Montgomery County                           2907

(1)    The charge shall be made at the basic rate per ton for any
and all types of acceptable refuse as determined by the actual weights
obtained from the County scales located at the refuse disposal
facilities.

(2)    The minimum weight for which the refuse disposal charge
shall be made is five hundred (500) pounds.

(3)    Each dwelling unit within the Refuse Collection District
which is provided refuse collection services by collection contractor
shall pay an, annual fiscal year charge for refuse disposal based on an
average annual quantity of refuse. The charge shall be determined
by the total number of tons of refuse collected by the County's
collection contractor, divided by the total number of dwelling units
being served, multiplied by the basic refuse disposal charge per ton
established by the Council. The charge shall be billed and collected in
the same manner as taxes on the tax bill.

(4)    Prior to July 10, 1971, and prior to June 30 of any
succeeding year, the governing body of any city, town, village, or
special taxing area within the County which provides refuse collection
service as a municipal service by their own employees or by a collec-
tion contractor may notify the Director of Finance to have the refuse
disposal service charge placed on the County tax bill of residential
property owners within such municipality receiving such collection
service. The governing body shall furnish to the Director a certified
list of the properties to be billed. Refuse disposal charges for com-
mercial and industrial properties, for multi-family dwelling units of
seven or more, and for refuse of such municipal government itself
shall be paid upon tonnage delivered to the incinerator or landfill in
the manner provided elsewhere herein.

Upon such notification, the service charge shall be placed on the
tax bills by the Director of Finance as an annual fiscal year charge
based on the average quantity of refuse. The charge shall be deter-
mined by the total number of tons of refuse collected by the munici-
pality or its contractor divided by the total number of dwelling units
being served, multiplied by the basic refuse disposal charge per ton
established by the Council.

This method shall be optional at the discretion of the governing
body of the municipality, and the municipality shall have the right to
pay the service charges in the manner as otherwise provided for
herein.

(c) No charge for refuse disposal shall be made for the
following:

(1) Refuse, the total weight of which is less than five hundred
(500) pounds, which is delivered in privately owned and operated
vehicles or trailers with a load capacity of up to but not including one
thousand (1,000) pounds.