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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOU'~q~, VIRGINIA, 1973, PERTAINING TO CHARGES FOR HANDLING REFUSE AT CITY INCINERATOR OR LANDFILL. BE iT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: t. That Section 14-5 of ~he Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, be amended and reordained to read as follows: (a) Whenever incinerable refuse is brought to the City incinerator by persons other than residents with refuse from their personal premises, a fee of ten dollars and fifty cents (~10.50) per ton, or a minimum fee of six dollars ($6.00) per load shall be charged for the service. (b~ Delivery to a City landfill by persons other than residents of the City with refuse from~their personal premises, shall pay a fee of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) per ton, or two dollars twen~y-~ive cents ($2.25) per cubic yard or a minimum charge of t~o dollars twenty-five cents ($2.25) per load, whichever is greater. The fee for depositing rubber tires that have not been sli~ed, ct~pped, or othe~.~ise sufficiently deformed to lose their rebounding characteristics in the opinion of the Director of Public Work~ shall be sixteen dollars ($16.OO) per ton. (c) Whenever refuse brought by any person to a City in- cinerator or landfill for disposal is of such volume or character as to cause undue expense to the City, the director shall refuse to accept the same unless such person shall agree to pay a ssrvice charge based upon the cost of handling and disposing of such refuse. (d) Prior to granting disposal services at the City in- cinerator or landfill to any business or commercial establish- ments, the Department of Public Works may, at the discretion of its Director, require a cash deposit of one hundred dollars ($tOO.OO) for each business or commercial landfill user who has not previously established satisfactory credit for such service. At such time of final termination of an account, the deposit will be applied to the final billing and any refund due shall be paid ~o the party entitled to ~the deposit. If any account exceeds the amount oi deposit, the Director of Public Works or his duly authorized representative, shall be authorized to increase the deposit required. After a period of continuous service and satisfactory payment of fees so as to establish satisfactory credit determined by the Director of the Department of Public Works, the deposit may be applied to the respective account.