Santa Barbara County Municipal Code Art. IV Fees for Use of County-Owned and/or Operated Solid Waste Facilities

The county retains the option in all cases (except as otherwise provided herein) to charge a fee for use of county-owned and/or operated solid waste facilities on either a yardage or tonnage basis, or both, as shall be prescribed from time to time in writing by the resource recovery and waste management division. Car bodies, stumps, large trees, lumber, concrete and any other type of material which by its inherent nature creates unusual disposal problems shall be charged by the yardage or tonnage rates as the resource recovery and waste management division shall designate.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

The board of supervisors may by resolution change, adjust or otherwise alter the prices and regulations listed in this article as the board may deem necessary.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

All persons when using county-owned and/or operated solid waste facilities shall pay a fee as established in this article and shall be furnished a receipt therefor. Fee rates shall be conspicuously posted at all such solid waste facilities.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

It shall be the duty of the refuse checker on duty to designate the fee to be charged in accordance with this article.

(a) Should a person allege the fee charged is not the correct posted fee, such person may pay the fee under protest.

(b) The refuse checker shall designate the location where the solid waste should be unloaded and shall then attempt to contact the director or their authorized representative. The director shall appraise the load and fee charged, and this decision on the fee shall be final except by appeal, as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(c) Any person who is dissatisfied with the decision or ruling of the resource recovery and waste management division under this section may appeal in writing to the clerk of the board of supervisors within ten days of the director rendering his or her decision or ruling. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall set the appeal for hearing and give the appellant, by certified mail, return receipt requested, and the resource recovery and waste management division, five days' notice of the hearing. After the hearing, the board may affirm, modify or revoke the decision of the resource recovery and waste management division.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

Any person or collector who has established a charge account with the county for payment of fees required of this section, shall be assessed a finance charge on all delinquent accounts of one and one-half percent per month or eighteen percent per year. An account shall be delinquent if not paid in full within thirty days from its designated due date.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)