Ordinance 95-78 AN ORDINANCE AHL~DING COLLIER COUNTY ~"' ~.
ORDINANCE NO. 90-30, AS AMENDED, BY "'C., ..
AMENDING CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING THE
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SOLIO WASTE DISTRICT '.'
NO. 1 MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT AND "'
SOLID WASTE DISTRICT NO. 2 MUNICIPAL SERVICE ,,
BENEFIT UNIT; AMENDING SECTION BY PROVIDING :
FOR A REVENUE FUND; AMENDING SECTIONS EIGHT,
NINE, TEN, TWELVE, AND THIRTEEN BY PROVIDING -' '-
FOR THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF THE
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS BY THE NON-AD VALOREM METHOD ON
THE AD VALOREN TAX BILLS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER
197, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT
AND SEVERABILITY{ PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN
TIlE COLLIER COUNTY CODE OF LAWS AND
ORDINANC~ PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, deem~lt appropriate and in the beat interest of Collier
County to use the non-ad valorera assessment method for the
and collection of the mandatory solid waste collection and
disposal services special assessments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINEl) BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMHISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNI"~, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION ONE. Amendments to Section One of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section One of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION ONE: DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the definitions
contained in this Section shall apply unless otherwise
specifically stated. When not inconsistent to the context,
words used in the present tense lnolude the future, words in
the plural number tnolude the singular, and words in the
singular number include the plural. The word "shall"
always mandatory and not merely discretionary.
A. Benefit Unit: Refers to each of the two
municipal service benefit units created hereunder.
B. Biohazardous Waste: "Biobazardoue waste" means any
solid waste or liquid waste which may present a threat of
infection to humans. The.ten Includes, but is not limited
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to, non-liquid human tissue and body partsi laboratory and
veterinary waste which contains human disease=causing agents;
discarded sharps~ human blood, human blood products, and body
fluids. The following are also lncludeds
1. Used, absorbent materials such as bandages,
gauzes, or sponges super-saturated, having the
potential to drip or splash, with blood or
body ~luids from areas such as operating
rooms~ trauma centers, emergency rooms or
autopsy rooms]
2. Devices which contain visible blood adhering
to inner surfaces after use and rinsing such
as intravenous tubing, hssodialysis ~ilters,
and catheters. Nedical devices used in the
treatment o~ Hepatitts B Virus or Human
ImmunodeEiolencyVirus suspected or positive
patients shall be sagrated as biohazardous
vaste~ and
3. Other contaminated solid waste materials which
represent a significant risk o~ tn~ection
because they are generated in medical
facilities which care for persons suffering
from diseases requiring strict isolation
criteria and listed by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human 2ervlces~ Centers for DIsease
Control, sCDCCutdelins for Zsolatton
Precautions in Hospitals,s July/August, 1983.
C. Biological Wastax Solid waote that causes or has
the capability of causing diesass or Infection and includes,
but is not limited to, biohazardous waste, diseased or dead
animals, and other wastes capable of trannitting pathogsns
to human or animals.
D. Boards Board of County Commissioners of Collier
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County, Florida.
E. Bulk Containersz Any watertight, portable
non-absorbent container equipped with watertight lid or cover
and approved by the Board which is used to store two (2) or
more cubic yards of solid waste emptied by mechanical means.
Y. Clerk~ Clerk of the Circuit Court of Collier
County, Florida, acting as the Clerk of the Board.
U. Commercial Property: Hotels~ motels~ multi-family
residences exceeding four dwelling units under one common
roof (except for fee simple-owned townhouses or roy houses),
recreational vehicle parks, mobile home parks containing
mobile homes, excluding those mobile homes not located in
mobile home parks that are considered real property under
the Florida Constitution and Florida Btatutes~ all
commercial, manufacturing, agricultural, industrial, end
institutional enterprises~ also, any building or structure
containing a dwelling unit or units that is furnished, with
or without rent, as an incident of employment, regardless of
the number of dwelling units under one common roof, which is
located upon real property that is the site of said
employant and'upon~hich are located buildings or structures
otherwise treated as commercial property under the tens of
this Section.
H. Contractor= Refers to the person, firm,
corporation, partnership or entity authorized to collect and
transport solid waste in a service area of the County
pursuant to a service agreement.
I. Customers All persons, fins, corporations,
partnerships, or other entities owning or improving
residential or commercial property within a benefit unit and
all other persons subscribing to or required to use the solid
waste collection and disposal service as provided by this
Ordinance.
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J. Dwelling Unit: A residential unit with kitchen
facilities Including houses, apartments, efficiency
apartments, and mobile homes. Such term shall not mean a
room in a motel or hotel.
K. Carbags= All putrescrible wastes and all animal or
vegetable refuse or residue from the preparation of food or
any decayed or unsound meat, fish or vegetable; including the
packaging used In the preparation of food stuffs.
L. Cuest House: Refers to a non-commercial
residential quest accommodation facility ancillary to a
single-family dwelling unit, which may be a free standing
dwelling unit or structurally integrated with the main
dwelling unit. For purposes of this Ordinance, no dwelling
unit shall qualify as a quest house if it Is larger than
forty percent (4Or) of the size of the principal dwelling,
unless if larger than forty percent (40%), Is determined by
the County Na~~that said facility is for
all intents and purposes a quest house as otherwise
contemplated hersin.
M. Hazardous Waste= Solid waste, or a combination of
solid wastes, which, because of its quantity, concentration,
or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may
cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in
mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or
incapacitating reversible illness or may pose a substantial
present or potential hazard to human health or the
environment when improperly transported, disposed
stored, treated, or otherwise managed,
N. Inert Waste Materials: Refers to brick, block,
conerats, rock, stone, earth, and sand free from
contamination of other types of wastes and capable of serving
as a fill material without harm to or pollution of
groundwaters or surface waters.
