La Puente Municipal Code Part 3 Rates

The city council may, by resolution, establish or adjust limits on the rates, fees or charges that an authorized collector may charge to residential householders or owners and to commercial/industrial business owners for the collection of solid waste and recyclables. No collector shall charge any rate, fee or charge which is greater than the limit established by the city council, unless otherwise authorized in this chapter. Every commercial/industrial business owner and residential householder or owner shall pay the rates, fees and charges established from time to time by the collector for collection services rendered pursuant to this chapter in the manner set forth in Section 4.12.160.

(Ord. 765 § 1, 1998: Ord. 671 § 1 (part), 1992)

(a) The billing and collection of the rates, fees and charges authorized by the city council for residential solid waste handling services shall be the responsibility of the franchised residential collector, and the city shall have no liability or responsibility therefor.

(b) Every commercial/industrial collector shall be solely responsible for collecting the charges for such collector’s services for providing such commercial/ industrial collections as may be authorized by this chapter, and the city shall have no liability or responsibility therefor.

(Ord. 881 § 3, 2009; Ord. 671 § 1 (part), 1992)