A. Each person engaging in the business of collecting or transporting of rubbish kept, accumulated, or generated in the City shall pay a franchise fee to the City. The franchise fee shall be in an amount as set forth in a resolution adopted by the City Council.

B. Franchise fees shall be payable on a quarterly basis, and shall be due and payable on the first day of the second month immediately following the quarter in which collection services were provided. Each payment shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the resolution adopted by the City Council pursuant to subsection A. above.

C. The required franchise fee shall be paid to the City’s Director of Finance. Each payment shall be accompanied by a written statement, verified by the person making the payment, or a duly authorized representative of the person, showing the calculation of the franchise fee payable in such form and detail as the Director of Finance may determine is material to a determination of the amount due.

D. No statement filed under this section shall be conclusive as to matters set forth in such statement, nor shall the filing of such statement preclude the City from collecting by appropriate action the sum that is actually due and payable.

E. The payment of franchise fees to the City pursuant to this chapter shall be in addition to any license fee or business tax prescribed by the City for the same period.

F. If franchise fees are not paid by the grantee at the times required by this section, a late payment charge in an amount equal to ten percent of the franchise fee that was not timely paid shall be assessed and shall become immediately due and payable. If the grantee fails to pay delinquent franchise fees within thirty days of the date required by this section, an additional late charge amounting to ten percent of the franchise fee then outstanding shall be assessed and become due and payable. In addition, the grantee shall pay interest on all unpaid franchise fees and late payment charges at the rate of ten percent per annum or the legal rate allowed whichever is less, from the date said franchise fees were due and payable to the date actually paid. (Ord. 6517-NS § 1, 1999)