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O. ~unk$ Any tangible item such as furniture,
appliances, bicycles, (excluding motor vehicles, boats and
boat trailers), wet cell batteries, used tires or similar
property not having a useful purpose to the ovner or
abandoned b~ the c~mer.
P. Hulti-family Residence= Xny building or structure
consisting of more than one dvelling unit.
Q. Rate Resolutionz Refers to the resolution adopted
by the Board under provisions of Section 9 and Collier County
~dinancs Ho. S4-31 incorporating a schedule of the annual
solid waste collection and disposal special assessments Sobs
imposed upon the o~ners of all residential units in the
benefit unit for the forthcoming fiscal year (from October 1
~hr~uah September 30 o~ each year1. Such resolution shall
also establish rates, fees and charges for commercial service
by the authorized Contractor(s) as well as rates, fees and
charges for disposal at County-authorized facilities.
R. Recyclables: Those materials designated by the
County by resolution establishing a County program for
recycling ~hich shall be collected by the Contractor under
this Ordinance.
S. Residential Unitsz D~elling units, including
single family residences, or individual dwelling units
within multi-family residences, but excluding ~uest houses or
any building or structure ~dlich constitutes commercial
property as defined in this Section. A residential unit
shall not be considered to include a recreational vehicle in
a recreational vehicle park or a mobile homm in a mobile
home park. Recreational vehicles not located in recreational
vehicle parks and mobile homes not located in a mobile hue
park and which are otherwise considered real property under
the Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes, shall be
considered residential units for purposes of this Ordinance.
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T, Rubbish: All refuse, accumulation of papers,
bottles, cans, excelsior, rags or wooden or paper boxes or
containers, s~sep-ups, and all other accumulations of the
nature other than garbage, ~hich are usual to housekeeping
and to the operation of storss, offices and other business
places,
U, Service Area= That area se~vedbyths Contractor
pursuant to service a~rsement(s),
v. Service Year: The annual period of waste
collection and disposal commencin~ on aanuary let of each
year and endinq December 31st of the same year. The initial
service year under this Ordinance shall commence ~anuary 1,
1991. The Service Year shall be from October I throuah
Seotem~sr 30 comasheine October 1. 1996 and each year
thereafter.
W. Sludge: Includes the accumulated solids,
residues, and precipitates generated as a result of waste
treatment or processing, includin9 wastewater treatment,
water supply treatment, or operation of an air pollution
control facility, and mixed liquids and solids pumped from
septic tanks, ~rsase traps, priviss, or similar waste
disposal appurtenances.
X. Solid Waste: The garbage, rubbish, ~unk, yard
trash or othsr discarded or discharged solid or semisolid
materials resulting from domestic, commercial, industrial,
agricultural, horticultural, construction, demolition, land
clearin~, institutional, or governmental activities,
exclusive of hazardous waste, biohazardous waste, biolcs~ical
waste and sludge.
Y. Special Assessment: Refers to the annual solid
waste collection and disposal special assessment imposed upon
and applicable to each residential unit in the benefit unit
to pay for the costs of collection and disposal of solid
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waste oE the residential units within such benefit unit,
including the billing and administrative costs incurred by
the County in the administration of this Ordinance.
Z, Special Assessment rolls Refers to the annual
solid waste collection and disposal special assessment roll.
AA. Standard Containers A watertight container made
of non-absorbent material provided with closely fitting
watertight cover, with handles and of thirty-two (32) gallon
or less gross capacity, or a sealed plastic bag of adequate
strength to contain the waste materials enclose. The total
weight of any container including waste materials enclosed
shall not exceed fifty (50) pounds. This definition shall
not preclude the use of larger containers for purpose o£
automated or semi-automated services.
BB. Yard Trash~ All manner of vegetable and woody
matter Including, but not limited to grass, leaves, palm
fronds, tree branches and hedge trimmings resulting from a
residential unit ovner/tenant's maintenance or commercial
lava service, but shall not Include that horticulturalwaste
resulting from commercial landscape and tree cutting and
removal services.
SECTION TWO. Amendments to Section Two of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Two of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as follows~
SECTION TWO~ CREATION, PURPOSE, DECLARATION OF BENEFIT.
There are hereby established two (2) municipal service
benefit units, (heroinafter referred to as benefit units),
pursuant to the authority granted in Chapter 125, Florida
Statutes. Said benefit units shall be known as Solid Waste
District No. 1, and No. 2, respectively, each of which shall
consist of a specific portion of the untncorporated area of
Collier County, Florida, excluding those barflat islands, as
described in the description of each of said two (2) benefit
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units~ as set forth in Exhibit "As attached he=ere and
incorporatsd hsrsin by reference, The rye ~21 municipal
service benefit units are more varticularlv described as
follo~s~
BOLZD WABT~ DZSTRZC"I' NO. I HUN/CZPA~ 8EXVZCB BEb~EYZ? UI~
Beatnnlna at the intersection of the Horth line of Section
6. TOvnshtD 48 South. Ranae 25 East also known as the
Lee-Collie= County line and the eastern shoreline of the
Gulf of Mexico: thence East alone said Lee-Collier County
line to the nor~cheast corner of Section 12. TovT1ShiD 48
South. Ranae 26 East: thence South alone the eas~e=l_v line
of Ranae 26 East. TernshiD 48 South to the southea§t corner
of Section 24. ToVnshiv 48 South. Ranae 26 East; ~;hence
eas~ alone the south line o~ Sections 19 and 20. To~rnshin
J8 South. Ranae 27 East to the southeast co=net oC. SeCtion
20: thence north alone the east line or Sections 2~. 17 and
S or TovnshiD 48 South. Ranae 27 East to the southeas~
co=fie= or Section 5. Ternshie 48 South. Ranee 27 East:
thence easterly alone the south line of Sections 4.3.
