HomeMy WebLinkAbout3116 ORDINANCE NO. S//~ ~%~
AN ORDINANCE relating to the public health and
sanitation; providing for compulsory charges for
garbage and refuse collection and disposal and
authorizing a lien against property for which
such service rendered for delinquent charges;
amending Section 13 of Ordinance 1928.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Section 13 of Ordinance 1928 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 13: x The charges for garbage and
refuse collection and disposal shall be compulsory and
universal. Said charges shall be billed by the garbage
collector. Every occupant of the property and every owner
of the property for which garbage and refuse collection
and disposal services rendered shall be responsible for and
shall pay, without deliquency, all charges therefor. The
charges shall be paid to the garbage collector and his
office by the person or persons responsible and shall be
paid not later than thirty (30) days after the billing
therefor is mailed, and if not so paid, the charges shall
be deemed delinquent. In the event of delinquency, any such
charge or charges shall be a lien against the property for
which the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse was
rendered. Such a lien shall be prior to all other liens and
encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing with the county
auditor of Kitsap County of such notice of lien except
liens for general taxes and local improvement assessments.
Interest shall accrue upon delinquent accounts at the rate
of eight per cent (8%) per annum until fully paid. Billings
for account shall be mailed to the person or tenant in
possession unless special instructions to the contrary
are received from the owner.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading
this /J~day of March, 1974.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this
day of March,
1974.
ATTEST:
· City Clerk