(A) A charge of $31.00 per regularly scheduled pick-up of a dumpster, $18.00 per month per solid waste disposal can, $5.00 per month for each recycling container, and $10.00 per month for curbside pick-up of solid waste material equivalent in volume to the capacity of a commercial can is hereby established for commercial sanitation customers. The charge for compaction dumpsters shall be $44.00 per regularly scheduled pick-up. Additional pick-ups for commercial dumpsters shall be $44.00 per pick-up, and additional pick-ups for compaction dumpsters shall be $54.00.
(B) Dumpsters may be rented from the city by a commercial customer at a rental rate of $21.00 per dumpster per month. A customer's eligibility to rent a dumpster from the city is contingent on the customer utilizing the city as the exclusive provider of solid waste collection services for the rented dumpster(s). The city's Environmental Services Department will terminate, without any penalty to the city, the rental relationship with a customer and will immediately retrieve any and all dumpsters rented to a customer if a solid waste collection service other than the city is found to have collected materials from a city-owned dumpster. The city will replace a dumpster previously rented from the city with a cleaned dumpster upon the request and agreement of the customer to receive this service at a charge of $100.00 per dumpster each time such a request is made.
(C) For purposes of this section and throughout Chapter 51, commercial customer is hereby defined as any customer which is a non-residential or a non- industrial user.
(D) Cans provided exclusively by the city may be used as a substitute for dumpsters in areas approved by the Environmental Services Department.
(E) A one pick-up per week minimum is hereby established for any commercial customer using a dumpster.
(F) The collection charges instituted in this section will be added to the sanitation customer's water and sewer bill. Payment terms will be the same as for the water and sewer bill. In the event of nonpayment of this charge, collection of the customer's refuse/recyclables will be discontinued until payment is remitted in full. All payments for solid waste/recycling services user fees and water and sewer charges whether full or partial payments shall be applied to the customer's account as follows: First, to any solid waste services user fee charges including any arrears charges; second, to any recycling services user fee charges including arrears charges; and third, to any water and sewer charges including arrears charges. In the event of partial payments, the utility charges will be considered outstanding and the prescribed disconnection of services for non-payment will be enforced.
(G) Unless arrangements are made otherwise and the city is notified of these arrangements, all property owners renting premises to a commercial sanitation customer shall be responsible for the charges specified in this section. Responsibility for payment of the charges may be passed to the renter of the premises if the city billing department is notified of this arrangement.
(H) All property owners are deemed responsible to maintain their lots and locate their dumpsters or cans in a fashion that allows the city sanitation trucks acceptable access to the dumpsters or cans.
(I) All property owners must complete a Dumpster Permit and sign a hold harmless agreement.
(J) The city is not liable for any damages resulting to parking lots, drives, and the like caused by the weight of the trucks used for the dumpster pick-ups. Each property owner is expected to maintain a lot or drive of sufficient structure to support the weight of the collection trucks.
(K) No refuse which is unacceptable as routine refuse at the landfill will be collected from commercial sanitation customers. Examples of unacceptable waste include but are not limited to: hazardous waste, tires, batteries, medical waste, yard waste, liquid waste, and white goods. Any receptacles containing any of these materials will not be picked up by the sanitation department until the unacceptable material is removed.
(L) The commercial customer is responsible for the contents of its containers. The city is not responsible for policing containers to prevent dumping of unacceptable waste, or refuse from individuals not related to the commercial customer.
(Ord. passed 11-8-90; Am. Ord. passed 4-9-92; Am. Ord. 6-99, passed 6-24-99; Am. Ord. 34-02, passed 10-10-02; Am. Ord. 65-03, passed 6-19-03; Am. Ord. 28 ORD 6-06, passed 6-20-06; Am. Ord. 21 ORD 6-07, passed 6-7-07; Am. Ord. 40 ORD 06-08, passed 6-24-08; Am. Ord. 37 ORD 6-10, passed 6-24-10; Am. Ord. 19 ORD 6-12, passed 6-28-12; Am. Ord. 13 ORD. 6-14, passed 6- 26-14; Am. Ord. 17 ORD 6-15, passed 6-29-15; Am. Ord. 36 ORD 6-22, passed 6-28-22)