~Rd I of T~nshJn 48 South. Ranae 27 East to the sOUtheast
corner of Section 1. ToYsshin 48 South. Ranqe 27 E~lt~
thence north siena the east line of Section 1. Teensbin 45
~outh. Ranae 27 East= thence north alone the east line
fiecttons 36 and 25. Tc~rnshtD 47 South. Range 27 East to the
southeast corner of Section 24. TO~shiD 47 South. Ranae 2~
Eas~: thence easterly alone the south line or Sections 19.
20 and 21. To~nnshiu 47 South. Range 28 East to the
southeast corner o~ Section 21. Tovnshtu 47 South. Ranae 28
East; thence southerly alone the vest line of Sections 27
and 34, TovnshtD 47 South. Range 28 East and conttnutna
sou:he=Iv a]onq the vest.line or Sections 3.1~. 15.22.27
and 34. TovnshtD48 South. RanQe 28 East: thence south
alone the vest line or Sections 3.10. 15.22.27 and
Tovnshin 49 South. Ranae 2B East to the southeast corner
Section 34; thence easterly alone the south ]the of
Sections 34.35 and 36. Tovn;hiD 49 South. Ranae 28 East:
thence east alone the south line or To~nshtn 49 South.
Ranqe 29 EaSt; and To~rnshim 49 South. Range 30 Eaa~ to the
southeast corner or Section 36. Tornshin 49 South. Ranae 30
Eas~. beina also the centerline o~ Allies:or Alley
t~ence conttnuina easte=l_v a/one the cents=line or
Alliqitor Altey (1-75~ to the northeast corner of Section
4. TernshiD 50 South. Ranae 31 East; thence southerly alone
the east section line or Sections 4.9.16.21.28 and 33.
Tovnshtu 50 Sou~h. Ranae 31 Eae~: thence southerly alone
~e East section line of Sectiofis 4.9.16.21.28 and 33.
TO~nshiD 51 South. Range 31 East: thence southerly alone
the east section ]ins of See:lone 4.9.16.21.28 and 33.
TovnshtD 52 South. Ran;e 31 East: thence southerly alone
the eas~ section line of Sections 4.9.16.21.2S and 33.
TQ~nshiD 53 South. Ranae 31 Salt to the Collier-Monroe
county liner thence vestsFlY alone the said county line to
the easterly shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico: thence
Westerly and Northerly alone the vatere of the Gulf of
~exlco to the Lee-Collier county line heine the north line
oE~ection 6. Township 48 South. Ranae 25 East and betna
the Point o~ eeainntnn. Less and exce~ all the lands
located vlthtn the co=rotate limits of the City of Haulee
and Everolades CitY. Also. less and exceu~ those barrier
islmnds as described in Ordinance No...90-30. as amended.
SOLID WAST! DZBTRZCT NO. 2 MUIfrCZPAL BERV/C'rg. BEIFB~Z~ UNX~
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~eatnnin~ at the northwest corner of To~nshlD 47 South.
Ranae 27 Mast. Collier County. Floridaf thence east aXon~
the Collier-Lee county line also the townshiP line to the
northeast corner of Township 47 South. Ranae 27 Eastt
~;bence north alon~ the Collier-Lee county line also the
ranae line to the northwest comer of TowllshiD 46 South.
Ranae 28 East; thence east a]on~ the Collier-Hendry ;ounty
line also the township line for TOW~IShiDS 45 and 46 South
to the northeast corner of TownshiD 46 South. Ra00e 3Q
~ast: thence south alon~ the Coll~er-Hend~ county line
Qlso the ranoe l~ne of Ranges 30 and 31 East to the
~outheast corner of ToeshiD 49 South. Ran0e 30
thence west aloha the t~5h~D l~ne for ToesheDs 49 and
South to the southwest corner of Section 34. ToeshiD 49
~Quth. Ranoe 28 East: thence north alon~ the section lines
~o the northwest comer of Section 27. T~shiD 47 South.
Ranoe 2SEast: thence west alan; the section lines to the
southeast corner of Section 24. ToeshiD 47 South. Remus 27
East: thence south alon~ the Tahoe ]~ne for Ranges 27 and
2~ Ea~t to the southeast corner of Section ~. ToeshiD 48
South. RanQe 27 East~ thence west alamo the sections lines
to the southeast corner of Section 5. TMsh~D 48 South.
Range 27 Eastt thence south alon~ the section l~nes to the
southeast cornet of Section 20. T~nshJD 48 South. Ranoe 27
Mastt thence west alono the section l~nes to the southwest
corner of Section 19. T~nsh~D 48 South. Ranas 27 Eastt
thence north alon~ the range l~nes for Ranoes 26 and 27
East to the northwest corner of TMShJD 47 South. Ran~e 27
East. beJn~ the Po~nt of
~e ~nefit units here~ ~eated and establ~she~ are for
the pu~ose of protecting the health, safety and welfare of
the residents of the County; and to provide for solid waste
collection and d~s~sal through the le~ of special
assessments against residential units,
It Is dete~ned ~ the Board that due to the va~lng
needs and benefits of cmerc~al ;r~erties ~ reference to
sol~d waste collect~o, and d~spoeal, cmerc~a1 pr~ertLee
shall not be made the subject of special assessments,
order to provide for the publ~c health, safety and welfare
w~th~n the ~nef~t units ~t is necessa~ to ;r~lde odeSate
solid waste collection an~ disposal of c~erc~al prope~es
through the re~lated se~lces of Contractor(s), ~e Board
shall provide for sol~d waste collegian through annually
re~lated rates, fees or charges for co~ercial properties
for solid waste collection.
