(A) The city has determined that it is in the best interest of its residents and in the furtherance of state law and the public health, welfare and safety to institute a program for the collection and disposal of landscape waste within the city.
(B) The Landscape Waste Program includes the weekly collection of landscape waste units at alleyside that is separate from the normal collection of refuse, but which must be collected on the same days as the normal collection of refuse, using trucks and equipment specifically designated for the collection of landscape waste.
(C) Landscape waste for all noncommercial residences shall be collected only by the designated refuse disposal contractor for the homes. Landscape waste for all other uses in the city shall be collected by the scavenger business providing refuse collection for the users; provided, however, that if a landscape service is used, the landscape service company may collect and dispose of the landscape waste as an incidental service to its landscape business, provided that it is done in the manner required by this section.
(D) No person shall collect landscape waste within the city unless he or she is licensed by the city to engage in a scavenger business or unless he or she is conducting a landscape business, and then only as an incidental service to the primary service of caring for lawns, trees, shrubs and the like.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Mix landscape waste with any refuse that is intended for collection or disposal at a landfill; or
(2) Place for collection and pickup any landscape waste unless it is packaged in the city-approved containers or bags (or an approved alternative for nonresidential uses and for commercial residential units).
(F) For other than noncommercial residences, a reasonable fee may be imposed by the scavenger for the collection of each landscape waste unit within the city. For noncommercial residences, the amount charged for refuse collection shall include the collection and pickup of recyclable materials and landscape waste, as well as refuse.
(G) Any scavenger who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to appropriate license suspension or revocation proceedings under this chapter.
(Ord. 93-56, passed 10-12-1993)