 1968.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners May 28, 1968
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, May 28, 1968.