It is here~ declared and dete~ned ~ the Board of
County Coa~ss~oners that the solid waste collection
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disposal services provided pursuant to this Ordinance shall
and do constitutsa benefit to all propertiss within ths
benefit units squal to or in sxcsss of ths cost of providing
such solid vests collection services.
SECTION THREE. Amendments to Section Six of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Six of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended,
is hereby amended to read as lollcyst
BECKON SIXJ ~zR~RL~FU1TD.
There is hereby established a Solid Waste Special
Assessment ~ Revenue Fund# vhich will be divided into two
(2) pro~ect accounts, one (1) lot each benefit unit.
special assessments and service charges and fees collected
pursuant to this Ordinance for solid waste collection and
disposal hereunder shall be deposited Into the applicable
pro~ect account. The funds in each pro~ect account~htch
constitute the ~ Revenue Fund are funds of the Board and
will be part of the Board's annual budget. The funds on
deposit in each pro~ect account which constitute
Revenue Fund shall be used for no purpose other than solid
waste collection and disposal for each corresponding benefit
unit and related costs incidental thereto, includinq~ but not
limited to, enforcement and administration coats.
SECTION FOUR. Amendments to Section Eight of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Eight of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30# as
amended, ls hereby amended to read as follovsz
SECTION EIGHTS ANNUAL SOLID WAS~ COiLSCiON AND DISPOSAL
There le hereby imposed on all residential units within
the benefit unite an annual special assessment tot the
collection and disposal of solid waste. The amount of such.
special assessment for such solid waste collection and
disposal shall be the rate established as provided hereino
Subsequent to the certification of the Assessment Roll by the
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Property Appraiser or the Clark of Courts, or desAgree of the
Board, p~rsuant to Chapter 197, Florida Statutes, the Board
end the Tax Collector or other Board desiq~ae shall obtain a
cop~ of the certified Assessment Roll from the Property
Appraiser or the Clerk of Courts covering all taxable
properties in Collier County as reflected in the records of
the Property Appraiser. Thereafter, the Board or its
desires shall cause to be prepared an Independent file or
roll which contain those properties as provided by the
Property Xppraisar which are subject to the special
assessment described harein. Such independent file or roll
shall contain su£flciant datail to permit ready
identi£1cation o£ such residential units consistent with data
contained on the Assessment Roll.
The annual Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Suecial
Assessment may be lmDosed and collected as · non-ad valorsm
assessment ~rs~ant to the ~rocedure as contained in Section
197.3632. Florida Statutes. cosmencinq with the 1996 ad
Valorem tax bills.
SECTION FIVE. Xse~dments to Section Nine of Collier County
ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Nine of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended is hereb~ amended to read as follower
SECTION NINES M~tUALRATERZSOLUTION.
On or before the first day of October, prior to each
service year, or as soon thereafter as the said Xsaeas~ent
Roll maybe available and the independent file or roll is
completed and the amount of revenues necessary to fund the
collection of solid waste within the benefit units has been
determined, the Board shall hold a public hearin~ to adopt a
rate resolution in accordance with the ~rovisions o~ this
Ordinance and Collier County Ordinance ~o. 84-31.
incorporating a schedule of the annual special assessments to
be imposed upon the owners of all residential units in the
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benefit units, The annual rats resolution rill also
establish rates, fees and charges for c~smercial service by
the authorized Contractor(s) as yell as rates, fees and
charges for disposal at County authorized facilities. Such
schedule shall provide sufficient revenues to fund the
collection and disposal of solid waste within the benefit
unite.
Z~ the Board elects to use the non-ad valorem method of
collectina the s~ecial assessments as Dart of the ad valeram
tax bills. the Procedures set forth in Section 197.3632~
Florida Statutes. shall be folloved for the adoption of
rates. fsss and charass,
BZCTXON SIX, Asendesnts to Section Ten of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as seendad.
Section Ten of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30~ as amended
Is hereby amended to read as lollors:
SECTZON TE~: CERTZFZCXTYON OF RAT~ RESOLDTZO~
Upon adoption by the Board of the rate resolution provided
in Section 9 and Collier County Ordinance No. 84-31, the
Clerk shall forthvith deliver a certified copy of said rate
resolution to the Tax ColXector or other Board desiqnee vho
rill be responsible for collection of the special assessment.
Based upon said rats resoluticn~ the Tax Collector or other
Board designee shall cause to bs prepared an annual solid
vases collection and disposal special assessment roll. Such
roll shall contain a description of those properties ss
provldsd by the Property Appraiser vhlch are subJsc~c to the
special assesssent, the name and address of the ovner of each
such unit, and the amount of the special assessment
applicable to each residential unit. The description of each
residential unit shall be in such detail as to peniS ready
identification of each unit on the real property assessment
roll.
~f the Board elects to use the non-~d valorem method of
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GollectinO the special assessments. the Procedures set forth
In Section.197.3632. Florida Statutes. shall be followed for
~he adoption of rates. fees and char,as and the rate
resolution.
