Municipal Garbage Collection, Service, Fees, Limitation Penalties and Definitions.
1. The Municipality of Franklin may provide trash and garbage collection services to citizens and businesses within the corporate limits and to citizens and busi- nesses outside the corporate limits. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed to compel the Town to collect garbage or trash in Town trucks or by Town personnel and the Town Council may contract with any person for the collection, transportation or disposal of garbage and trash.
2. All subscribers to trash and garbage collection services provided by said
Municipality shall pay for such services as follows:
Households inside corporate limits…..$20.00
Households outside corporate limits…$29.00
Business inside corporate limits…….. Minimum trash customers – $40.00
Customer Rate – $10.00/cu yd
Business outside corporate limits…… Minimum trash customers – $41.48
Customer Rate – $10.37/cu yd
The Town Council shall have the right to establish and authorize the Business Manager to collect such special charges and rates as may be proper for services to any person or business whose refuse requirements are sufficiently abnormal or different, in the opinion of the Maintenance Supervisor and the Mayor, as to justify special or unusual handling or refuse. This shall include those buildings or dwellings not readily accessible to refuse collection, and cases where refuse is not found in standard containers, and where there is high volume.
3. The Municipality reserves the right to discontinue service when any subscriber is 45 days in arrears in payment for service. A 10% penalty shall be added to the subscriber’s bill if payment is not made within 20 days from the date of
billing.
4. It shall be the duty of all landlords to immediately report to the office of the Town Business Manager, the number of tenants.
5. The Town Business Manager may collect all delinquent fees under the
provisions of this ordinance by civil action of other appropriate legal and
equitable procedure.
6. The following limitations shall apply to all services provided herein:
A) Minimum business rate shall apply to collection of one (1) to four (4) bags per week; Bulk Item customers rate shall apply to customers whose trash is composed primarily of boxes or bulky items.
B) A household shall not deposit for collection more than four (4) bags. If the household habitually deposits more than four (4) bags, extra charges will be incurred.
C) All trash and garbage, except cardboard boxes as hereafter mentioned, must be placed in plastic bags with a weight limit not to exceed 40 pounds per bag.
D) Empty cardboard boxes shall be folded flat and tied in bundles with a weight limit not to exceed 40 pounds per bundle.
E) Metals, ashes, petroleum products, non-edible greases, tree limbs, tires, televisions, computer, monitors, etc., shall not be collected pursuant to this ordinance. Large items, such as household appliances shall not be collected as regular trash items.
7. Any person who is not a subscriber to said service who shall deposit trash or garbage for collection or otherwise within the Corporate limits shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefore shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25.00, nor more than $100.00 for each violation.
8. Any customer requesting one-time bulky goods collection; refrigerators, stove, air conditioners, mattress, etc., will be charged a fee of $20.00 (limit two large appliances per pick-up).
9. The following definitions shall apply to this ordinance:
A.) A household shall mean a separate family unit occupying any house, mobile home, house trailer, apartment or any other structure.
B.) Business shall include any person, persons, firm, partnership, association, or corporation performing or providing any service or the sale of any
product to the public at any one location.
10.The rates, fees, charges and delayed payment penalty charges provided herein shall be effective 45 days after the enactment hereof.
11.The provisions of this Ordinance are separable, and if any clause, provision
or section thereof be held void or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance. Upon effective date of the fees, rates, charges and delayed penalty charges as
herein set forth, all resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflicts, hereby
repealed; and to the extent that the provisions of this Ordinance do not touch upon the provisions of prior resolutions, orders or parts thereof, the same shall remain in full force and effect.
The above ordinance will come before the Town Council of the Municipality of Franklin on April 8, 2025 at 6:00pm at the Town Hall for a final vote. Copies of the amendment can be requested at the Town Office Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm. Interested parties may appear at the meeting and be heard with respect to the proposed ordinance. 1c