Volume-based trash pricing service fee for collections.

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 48-42.5

in effect

Sec. 48-42.5. - Volume-based trash pricing service fee for collections. (a) Any owner or occupant of eligible property shall be charged a fee for the collection of trash, recyclable material, and compost material by the city in accordance with the fee schedule provided in section 48-42.5(b), billed and payable quarterly. Any eligible property where the owner or occupant has not selected a trash container will be charged the minimum fee. (b) Owners or occupants of eligible property will be charged a fee based on the size of the selected trash container. If the owner or occupant of an eligible property does not already have a trash container assigned, and does not select a trash container, the eligible property will be charged a minimum fee based on the small trash container. The fee structure will initially be set at nine dollars ($9.00)/month for the small trash container (35-gallon), thirteen dollars ($13.00)/month for the medium trash container (65-gallon), and twenty-one dollars ($21.00)/month for the large trash container (95-gallon). No more frequently than every year and no less frequently than every five (5) years thereafter, the manager of transportation and infrastructure may adjust the fees associated with each trash container based on a cost-of-service study through an update to the rules and regulations promulgated under authority of this article. The manager of transportation and infrastructure may also adjust the fees on an individual basis for good cause or other reasons set forth in the rules and regulations. (c) Revenues collected from the volume-based trash pricing service fee shall be segregated, credited, and deposited in a special revenue fund or funds, and shall not be transferred therefrom to any other account of the city, except to pay for expenses attributable to the city's collection and treatment of trash, recyclable material, and compost material, and other special services that support the management of such materials. (d) Revenues collected from the volume-based trash pricing service fee shall not be used for general or other governmental or proprietary purposes of the city, except to pay for the equitable share of the costs of accounting, management, and government thereof. Other than as described above, these revenues shall be used solely to pay for: (i) the costs of acquisition, maintenance, improvement, and replacement of the equipment, facilities, and properties utilized by the city; (ii) the costs of personnel, permits, licenses, fees, supplies, consumables, and other costs of operation; and (iii) education and communications for proper management and reduction of trash, recyclable material, and compost material, and other special services that support the management of such materials related to the city's provision of trash, recyclable material, and compost material collection and treatment and costs incidental thereto. (e) Failure to pay a fee when due may result in a lien against the eligible property pursuant to section 48 of this chapter. (Ord. No. 116-10, § 3, 2-22-10; Ord. No. 243-11, § 2, 5-2-11; Ord. No. 685-22, § 3, 6-27-22)

Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH48SOWA_ARTIVRU_S48-42.5VOSETRPRSEFECOFetched: 10/27/2026