SECTION SEVEN. Amendments to Section Eleven of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Eleven of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended is hereby amended to read as followsz
SECTION ELEVENs SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
SERVICE CHARGE PRIOR TO INITIATION OF
ANNUAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
A solid waste collection and disposal service charge
shall be imposed against the owners of all residential unite
when Certificates of Occupancy are issued by Collier County.
Until an annual assessment is levied against such residential
units in accordance with the procedures delineated herein,
the amount of such service charge shall be a prorated share
of the annual charge. Such charge shall be paid at the time
of issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, transferred into
the ~ Revenue Fund.
SECTION EIGHT. Amendments to Section Twelve of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Twelve of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended is hereby amended to read as followst
SECTION TWELVE= SCOPE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT] DELINQUENCY]
LIENS.
The special assessment shall be imposed against the owners
of all residential units in the benefit units. Delinquencies
in special assessment payments, liens and collections thereof
shall be administered and enforced in accordance with one of
the following procedures=
A. In accordance with Chapter 197, Florida Statutes. a~d
particularlY. Section 197.3632. Florida Statutes. Drovidina
for the imposition and collection of the Solid Waste
Collection and DisPosal Special Assessments as a non-ad
valorem assessment on the DrODertv tax bills/or, in the
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alternative,
B. Pursuant to the authority of Chapter 173, Florida
Statutes, in accordance with the following procedure:
The owner and description of each residential unit shall
be that desi~natsd on the real property Assessment Roll
maintained by the Property Appraiser of Collier county even
though the Property Appraissr's Assessment Roll may not be
ourrent with regard to ownership, and from the Certificates
of Occupancy issued by the County for those residential unite
that are not described on said Assessment ro11, all of which
shall be described in the special assessment ro11. The
special assessment for the 1991 Service Year shall be due and
payable by the first day of November prior to such service
year or within siw%y--e64~ thirty f30) days from the matlinq
of the original special assessment bill by the Tax Collector
or other Board destgnee, whichever Is later. Unless
otherwise provided herein, special assessments shall become
delinquent if not fully paid by the first day of Januax7 of
the service year to which they pertain or within
thirtv/30l days from the mailing of the original special
assessment bill by the TaM Collector or other Board desAgnes,
whichever is later.
For the 1992 Service Year and all services years
thereafter. except when the non-ad valorem metho~ of
collection pursuant to Section 197.3632. Florida Statutes. is
used. the special assessment shall be due by Janual7 I of
such service year and shall be payable by · full lump-sum
payment tendered by Janual7 1 of the service year for which
payment is required or by four (4} equal quarterly payments
for said service year, with the first quarterly payment due
by Januar~ 1, the second quarterly payment due by April 1,
the third quarterly payment due by July 1, and the fourth
quarterly payment due by October I of such earvice year.
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Each quarterly installment payment shall be subject to a two
dollar ($2.00) administrative processing fee and a penalty
fee of five dollars ($5.00) if the installment has not been
paid within fifteen (15) days after the due date for the
particular quarterly payment. The owner of a residential
unit electing to pay the special assessment by the quarterly
payment method has the option to pay the quarterly
installment payment amount and fee(s) due or may pay the
balance due amount and fee(s) to retire the payment
obligation for the service year. Any quarterly payment
received by the Tax Collector or other Board designee that
does not include the administrative processing fee or a
penalty fee, if appropriate, shall be deemed noncompliant,
refused acceptance and will be returned. This penalty fee
shall be in addition to any and all other penalties assessed
for late payments of the quarterly installments, The
quarterly installment penalty fee also shall be cumulative,
that is, each late quarterly payment so penalized, wtll have
its ova penalty assessed.
If the owner of a residential unit does not make the first
quarterly payment within fifteen (15) days of the first
quarterly payment due date, such owner shall not be entitled
to utilize the quarterly installment payment method for that
particular service year, and is subject to the requirement of
a full lump-sumpayment of the annual special assessment due
by January 1 of such service year.
All delinquent speglal assessments billed and collected by
the Tax collector or other Board deslgnee shall bear Interest
at the rate of twelve percent (12%} per annum. All special
assessments imposed upon the o~l~ers of residential units
under the provisions of this Ordinance, becoming due and
payable on or after Noveml~er 1, 1990 for the 1991 Service
Year or January I for all service years thereafter or e~
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"^' thirty {301 days after an original or corrective billing
for such service year vas sailed to the ovnsr of any
rssidsntial unit that was not billed prior to commencement of
such service year, and those special assessments paid by
quarterly installments including administrative processing
fsss and penalties not paid in full by October 1 of all
service years thereafter, shall constitute and are hereby
imposed as liens against such residential units as of the
date the special assessment becomes delinquent. Said special
assessments shall rsmain liens equal in rank and dignity with
the lisa of the County for ad valorsn taxes and superior in
rsnk and dignity to sll other lisns, encumbrances, titlss and
claims in and to or against the rsal proper~y involved.
If any special sssessssnt lien becomes dslinqusnt, the
Board, upon rsceipt of ths list of outstanding and delinquent
special assessments from the Tax Collector or othsr Board
designas under the provisions of Section 13t shall, by
resolution, record a notice of delinquent liens containing
ths amount of the delinquent special asssssment including all
interest provided hersin, a legal description of the
residential units against vhich the lien is imposed and the
name of the ovnsr of such rssidsntial units as indicated on
thsrsal proper~y assessment roll maintained by ths Propsr~y
Appraiser of Collier County, svsn though the Pruper~y
Appraiser's ssssssment roll may to bs curtsat vith regard to
ovnsrship. Said notice of dslinqusnt lien shall bs rscordsd
in the Public Records of Collier County, ,lotida, by the
Board. Fur~hsr, notice of ths imposition of the lien on
residential units pursuant to said resolution shall bs sailsd
by the Clsrk or the Board's desi_crnee. to each ovner of such
residential unit at the ovner's last known address. The
riotics shall contain the same information required in the
resolution described herein imposing the lien. Upon payment
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by or on behalf of the owner and receipt of ths list for paid
or discharqed lien or liens from the Clerk or*the Boardts
llKItltl~, the Board shall adopt a resolution indicating
satisfaction of said lien or liens which shall be recorded in
the Public Records of Collier County, Florida, by the Board.
