§ 12-102. Police and fire protection; collection and disposal of refuse—Service charges generally.  


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  • For providing police and fire protection and for collection and disposing of refuse or disposing of refuse delivered to a facility maintained and operated by the City for disposition, there is imposed a fee or service charge, which fee or service charge shall be determined and fixed as the actual expenditure of the City for providing any or all of such services. The fee or service charge shall be collected from the owner or from the party in possession of the real estate for which such services are provided. Such service charge shall be fixed by dividing the expenditures made by the City during the preceding year for such services by the assessed fair market value of all of the real estate within the City, including nontaxable property and including real estate assessed by the State Corporation Commission, which fair market value shall be expressed in hundreds of dollars.

    (Code 1993, § 11-123; Code 2004, § 42-123)

(Code 1993, § 11-123; Code 2004, § 42-123)