(A) The City Environmental Services Department (formerly known as the Sanitation Department and referred to as the “Department” throughout the remainder of this section), by means of knuckle boom trucks, will collect yard waste and construction and demolition material/building material waste in accordance with the provisions of this division.
(1) As used within this section, the term YARD WASTE shall be deemed to consist of grass trimmings, brush, scrub vegetation, tree limbs, and other similar organic material not otherwise addressed by this chapter. Due to the fact that all yard waste will be collected with a knuckle boom truck, no such waste shall be placed for collection in a container or in any other manner that is contrary to the provisions of this division. The first two scoops of yard waste collected during a 24-hour period from a parcel of land shall be collected at no charge to the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the property. If the entirety of the yard waste deposited for collection on a parcel of land cannot be collected in two scoops within the normal operating parameters of the knuckle boom truck, a fee shall be charged to the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the parcel of land in the amount of $12 for each additional scoop of yard waste that is collected. The Department shall utilize a route type system to collect yard waste and shall not be obligated to respond within any specified time frame to a call for service.
(2) Construction and demolition material/ building material waste is subject to collection by the city with a knuckle boom truck. This waste material shall not be placed for collection in a container or in any other manner that is contrary to the provisions of this division. A fee shall be charged to the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the parcel of land upon which the waste material is located in the amount of $20 per scoop of waste material that is collected. The Department shall utilize a route type system to collect the waste material and shall not be obligated to respond within any specified time frame to a call for service.
(3) Occupants or owners of property desiring to have yard waste and construction and demolition material/building material waste collected by the Department shall place such waste material at the edge of the yard and approximately two feet from the edge of the pavement of a public street or highway. Waste material shall be placed a minimum of four feet from any other object and shall not be placed under any guy wires.
(4) The above-stated fee structure shall only apply to items of yard waste that are no longer than five feet in length and no more than four inches in diameter. With regard to construction and demolition material/building material waste, the above-stated fee structure shall only apply to items that are no longer than four feet in length and no more than four feet in width. Any item that exceeds the dimensions listed in the immediately preceding sentences will not be collected when first observed by city employees operating a knuckle boom truck. Instead, the occupant(s) of the property shall be notified of the non-compliance of the waste material with the above-stated size restrictions by means of tagging the waste material, and the owner(s) of the real property, as listed by the Randolph County Tax Collector, shall be notified by means of a registered letter of the non-compliance with the size restrictions. Upon the passage of two calendar weeks from the date of tagging the waste and mailing notification to the property owner(s), whichever is later, the Department shall remove any non-conforming waste material that has not been relocated from its original collection point. The occupant(s) or owner(s) of the property from which such waste material is removed shall be charged a fee of $24 per scoop of waste material that is removed. Any and all waste material found within a pile containing one or more non-conforming items of waste shall be subject to the $24 per scoop fee, and no complimentary scoops of debris removal shall be provided to any occupant or owner who has intermingled conforming and nonconforming waste materials.
(5) No waste material shall be placed in a ditch or on a curb, sidewalk, or public street or highway. Any such waste material shall be collected by the Department without notice, and the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the property from which the waste originated will be charged a fee of $24 for each scoop of such waste that is collected by the city. No complimentary scoops of waste material removal will be provided to an individual who places such debris in a prohibited location.
(6) Waste material that is placed within a public right-of-way and constitutes a traffic hazard shall be removed by the Department without notice. The determination of whether waste material constitutes a traffic hazard shall be within the sole discretion of the Public Works Director or his or her designee(s). Any waste material that is deemed to be a traffic hazard and has to be removed during the normal business hours of the Department shall be removed at a cost of $24 per scoop. If such waste material has to be removed outside of the Department's normal business hours, the waste material will be removed at a cost of $50 per scoop. The charges for removing waste material that poses a traffic hazard shall be borne by the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the property from which the waste material originated. No complimentary scoops of waste material removal will be provided to an individual who places debris in such a manner as to create a traffic hazard.