Further, a notice of satisfaction of said lien or liens
pursuant to said resolution shall be mailed by the Clerk or
the Board*s deslanes to each owner of such residential units
at the owner*s last known address. The notice shall contain
the same information required in the resolution described
herein satisfying the lien.
Or~ in thl alternative,
C. In accordance with the provisions of any other law
applicable to the administration and enforcement of
delinquent special assessment payments, liens and the
collection thereof.
D. Hotwithstanding any provision in this Ordinance to the
contrary, effective September 1~ 1993~ those residential
units Identified in Collier County Resolution No. 93-357, the
owners of record of such residential units having never
received the 1991 special assessment bill or reminder or
demand letters therefor, and whereupon said residential units
had a lien imposed thereon pursuant to Resolution No. 93-29
adopted by the Board ~anuary 26, 1993 shall be afforded the
following remedy and procedural
1. All interest accrued for each such residential
unit from the due date of payment of such 1991 special
assessment through September 1, 1993 shall be accounted
for and paid from Collier county Fund 470 thereby reducing
the outstanding (delinquent) interest due on such
residential unit accounts to zero as of September 1, 1993.
Collier County Solid Waste Department is authorized and
shall effectuate a refund of interest paid to those ownsre
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o~ those residential units referenced in Resolution
93-357 Who have paid the then outstanding principal
(special assessment amount} and ~nterest subsequent to the
lien being ~mposed per Resolution No, 93-29 and pr~or to
September 1~ 1993.
2. On or before September 1, 1993, the Solid Waste
Department shall send by regular U.S. mail corrective
invoices to the residential unit owners of record for
those residential units identified in Resolution
93-357, such invoices providing billing £or payment of the
1991 Service Year special assessment without interest,
paid on or before September 30, 1993. Thereafter,
payment has not been made for such residential unLtby
aeptesber 30, 1993, then interest on such unpaid invoLce
shall accrue at the rats of twelve percent (12~] per annms
commencing October 1, 1993.
3. Full payment of the 1991 Service Year special
assessment as stated on the corrective invoice referenced
in subparagraph 1 heraabove prior to October 1# 1993 shell
result in the residential unit account being considered
paid in full, and a resolution indicating satisfaction of
the lien created by Resolution No. 93-29 shall be adopted
by the Board and recorded in the Public Records of Collier
County, Florida.
SECTION NINE. Amendments to SectionThLrtosn of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Thirteen of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as followsx
SECTION THIRTEEN: PAYMENTS.
Billing, receiving and accounting for the payment of
th~ solid waste collection and disposal special assessments
shall be the responsibility of the T~x Collector of Collier
County pursuant to the uroviaions of Chapter 197, Florida
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Statutes, the Rcreement between the Board of CollntV
Commissfoners. the Tax Collector and the Property Appraiser
and other applicable provisions of laY. or other Board
Designee.
SECTION ~N. Amendments to Section Sixteen of Collier County
Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Sixteen of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as fellova:
SECTION SIX"rEENz ENFORCEITENT OF DELINQUENT ANNUAL GARBAGE
AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
SPECIAL ASSESSHENTS.
All delinquent special assessment liens may be enforced
at any time by the Board subsequent to the date the special
assessment or service charge becomes delinquent, except as
othervise provided herein, for the amount due under such
liens or any recorded liens, including all interest, plus
costs and and a reasonable attorney's fee by proceeding in a
Court of equity to foreclose such liens in the manner of
which a mortgage lien is foreclosed under the laws of
Florida, or, in the alternative, foreclosure proceedings may
be instituted and prosecuted under the provisions of Chapter
173, Florida Statutes, or the collection and enforcement of
payment thereof may be accomplished by any other method
authorized by lay. It shall be lawful to Join in any
complaint for foreclosure or any such legal proceedings, any
one (1) or more lots or parcels of land that is the subject
of a lien or liens.
The Clerk or the Board's desi_a~e~ is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver, upon request, a written
certification certifying the amount due for delinquent
assessments or unrecorded liens for any residential unit. In
the alternative, the Clerk or the Board's destense shall
certify that no such special assessments are due, except
current and non-delinquent special assessments, which
certificates shall be binding upon the County.
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SECTION ELEVEN. ]Lmendments to SectionTwenty-One of Collier
County Ordinance No. 90-30, aa amended.
Section Twenty-One of Collier County OrdinanCe No. 90-30, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as fellowes
SECTIONTWENTY-ONE= EXEMPTION PERMITS FOR COMMERCIALAND
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY$ PROCEDURE FOR
OBTAINING AND REVOKING EXEMPTION
PERMITS.
A. Any owner or occupier of commercial property
desiring to remove solid waste generated on its own
premises may make application to the County
A~tllh~or his designee for an E~emption Permit to
remove and convey such solid waste to designated County
landfills. Such application shall be on a form as
prescribed by the County liaea4Jee~.
Applications shall be accompanied by s filing fee of an
amount as determined by resolution of the board. the
application shall, in addition to other items which may
be specified by the County l4amHJee^dministrator,
contain at least the following information:
1. Name of applicant.
2. Activity generating the solid waste.
3. Identification of solid waste generated and
address of premises where such waste is
generated.
