§ 20-1. Solid waste disposal fee.

(a)

There is hereby imposed a service fee of $34.00 per year on each residential unit in Sumter County. This fee shall be known as the solid waste disposal fee.

(b)

The term "residential unit" shall, for the purposes of this section, mean a segregated living area suitable for one or more persons to live. Examples of this application are:

• Each single-family home;

• Each mobile home;

• Each manufactured home;

• Each unit in a duplex, triplex, quadraplex or other multiple-unit structure;

• Each condominium or townhouse in a set of condominiums or townhouses;

• Each apartment in an apartment building or apartment complex;

• Each detached living quarters known commonly as "guest houses," "garden houses" or "garage apartments."

Other examples not listed here may also be "residential units" for purposes of this section.

(c)

The fee imposed hereby shall be collected annually with the ad valorem real property taxes. The auditor shall add this fee to the tax bill in each case where appropriate and the treasurer shall collect the fee along with, and as an inseparable part of, the total tax bill. The assessor will document and maintain the number of residential units on each taxable parcel of real property.

(d)

All funds collected pursuant to this section shall be allocated to the solid waste disposal fund.

(e)

There is hereby imposed a delinquency penalty in the amount of $50.00 for failure to pay the solid waste disposal fee, the stormwater service charge and the technology fee attributed to real property on or before March 16 of the year following the year a bill is sent.

(f)

Real property owners must fully pay all of the solid waste disposal fee, the stormwater service charges and the technology fee together at the same time. The Sumter County Treasurer may not collect partial payment of any fee nor any one or two of these specific fees unless all three of these specific fees are paid in full.

(g)

The delinquency penalty does not apply to the Technology Fee billed on tax bills for personal property.

(h)

The delinquency penalty on real property for which a tax bill is generated by the Sumter County Auditor shall be collected, along with the original fees and service charges, by the Sumter County Treasurer through the statutory delinquent tax collection procedures applicable to real property.

(i)

The delinquency penalty on real property for which a property tax bill is not generated by the Sumter County Auditor but for which a bill for fees only is generated by the Auditor shall be collected, along with the original fees and service charges, through civil debt collection procedures. In such a case, if a real property owner does not pay the Solid Waste Disposal Fee, the Storm Water Service Charge and the Technology Fee on or before June 15 of the year following the year a bill is sent and if a collection action is filed against the owner of real property for failure to pay the fees and service charges, the delinquent owner shall be liable for the fees, service charges, delinquency penalty, court costs, service of process costs and reasonable attorneys fees as set by the court. Any judgment obtained will be filed in the office of the clerk of court for the court of common pleas and will collect interest at the statutory rate until paid.

(Ord. No. 09-691, §§ 1—4, 7-7-2009; Ord. No. 10-715, §§ 1—5, 8-24-2010)