§ 5-2201. RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE.

(a)

The Board shall establish residential refuse service areas within the unincorporated area of the County for which exclusive contracts shall be awarded for the collection of residential solid waste. In any such refuse service area, no person, other than the person to whom an exclusive residential solid waste collection contract has been awarded, shall collect or transport residential solid waste generated within such refuse service area.

(b)

The exclusive residential solid waste collection contracts shall be for an initial term not to exceed eight (8) years and may be extended by the Board for subsequent terms. The duration of such subsequent extensions shall be determined by the Board at the time of such extensions. The contracts shall contain, among other provisions, a requirement that the maximum rates that may be charged by the collector for services provided under the contract be first approved by the Board, in accordance with existing law, after a published noticed public hearing. However, such approval and public hearing shall not be required for annual construction cost index adjustments required by the contract. The exclusive residential solid waste collection contract may contain such other provisions as the Board deems legally appropriate.

(Ord. 877; 2887; 3228; 3440; Ord. 3977 § 5, 1998)