All improved property in unincorporated Lee County must receive mandatory garbage and solid waste collection. Residences of four or fewer units get '1-1-1' service: one weekly collection each of garbage/trash, commingled recyclables, and horticulture waste at the curb.
The Lee County Mandatory Solid Waste Collection and Disposal ordinance (Ord. 11-03, amended by 11-27) makes collection mandatory: 'All property within each Mandatory Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Service Areas... shall be subject to mandatory garbage and solid waste collection and disposal services.' Residences of four or fewer units receive '1-1-1' service through the county's franchised hauler: one weekly unlimited collection of garbage and trash, one of commingled recyclables (plus battery-bag), and one of horticulture waste. Service is billed as a special assessment on the tax bill. Multifamily properties of five or more units are collected as commercial.
Non-payment of the solid-waste special assessment is a violation of the ordinance, collected via the tax roll/lien; commercial owners who fail to subscribe face an administrative fine up to $500 per day of violation.
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