NewPublic Health Charges

At the recent meeting of the LegislativeAssembly, several amendments were made to the Public Health Lawthat set new fees for garbage and refuse collection. The changes,which went into effect on 16 July, are documented in the 1 Julyissue of the Cayman Islands Gazette.

The Public Health (Garbage and Refuse Disposal)(Amendment) Regulations, 2001 affect private homes, hotels, condominiumunits, restaurants and bars.

Houses and apartments

All private houses and apartments with frontageon a canal, the beach or the North Sound and situated betweenthe West Bay Cemetery and the Wharf restaurant will be charged$300 annually. All other private houses and apartments will becharged $100 while all other condominium units will be charged$180.

Hotels and guesthouses

Collection from hotels and guesthouses willrange from $1,000 for five bedrooms to $11,000 for those withmore than 400 bedrooms. Lodging houses with five or more bedroomswill be $300. For restaurants without bars the fee will rangefrom $300 for one to 15 seats to $1,200 for more than 75 seats.For restaurants with bars the range is $360 for 1 to 15 seatsup to 1,440 for over 75 seats. Bars without restaurants will becharged $960.

Businesses and other

For business premises the new fees rangefrom $300 for offices measuring fewer than 480 square feet upto $3,000 for offices more than 3,599 square feet. Other premiseswill be charged $240 for generating small refuse, $960 for medium(1/4 to 1 cubic yard of garbage and refuse per week) and $1,920for large (more than one cubic yard of garbage and refuse perweek).

The use of a rear loader, front loader orskiff will range from $240 to $1,440, while the emptying of arear loader, front loader or skiff will range from $400 to $2,180.For the use of a roll-off/roll-on, the range is $5,040 for a stationarycontainer (28 cubic yards) to $5,400 for an open-top container(30 cubic yards). Daily container rentals including one servicenow range from $50 for a skiff (8 cubic yards ­ Monday toFriday) to $150 for grab-truck service (20 cubic yards ­ Saturdayand Sunday). The emptying of a roll-off/roll-on will range from$1,440 for one day a week to $8,220 for six days a week.

The removal of derelict vehicles at theowner's request is $75 per vehicle. The removal of derelict vehiclesupon enforcement of the law is now $215.

The removal of small animal carcasses (75lbs. or less) is free while the cost to remove large carcassesis $75. Incineration of waste other than infectious waste is $2per pound.

A change in the Public Health (InfectiousWaste) Regulations moves the cost of collection, transportationand disposal of infectious waste from $1.50 to $2.00 per pound.