4. The proposed County landfill site.
5. The vehicles and personnel which will be
utilized.
6. Information sufficient to establish that the
equipment to be used is constructed or
equipped in · manner such that no
spillage or loss of any fraction of the load
can occur.
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Upon deter~ining that the activity for which the
Exemption Permit is sought complies with the terms of
this Ordinance and with all County, State and Federal
laws and regulations, the County HaRa~ev~
may grant an Exemption Permit. The Exemption Permit
shall specify thereon the County facility(ies) to which
the solid waste shall be conveyed and any other
conditions deemed appropriate thereon~ under the Permit.
Such Exemption Permit shall be effective for a period of
one (1) year from the grantin~ thereof end may be
renewed from year to year upon the same application and
procedures for the granting of the original Exemption
Permit. Appeal from any decision of the County NemHjev
/MllL~Jfd~j~X denying or revoking such ex~ption Permit
say be taken to the Board by the parities so aggrieved
by filing with the County~j~dZl~L~t~la
petition etatiny the grounds for such appeal. Said
petition must be filed with the County BaeaeJee
JJiI~LGIK~X within ten (10) days after the nilin~ of
notice of such denial by the County BeRates
Upon receipt of notice of a violation of the terms of
any such Exs~ption Permit~ inoluding the application
therefor, the County~~LtZL~Lt~?~Kmay after
notice and hearing revoke such Exemption Permit, with
the right of appeal to the Board.
B. Exemption Permit, shall not be issued for
residential properties generally, but say issue upon the
following be,i, and criteria$
Z. The residential unit for which exemption from
the special assessment is sought must:
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a. be essentially surrounded by conercial
property{ and
b. provide vritten confirsation that its solid
vests shall be collected and disposed by
adjacent consrcial property; or
c, pertain to a condominiummmsrst or
hoecorners' association of record Vhose
residential units are receiving commercial
(dumpstot-bulk loader) solid vests collection
and disposal service rates than the
residential collection and disposal service
described in Section Nineteen (B) hsrsin~
vhersbyths sfrected residential units# if so
slsctlng through their respective condcsiniun
ovners' or hcssovnerst association shall file
an sxemption application Identifying the
residential units and providing other relevant
information as required on the fore provided
by the ~-' ~' ..... ^~---'-- Director of the
DeDaz~ment of Revenue, In exemption granted
pursuant to this provision shall mandate the
subJe~c residential units to obtain and
receive commercial service through their
respective condominiua ovnerst or hoecornerst
association In contract with the Contractor
for the appropriate comasrole1 service rats
for the service provided by the Contractor
pursuant to this Ordinance and the rates under
the Service Agreement,
2, The Contractor providing service in the
affected Solid Haste District shall affirm in
vriting to the '-'~' ...... *---~-- Director of the
Deoat~cment of Revenue that it ls laptactical or
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economically inefficient for Contractor to provide
curbside collection service to such' residential
units(s) for ~hich exemption is sought.
3. Application for this Residential Exemption
Persia shall be made in~rltingby the residential
unit o~ner or on behalf of the residential unit
owners of such condominimacvners, or homec~nerst
association by such condominium ownerst or
homeowners' association with a TWenty-five Dollar
($25.00) administrative processing fee for each
application to the ~:I!~ ~::~: Di:::t:~ Director of
the DePartment of Revenu~ prior to thirty (30) days
of the mailing date of the special assessment bill.
The ~:II~ ~::~: DI:;;~;; Director of the Ds~artusnt o~
Revenue Bay request and shall be entitled to receive
relevant docuasntation or conftraatton of facts from the
applicant and shall, in any event, render a written
decision either ~lrantlng or denying the exemption
request within thirty (30) days of its submission.
4. An appeal from a decision of the 6e~4-Wa~4
Di. ee~e~ Director o~ the Deuartment of Revenu-
denying or revoking a Residential Exaption Persit
Bay be taken to the board by the residentialunit
owner as a99risved by filing with the County
Na~a~Jev~a petition stating the
grounds for such appeal. Said petition suet be
filed with the County )SMm~e~~withln
tan (10) days after the Bailing of notice of dental
by the ~cll~ ~;;~c ~l:;;~o; Director of the
Denartment o~ Revenue.
5. After the expiration of the periods of
limitation established in subparagraphs three (3)
or four (4) of this subsection, as each Bay apply,
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no petition, appeal or right of action shall be
asserted by the residential unit owner applicant,
S, X residential unit exemption granted hereunder
shall be forsalized by resolution adopted by the
Board and communicated to the Tax Collector and/or
other Board designee,
7, All Residential Exemption Permits granted
hereunder shall have a duration of up to and no
sore than three (3) consecutive service years,
~hereupon the residential unit will be subject to
the special assessment end Contractor's solid waste
collection and disposal service unless a ne~
Residential Exemption Permit is obtained pursuant
to the procedures described hersabove.
SECTION TWELVE. Amendments to Section Twenty-Two of Collier
County Ordinance No. 90-30, as amended.
Section Twenty-Two of Collier County Ordinance No. 90-30, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTIONTWENTY-TWO; FINANCIAL HARDSHip DEFZRMENTS
EXCePt where the Solid Waste Collection and DiSDOSe1
Special Assessments are imposed and collected as non-0d
valorem assessments on the DrODertV tax bills,...a & defersent
of the payment obligation otherwise required under this
Ordinance may be granted upon the written request of a
residential unit owner who qualifies because of financial
hardship using as a standard the R.U.D. Section S Rental
Assistance Program as to annual income, providing further
that home ownership is not in and of itself an eliminating
factor. The defersant will consist of a lien placed against
the residential property to run with the land An an amount
equal to the cumulative unpaid special assessments. The lien
will be satisfied upon the sale, transfer or any other
disposition of the residential property subject to the
special assessment.