(7) As used within this section, the term YARD WASTE shall not be deemed to include leaves that have been properly placed for collection by the city's Street Department.
(B) Discarded tires are subject to collection by the city at a fee of $5 per tire. Unless the identity of the party that physically discarded the collected tire(s) can be conclusively established, the fee for collecting discarded tires shall be charged to the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the parcel of land from which the discarded tires are collected. The Department shall utilize a route type system to collect discarded tires and shall not be obligated to respond within any specified time frame to a call for service.
(C) The Department will collect those items commonly referred to as white goods in accordance with the provisions of this division.
(1) As used within this section, the term WHITE GOODS shall be deemed to include refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, unit air conditioners, washing machines, dishwashers, clothes dryers, and other similar domestic and commercial large appliances.
(2) Any items properly classified as white goods which are placed at the edge of a yard and approximately two feet away from the edge of the pavement of a public street or highway will be collected by the Department for a fee of $10 per appliance.
(D) As part of the city’s electronics recycling program, the Department will collect, on a weekly basis, electronics in accordance with the provisions of this division.
(1) As used within this section, the term ELECTRONICS shall be deemed to include any desktop computer, notebook computer, monitor or video display unit for a computer system, and the keyboard, mice, other peripheral equipment, and printing devices such as a printer, scanner, a combination print-scanner-fax machine, or other device designed to produce hard paper copies from a computer. The term ELECTRONICS also includes any electronic device that contains a tuner that locks on to a selected carrier frequency and is capable of receiving and displaying of television or video programming via broadcast, cable, or satellite, including, without limitation, any direct view or projection television with a viewable screen of nine inches or larger whose display technology is based on cathode ray tube (CRT), plasma, liquid crystal display (LCD), digital light processing (DLP), liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS), silicon crystal reflective display (SXRD), light emitting diode (LED), or similar technology marketed and intended for use by a consumer primarily for personal purposes. If a question arises as to whether a specific item is deemed to fall within the scope of the term ELECTRONICS, the definitions provided for computer equipment and televisions in the most current version of G.S. § 130A-309.131(2) and G.S. § 130A-309.131(16) shall be deemed to be the controlling authority.
(2) With the exception of televisions and monitors, any items properly classified as ELECTRONICS that are placed at the edge of a yard and approximately two feet away from the edge of the pavement of a public street or highway will be collected by the Department free of charge. Televisions and monitors placed at the edge of a yard and approximately two feet away from the edge of the pavement of a public street or highway will be collected by the Department for a fee of $10 per item.
(3) It is unlawful to place ELECTRONICS in trash or garbage receptacles/containers serviced by the city, in dumpsters serviced by the city, or in containers provided by the city for use with the automated collection trucks.
(E) Unless provided otherwise in this section, the collection charges instituted in this section will be added to the water and sewer bill of the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the parcel of land from which the collected waste material originated. Payment terms will be the same as for the water and sewer bill. In the event of a partial payment on a combined water-sewer and environmental services bill, the payment shall be first applied to the environmental services charge and the remainder, if any, shall be applied to the water-sewer charges. Failure to pay the full balance of the water-sewer bill shall result in the consequences specified in the city code, including without limitation the termination of water service. In the event of nonpayment of collection charges by property occupant(s) or owner(s) that do not have water and/or sewer accounts with the city, all collections of the customer's refuse will be discontinued until payment is remitted in full. If, after reasonable inquiry has been made by city officials, a determination cannot be conclusively made as to the identity of the party that placed the waste material for collection, the charges associated with any such collection shall be deemed to be the responsibility of the owner(s) of the property from which the waste material was collected.
('69 Code, § 9-18) (Ord. 180, passed 1-8-48; Am. Motion, passed 5-5-83; Am. Ord. 23-04, passed 6-24-04; Am. Ord. 40 ORD 06-08, passed 6-24-08; Am. Ord. 25 ORD 7-11, passed 7-14-11)