Macon-Bibb County: Garbage Fee Exemption for a Homeowner the VA Rates Totally Disabled

Macon-Bibb County bills every developed residential property for weekly garbage, recycling and yard waste collection: the Code sets a base of $60 a quarter ($20 a month), billed with the property taxes, until the Commission amends it (section 22-21). The disability exemption. Section 22-22(b): "Any developed residential premises owned in whole by an individual who has been found, adjudicated, or declared totally (100 percent) disabled and unable to work by either the U.S. Social Security Administration or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs may be exempted from payment of the fee", provided it is the owner's primary residence. The county's notices list the proof as "a letter from the Veterans Administration or the Social Security Administration verifying the resident is 100% disabled". How. Get the application from the Solid Waste Department (478-803-0499). It and the documents must reach the solid waste director "by November 1st at 5:00 P.M." for the following calendar year; "No late applications will be accepted." The director decides within 15 business days, and a refusal can be appealed to the Commission within 30 days. "No renewal is required for this exemption": it ends when the property is sold, stops being the owner's primary residence, or the owner dies. The department audits ownership each year against the Tax Assessor's records. Who it reaches. The Code's words are "totally (100 percent) disabled and unable to work", which a VA rating of 100% or individual unemployability shows; a household whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines can apply under the separate indigent exemption in section 22-22(a), which is renewed each year.