[Ord. No. 500, 10/11/2016; as amended by Ord. No. 510, 8/8/2017]
The municipal fee established by this Part shall be known as
the "Rankin Health, Safety and Sanitation Services Fee."
[Ord. No. 500, 10/11/2016; as amended by Ord. No. 510, 8/8/2017]
The following words and phrases as used in this Part shall have
the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
An individual residence, flat, apartment, live-work unit,
or other unit utilized by an individual, single family or single group
of cohabitating roommates for eating, sleeping and residential living,
or otherwise designed to be utilized for such purposes, but not presently
occupied, and shall include dwellings that are property tax exempt
contained in housing projects owned and/or operated by the state,
county, or a governmental authority or local governmental authority.
Services provided by the Borough of Rankin, either directly
or indirectly, that promote Borough-wide safety, sanitation and health,
and for which no other fee is presently assessed to cover the costs
of providing such services, said services consisting of solid waste
collection, removal and disposal, stormwater management, streetlighting,
street cleaning, weed and debris control, animal control and similar
services.
Includes all buildings not defined as residential. A building
may be part residential and part nonresidential.
For purposes of this Part, the number of restrooms in a nonresidential
building shall constitute the number of nonresidential units in the
building for purposes of calculating the Borough's health and
safety fee.
Dwellings that qualify as "exempt dwellings" under Ordinance
No. 508,[1] enacted on May 9, 2017, and that has opted out of participation
in Rankin Borough's provided service for the collection, removal
and disposal of solid waste.
Any building being used as a single-family residence, or
building (such as an apartment building or complex) that contains
two or more single-family residences or dwelling units, whether or
not presently occupied by a family or group of unrelated persons authorized
by the Rankin Borough Zoning Code to reside in a single-family residence
or dwelling unit, or any building capable of being used as a residential
building where there is the capability on the date of this Part, or
any time thereafter, to house residential tenants on the premises
whether together, apart or within the intended for occupancy as separate
living quarters or residential units by a family or group of persons
living together or by a person living alone.
[Ord. No. 500, 10/11/2016; as amended by Ord. No. 510, 8/8/2017]
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Each owner of a residential building, a private sanitation service
dwelling and/or nonresidential building shall monthly be billed a
flat, per dwelling or unit, "health, safety and sanitation fee" to
be utilized to help defray the cost to the Borough of Rankin for providing
health, sanitation and safety services. The amount of the health,
sanitation and safety fee shall be set by resolution and will be listed
in Rankin Borough's Fee Resolution, as amended from time to time
by resolution.
2.Â
The health, sanitation and safety fee shall be a flat monthly fee
per dwelling or unit, as set forth in the above-referenced fee resolution,
as amended from time to time, based on the number of nonresidential
units contained in a nonresidential building, on the number of dwelling
units contained in a residential building and on the number of dwelling
units contained in a private sanitation service dwelling. For example,
the health and safety fee per residential building and per private
sanitation service dwelling shall be determined by multiplying the
number of dwelling units within the residential building or private
sanitation service dwelling by the amount of the health and safety
fee which applies thereto which will equal the total health and safety
fee amount due from the owner of that residential building or private
sanitation service dwelling for the billing period in question. Calculating
the health and safety fee per nonresidential building shall be determined
by multiplying the number of nonresidential units within the nonresidential
building by the amount of the health and safety fee which will equal
the total health and safety fee amount due and owing from the owner
of that nonresidential building. The calculation for a building that
is a nonresidential building in part and a residential building in
part will require multiplying the total number of dwelling units and
nonresidential units in the building by the amount of the health and
safety fee which will equal the total amount due and owing from that
building owner for the year in question.
3.Â
The health, sanitation and safety fee shall be set at a separate,
lower, uniform rate for nonresidential buildings and private sanitation
service dwellings to reflect the fact that nonresidential buildings
and private sanitation service dwellings do not utilize the Borough
of Rankin contracted for and supplied service for the collection,
removal and disposal of solid waste.
4.Â
The health and safety fee shall be paid on a quarterly basis. The
Borough Council shall appoint a collector of this fee by resolution.
The duties of the collector shall be to prepare and distribute bills
and collect the fee.
[Ord. No. 500, 10/11/2016; as amended by Ord. No. 510, 8/8/2017]
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The fee resolution may provide for an early payment discount. If,
for any reason, the health and safety fee is not paid when due as
set forth on the bill issued, interest at the rate of 6% per annum
will be assessed on the amount of said outstanding fee due and owing.
2.Â
Notwithstanding the relief provided for above, any person violating
any of the provisions of this Part shall, upon conviction, be liable
to pay a penalty not exceeding $600, together with costs, for each
and every offense, and further shall be required to pay the amount
of the amount of the health, sanitation and safety fee, together with
interest provided for in this Part, which should have been paid as
provided in this Part. In default of payment as provided herein, said
violator shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a
period not exceeding 30 days.
[Ord. No. 500, 10/11/2016; as amended by Ord. No. 510, 8/8/2017]
This Part shall be effective commencing September 1, 2017, and
thereafter without the need for reenactment.
