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355DOP ANCE AN ORDINANCE OFNTHE CITY OF B GEWATER, VOLUSAA ��� COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 337 BY AMENDING SUB -PARAGRAPH E OF SECTION 1 DEFINING RESIDENCE, SECTION 2 THEREOF DEALING WITH SERVICE CHARGES, SECTION 6 THEREOF DEALING WITH PREPARATION OF TRASH, AND SECTION 7 THEREOF DEALING WITH LOCATION OF CONTAINERS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PRO- VIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. That Sub -paragraph (e) of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 337 is amended to read as follows: 11(e) Residence. The word "residence" shall apply to a s ng e TWly unit. Structures having a multiplicity of living units shall be counted as many residences as there be separate living units." SECTION 2. That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 337 be and it is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 2. Service Charge. The City of Edgewater s a ma ntain and operate a service for the col- lection and disposal of garbage and trash and all persons, firms, or corporations whose premises are served thereby shall pay to the said City for the use of such service on the basis of the following rates: Residence - $1.50 per unit. Motor Courts - $1.50 for motor courts with 5 units or Less; $3.00 for motor courts with more than 5 units. Businesses - $1.50 where the owner lives upon the premises, such as beauty parlors, real estate, insurance, contractors, etc.; $3.00 for gas stations with or without living quarters and other businesses not included in any other category herein. Trailer Parks - $1.00 per trailer whose garbage and trash is deposited in a central loca- tion; $1.50 per trailer where garbage and trash is deposited other than in a central location. The owner of a trailer park shall be billed on the above basis. Each owner of a trailer - 1 - 19 T•- park shall declare the number of occupied trailers in their park once each month and shall furnish this information to the City at the City Hall on or before the 15th of each month. The City may at any time, through its employees, check the use of said park and if there is a dis- crepancy between the owners declara- tion of use and the check thereof by the City, the City*s check will prevail except that any owner may present evi- dence to support his declaration at the next succeeding City Council meeting after receiving notice of said discre- pancy. At such meeting or any adjourn- ment thereof, the Council after hearing all the evidence shall decide the correct number of units for which said trailer park is to be charged for the month in question. where no declaration is filed as required, the trailer park shall be billed on the basis of the maximum number of trailers which said park can accommo- date as laid out. Multiple family dwellings or structures - The owner shall be billed. $1.00 per living unit where garbage and trash is deposited in a cen- tral location; $1.50 per living unit where garbage and trash is deposited other than in a central location. Said fee shall be collected by the City of Edgewater, by affixing the same to the monthly statements for the use of water, providing however, that separate statements shall be rendered to all persons, firms or corporations which do not receive a monthly water statement. The above stated fee shall be payable in advance, the first of said payments being due and payable as billed It is expressly provided, however, that the above escr bed rates shall not affect those persons, firms or corporations who have paid their garbage and trash fees in advance and that the accounts paid in advance shall remain good and valid on the basis of former rates until expiration of said advance payments, after which the said person, firm or corporation shall then commence paying the above mentioned rates. No advance payments at the present rates shall be accepted after the reading of this ordinance. The charges and fees made by this ordinance are due and payable for this service and its availability to the user, whether such service is used or not." SECTION 3. That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 337 is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 6. Preparation of Trash. All trash other than tree ii=s shall be placed in containers for the purpose of being picked up. Tree limbs shall be neatly stacked in piles not exceeding four (4) feet in height., four (4) - 2 - feet in width, or eight (8) feet in length. Trash which is not prepared as required herein will not be picked up. No more than one stack of limbs of the above dimensions or more than one 20-gallon container of trash shall be prepared for pick-up at any one time. Trash over this amount shall be arranged for pick-up by a contractor at the owner's expense." SECTION 4. Section 7 of Ordinance No. 337 Is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 7. Location of Containers. Garbage cans anref asi' containers when not in use shall be kept away from the front of any building. No garbage or trash containers shall be kept or maintained upon or adjacent to any street, sidewalk, parkway, or front yard, and shall not be placed within five (S) feet of the property line. No garbage can or trash container shall be deposited upon any ad- joining lot or premises, whether vacant or improved, occupied or unoccupied, or in any street, alley or park in the City. Trash not required to be in trash containers, and trash containers filled for pick-up, may be neatly placed near, but not upon, the roadway so as to be convenient and accessible for collection." SECTION S. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. That this ordinance take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. The above Ordinance was read in full and passed by unanimous vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at the regular meeting of the Council held on July 15th, 1963 Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the requirement of reading said ordinance upon second reading was waived and the Ordinance was ordered put upon final passage. Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Flo:ida, at the regular meeting of said Council on the 15th day of July , 1963, and approved - 3 - as provided by law, the vote of said Council being as follows: fir- �� (�Xk',< r ✓!! unc man CoUn-FT lman Approved this i5-IM day of T���( , 1963. - 4 -