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NOTICE BY TOWN OF PIERCETON, INDIANA TO: ALL TOWN OF PIERCETON GARBAGE COLLECTION USERS, OWNERS OF PROPERTY AFFECTED BY GARBAGE COLLECTION RATES, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ordinance Numbered 2008-6-1 was introduced by the Town Council of the Town of Pierceton, Indiana, at its meeting held the 9th day of June, 2008. Said Ordinance provides for an increase of the rates and charges of the users of the Garbage Collection Service of the Town of Pierceton, Indiana, as previously established pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 3 of the Pierceton Town Code. NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing upon said proposed Ordinance for increase in sewage rates and charges has been set and will be held on the 14th day of July, 2008, at 6:30 o'clock p.m. in the Community Building located at 101 Walnut Street, Pierceton, Indiana. All Garbage Collection Service users, owners of property affected by the Garbage Collection Service, and all other interested persons may attend said public hearing and be heard. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the proposed rates are proposed to become effective for services at billing cycle commencing July 15, 2008, for which billing will be issued about August 1, 2008, the same being the normal billing date of the Town, and which rates and charges are proposed as follows: Sec. 3-2-3 Rates and Charges for Garbage Pick-Up There shall be, and there are hereby, established for the use of and the service rendered by the Town of Pierceton, Indiana, to its citizens in the contract and arrangement for sanitation, garbage and solid waste disposal services the following rates and charges: a. Residential Rates: Residential rates apply to residential users, but are upon the owners of the real estate of the residential user. A residential user is hereby defined to be the person or persons occupying a single family residence and using it as a single family residence unit. Where there is a multi-family unit containing two (2) apartments, each apartment will be considered a separate living unit. Each living unit shall be considered a residential user regardless of whether or not it is occupied. Where there is a multi-family unit with three (3) or more apartments, each apartment shall be considered a residential user regardless of whether it is occupied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Town Council shall be entitled to hear and grant variances from the charges established herein if extraordinary circumstances justify such a variance so long as it reasonably provides protection to the Town and the remainder of the residential users. b. Commercial Rates: Commercial rates apply to commercial users but are upon the owners of the real property of the commercial user. Commercial user is hereby defined as all users of the solid waste disposal services of the town except those users defined as residential users in subparagraph (a) hereinabove and industrial users defined herein below. c. Industrial Rates: i. Industrial rates shall be negotiated between the Town of Pierceton sewage Department and approved by the Town Council by ordinance, on a case-by case basis and shall be determined on the basis of volume, density, weight, character of the solid waste, and/or the charges as contracted between the town and any private collector, and such rates shall be upon the owner of the real estate of the industrial user, only if the owner of such real estate consents, or upon the user, as may be negotiated and approved by the Town Council of the Town of Pierceton by ordinance. i. An industrial user is hereby defined as a manufacture or processor of products or goods. Sec. 3-2-3.1 Rates and Charges: The rates and charges for Garbage collection shall be as follows: a. Residential Rates: Nine Dollars ($9.00) Per residential user per month. b. Commercial Rates: Not established. Commercial users shall be responsible to provide for their own solid waste removal. c. Industrial Rates: None currently established. Copies of the proposed Ordinance and fee schedules are on file in the Office of the Town Clerk-Treasurer and are available for inspection. Objection rights further exist as are set forth at I.C. 36-9-30. YOU ARE FURTHER HEREBY NOTIFIED that after hearing upon the proposed Ordinance for Amendment of Garbage Collection Rates and Charges of the Town of Pierceton, Indiana, said Ordinance may be passed or amended and passed by the Town Council of the Town of Pierceton, Indiana, at that meeting or at any meeting duly and legally convened thereafter for the adoption of said Ordinance. Dated: 6-10-08 Janet Castle, Clerk-Treasurer Town of Pierceton, Indiana j13