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X. Application for financial hardship de~erment is to
be made through the Collier County
Depefee~ Department of ReVenUe. The Collier County
e.,,= ,._,_ ~ .... ,___, ,e_._,_- Department of Revenue
Director shall render a witten detereination upon such
applLcation within thirty (30) days ot its submittal,
B. X residential unit owner who has applied ~or a
financial hardship deferBent and has been denied such
defermeat b~ the Collier County ~cli~
Denartment o~ Revenue DireCtor Bay petition a Financial
Hardship Review Coaltree established hereby and
cowposed ot the Collier County .'n..vlr:~_=:n~al
I~21AAj~A~kl Administrator, the Collier County Housim3
and Urban Ieproveuent Director and the County
Adli~[ij~lf~X. Such written application shall be
tendered to the Financial Hardship Review Ccnnsittee c/o
the Collier County .~r. vircr=cn~:l
Administrator o~ice within thirty (30) days ot the date
of denial by theEe~4-Wee~eDe~artment of Revenue
Director. A~ter the expiration o~ this period ot
limitation, no petition, appeal or right ot action shall
be asserted by the residential unit owner applicant,
C. X review of the decisions o~ the Financial
Hardship Review Committee may be heard by the Board upon
application by any person seokin~ such a review, Such
written application shall be tendered to the County
14eeegee~within thirty (30) days o~ the
date of the decision ot the Financial Hardship Revie~
Committee. A~ter the expiration ot this period
limitation, no petition, appeal or ri~ht ct action shall
be asserted by the residential unit owner applicant.
D. A deferment~rantedbythe ::li~
Department of Revenue Director or by the Financial
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Hardship Revie~ Conittse or the Board shall be
forsalizsdby resolution adoptedby the ~oard and
recorded in the Public Records of Collier County,
Florida b~ the Board.
E. All financial hardship dsfsrmsnts shall be subject
to revaluation by the Collier County~
Department of Revenue Director evsry third service year
following the grant or defersent or the previous
teevaluation.
F. All financial hardship deferments shall accrue
interest on the unsaid ~rincioal at the rite of tvelve
percent f12%! net annum unless the intermit is ~ived
the Board of County Commissioners based on .inferserich
provided to the Board of County Commissioners On an
~ndividual basis. .
SECTION THIFrEEN~ Amendments to Section ~enty-Thrae of Collier
County Ordinance No. g0-30, as amended.
Section ~enty-Three of Collier County Ordinance
as amended, shall read as follows~
SECTION TWENTY-THREEX PENALTIES.
Violations of this Ordinance shall be prosecuted in the
sane manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted and upon
conviction shall be punished by fine not to exceed five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County
Jail not to exceed sixty (60) days or by both fine and
imprisonment. Each day of continued violation shall be
considered a separate and distinct offense. The Board shall
the power to collaterally enforce the provisions of this
Ordinance through its ~ode enforcement inspectors and/or code
enforcement boards or by appropriate Judicial writ or
proceeding notwithstanding any prosecution in the same manner
as a misdemeanor.
SECTION FOURTEE}Ix CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY.
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The provisions of this Ordinance shall be liberally construed
to effectively carry out its purposes in the interest of publie
health, safety, yellare, and convenience. If any section, phrase,
sentence or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
~urisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct,
and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the rmining portions thereof.
SECTION FIFTEEN= Inclusion in the Code of Lays and Ordinances.
Ths provisions of this Ordinance shall becoas and be made a
part of ths Code of Lays and Ordinances of Collier County,
Florida. The sections of the Ordinance say be rsmmbersd or
relettered to accomplish such, and the word "ordinance" may be
changed to "section", wartLois", or any other appropriate word.
SECTION SIXTEENs Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon filing this
Ordinance with the Departvent of State.
PASSED J~/D DULY ADOPTED by the Board of C~oners
of Collier County, Florida, this //.day of
1995.
^~rZsT~ .......· ~ oF CO~ c~asszon~s
DWIGHT I:'BROCK, CLERK COLLIER COUNTY, I~ORIDA
;.
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, bavid C. WsigsI ~)'
County Attorney
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SOLID WASTE COLLEChON/
,_,. ,.~ SERVICE AREAS
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DISTRICT
NUt'IBER 2
SO~ZD'%S~S ~kZCT~ =
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF COLLIER)
I, DWIGHT Z. BROCK, Clsrk o£ Courts in and for the Twsntisth
Judicial Circuit, Collier County, Florida0 do hsrsby certify that
~oregoing is a true cow
ORDINANCE NO. 95-78
Which was adopted by the Board o[ County Commissioners on the 19th day
of December, 1995, during Regular Session.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of Coun~.y
W
Commissioners of Collier County, Floriaa, this 20th ~ay of December,
.:.
1995. '. , ..... ..,.,,, ,
. ~ ~..,.... ,,, ,.i,,,,,.,,
[M4IGHT E. BROCK ..' .< ,' '. ..... ........
Clerk of Courts a~a ~ld~k ":~;'f': :..
Ex-officio to Boa~d'o~: ,..' . ;:. 'J. %.
County Commissto '~&;...; ,'~ "- ~..-~. :.
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/s/~aureen Keny~i .... ....,, ..
Deputy Clerk "' y~" '~' ' ':
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