A. The Municipality of Acosta, for the integrated management of ordinary solid waste, shall establish, through a technical study, the rates for the garbage collection service, differentiating them according to the following scheme:
| | Residential or domestic rate | | | --- | --- | --- | | | Residential tariff | The rate to be applied is that for every housing unit where a business license (patente) does not exist or is not held. | | | Preferential tariff | The rate to be applied is for those special cases, extreme poverty, elderly person living alone, persons with different abilities. | | | Commercial rate | | | | Mixed tariff | The rate to be applied is where small businesses exist within the Housing Unit. | | | Commercial tariff 1 | The rate to be applied to any place holding a business license (patente). This includes: butcher shops, greengrocers, restaurants, tamale-making establishments, bakeries, hardware stores, body and paint shops, mechanical workshops, lubricenters, textile factories, or any other activity similar to those cited above. | | | Commercial tariff 2 | The rate to be applied to any place holding a business license (patente). This includes: medical offices, consulting offices, offices, liquor stores, bars, pharmacies, video rental stores, internet cafés, workshops (upholstery, appliance repair or similar), veterinary clinics, small grocery stores (pulpería), shops, bazaars, small eateries (sodas), taquerias, glassware shops, jewelry stores, bookstores, parking lots, barbershops and beauty salons, ice cream parlors, baby supply stores, photographic studios, stores, florists, laboratories, cycle sports shops, parking lots, cooperatives (offices), health food stores (macrobiótica), florists, recycling centers, guest houses, gyms, community centers, private institutes, or any other activity similar to those cited above. | | | Commercial tariff 3 | The rate to be applied to any place holding a business license (patente), including small businesses or kiosks of less than 9 square meters. And rental houses or apartments. | | | Industrial tariff | The rate to be applied to any place holding a business license (patente). This includes: supermarkets, gas stations and fuel supply cooperatives, factories (industrial, agricultural), warehouses (agrochemical, commercial), bus companies, coffee processing plants (beneficios), tourist cabins or centers, construction material depots, or any other activity similar to those cited above. | | | Governmental rate | | | | Institutional tariff 1 | The rate applicable to all state entities that lack any income from the activities they carry out. This includes all governmental institutions, NGOs, or non-commercial institutions, such as nursing homes, small public government offices, public educational centers with a population of fewer than 300, and any other institution of the same nature and similar conditions. | | | Institutional tariff 2 | The rate applicable to all governmental institutions, NGOs, or non-commercial institutions, which include public educational centers with a population greater than 301, technical and academic high schools, large government institutions, ministries, the CCSS clinic, state banks, churches, and any other institution of the same nature and similar conditions, located within the coverage area of the collection service. | | Other categories | | | | Extraordinary rate | The tariff shall be charged according to the weight of what is collected, adding the cost that managing such waste represents. (Festival days (turnos), fairs, patron saint festivals, civic celebrations, demolitions, among others). | | B. The fee for solid waste collection shall be charged to the owner or possessor, according to the number of housing units, business license (patente) holders, or state entities, located within the property.
C. Any natural or legal person may file their respective claim if they consider that the weighting factor applied to them is not in accordance with the average waste generation, before the Municipal Finance Directorate.
D. For the proper filing of a claim by the administered party regarding the applied weighting, the following requirements must be met:
D.1 File the respective claim in writing and signed by the interested party.
D.2 Photocopy of the identity card of the legal representative in the case of a legal person; photocopy of the identity card in the case of a natural person.
D.3 Photocopy of the articles of incorporation in the case of a legal person or the registered business license (patente) in case of a natural person.
E. Until the case under review is resolved, this Municipality shall maintain the rates and category in effect for the taxpayer.
It shall be the prerogative of the administration to place those differentiations not contemplated in the above rates.
The studies with the amount to be paid must be submitted by the Administration for approval before the Municipal Council during the last quarter of each year, integrating the concepts for which the adjustment is requested (inflation, improvements, new equipment, etc.).
The Administration must notify users of the changes at least two months in advance, prior to the modification, through collective information media.
Add the following subsection to article 24:
9. Deposit bulky waste such as branches, grass clippings (zacate), or other objects left in bags for ordinary collection, as they can cause serious damage to the collection truck.
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