(a)  Use of county-owned disposal facilities shall be subject to the following fees and charges:

     (1) Individual households and qualified small businesses, as defined in section 19-62, which have elected to receive county solid waste collection services and are current in payments for such services may personally or by employees or officers in the case of businesses dispose of their own solid waste, including incidental construction debris generated from their own premises, at a county disposal facility at no additional charge. All other persons including contractors retained by households or by small businesses on county solid waste collection services who dispose of solid waste at the county transfer station for compensation shall pay a fee of fifty-two dollars ($52.00) per ton. This fee shall be prorated for amounts of waste that do not constitute an even ton; provided, however, that a minimum fee of five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle shall be charged. All fees required to be collected at the time of disposal shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar. Fees that are collected on a monthly basis pursuant to the provisions of subsection (6) of this section shall be for the exact amount of the fee incurred. 

     (2) There shall be no charge for the disposal of recyclable items, as listed in section 19-70(a), at designated county disposal facilities.

(b) Persons disposing of waste requiring special handling (including food processing wastes), shall at a minimum pay the applicable tipping fees plus the following amounts:

(1) $52.00 - 0 to 3,999 pounds

(2) $62.50 - 4,000 to 6,000 pounds

(3) $80.00 - Over 6,000 pounds

         (4) Additional fees may be required by the county administrator as set forth in paragraph (d) of this section. Animal carcasses will not be accepted at the county's transfer station.

(c) Prior to the acceptance of industrial or food-processing waste, or any other solid waste requiring special handling, the person desiring to dispose of the same shall secure a permit from the county administrator. Prior to the issuance of such permit, the county administrator shall determine the compatibility of the specific refuse with the method of disposal utilized. In determining such compatibility, the county administrator shall consider disposal volume, difficulty of handling, employee safety, likelihood of equipment damage, and any unusual health and environmental problems and current state and federal regulations. The disposal charge for any such material shall be as a minimum the amount set out in paragraph (b) above, but shall be higher as necessary to cover all cost associated with the special handling requirements, the potential damage to landfill equipment, environmental effects, state and federal rules and regulations regarding the waste and other factors as may be appropriate for such waste. Based on these considerations, the county administrator may require additional special handling charges as necessary from time to time for use at county disposal facilities.

(d) In the event the disposal facility's scale is inoperative, charges for disposal shall be based upon weight data previously generated for the vehicle hauling such waste and the nature of the waste. The weight data shall consist of not fewer than fifteen (15) previous weighings by the vehicle carrying such waste and shall be modified by a visual inspection of the vehicle if such is feasible. For vehicles for which no history of previous weight data exists or for which insufficient data exists, the following rates shall apply: