9.60.240 Rubbish franchises--Restrictions on customer contracts.
A. Any contract between a grantee and any generator/customer for rubbish collection and transportation services provided pursuant to a franchise granted under this chapter shall meet the following requirements:
1. All contracts enacted or renewed after November 23, 1999 shall provide for cancellation of the contract by the generator/customer upon not less than thirty days notice in any case where the cancellation occurs not less than twelve months after the initial date of the contract or renewal and the generator/customer is not in arrears with respect to collection service charges due to the grantee through the date of the notice of cancellation.
2. All contracts enacted or renewed after November 23, 1999 shall provide that customers may at any time reduce their level of refuse service commensurate with a reduction in the amount of rubbish they generate due to waste prevention and recycling. In such cases the grantee shall make the appropriate adjustments to service and fees within ten working days.
3. The term of the contract shall not extend beyond the term of the franchise granted to the grantee.
B. For the purposes of subsection A., "initial date of the contract" means the effective date of the contract whereby the grantee first agrees to provide collection services to the generator/customer. No amendment, extension, automatic renewal or other modification of the contract, nor any new contract, shall begin a new twelve-month period during which cancellation by the generator/customer is limited as described in paragraph A.1. of this section, unless the grantee has not provided collection services to the generator/customer for a period of not less than sixty consecutive days.
C. The grantee shall provide not less than sixty days notice to the generator/customer before any automatic renewal of a contract may occur. The grantee shall provide such notice by personal service or by United States mail to the person who signed the contract on behalf of the generator/customer or to that person’s successor. (Ord. 6549-NS § 1, 2000: Ord. 6517-NS § 1, 1999)