As used in Chapter 3, Article 48 NMSA 1978: A. “refuse” means any garbage, rejected or waste food, offal, swill, carrion, ashes, dirt, slop, waste paper, trash, rubbish, waste or unwholesome material of any kind; and B. “yard waste” means yard clippings, grass cuttings, yard cleanings, fallen trees, tree limbs, slash and pine needles. History: […]
A municipality may, by ordinance: A. acquire and maintain refuse disposal areas or plants within or without the municipal boundary; B. enforce a general system of refuse collection and disposal; C. prohibit the deposit of refuse on either public or private property; D. compel the taking of refuse to designated places; E. specify the kind, […]
A. A municipality may, by ordinance, provide for the collection and disposal of refuse by: (1) the municipality; (2) contract; or (3) any other manner deemed suitable by the municipality. B. A municipality may appoint or contract with a refuse collector and prescribe the duties and compensation of a refuse collector. C. A municipality may […]
A. A municipality may remove refuse from real property and make a charge against the real property specially benefited by the removal of the refuse, if: (1) any person owning or controlling real property allows refuse to be deposited upon his property other than in the proper receptacle and fails to remove the refuse or […]
A. To collect the assessment authorized in Section 3-48-4 NMSA 1978, the governing body shall have prepared an assessment roll. The assessment roll shall list, in columns: (1) the name of the owner, if known, of the parcel of real estate being assessed; (2) a description of the parcel of real estate being assessed; (3) […]
A. At the protest hearing authorized in Section 3-48-5 NMSA 1978, any interested person may protest to the governing body the: (1) regularity of the proceedings; (2) amount assessed against the real estate; or (3) correctness of the amount of the assessment. B. The governing body shall: (1) determine the regularity of the proceedings; (2) […]
On or before October 1, of each year, the municipal clerk shall certify to the governing body a list containing any delinquent assessment with penalty added for nonpayment of the assessment at the rate of one percent per month of any assessment confirmed by resolution as provided in Section 3-48-6 NMSA 1978, and describe the […]
