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A. Voluntary Service: Residential recycling is a voluntary service available to all residential customers. Customers who choose to participate in the recycling program shall be provided with a blue wheeled recycling cart.
B. Accepted Materials: Recyclable materials, excluding glass, can be commingled into the blue recycling cart or commercial recycling container. A list of acceptable materials is available upon request to the Public Works Department. Those items defined as recyclable materials for collection may be modified as needed in the discretion of the Public Works Department..
C. Excluded Materials: All other materials are excluded from the commingled residential recycling cart or commercial recycling containers. Specific examples include plastic bags, film and wraps, glass, extruded polystyrene (often called Styrofoam), yard wastes, pesticide containers, metal pipes, hazardous wastes, ammunition, plastic containers larger than two (2) gallons, and all other trash. No plastic bags shall be used to contain recyclable materials. These items defined as excluded materials may be modified as needed.
D. Special Recyclable Material:
1. Used motor oil shall be placed in a leakproof, transparent or translucent, sturdy plastic container with a screw on lid, and placed near, but not in, the compost, recycling or trash carts. No other fluids may be included. Containers must be one-gallon size and there is a limit of two (2) gallons of used motor oil per week set out for collection. Containers will not be returned to the customer.
2. Corrugated cardboard must be flattened and cut to fit inside the wheeled recycling cart so that it can fall freely from the cart when emptied. The customer must contact the franchise hauler for special collection of large quantities or oversized cardboard.
3. Glass is prohibited in the blue commingled recycling carts. Glass shall be placed in designated glass collection carts as part of the subscription glass collection program, delivered to designated glass collection sites, or placed in regular trash carts. The glass collection program is limited to glass bottles and jars.
E. Contaminated Recycling: Containers used for recyclable materials or glass collection shall not contain trash or materials which are not allowed in the recycling or glass collection programs. Services may be terminated to any customer who violates this provision. Contaminated recycling or glass containers will be emptied as trash and the customer may be charged for extra trash collection services.
F. Extra Materials: Occasional extra recyclable materials that do not fit within the cart must be placed into a rigid container, such as a cardboard box or a twenty (20) to thirty-two (32) gallon customer-owned can labeled for recycling, from which the contents can be easily emptied into the wheeled recycling cart.
(Ord. 21-17, 5-23-2017; amd. Ord. 10-21, 4-13-2021; Ord. 50-22, 11-1-2022)
A. Voluntary Service: Residential curbside composting is a voluntary service available to all residential properties. Residential customers who choose to participate in the composting program shall be provided with a gray wheeled cart with a green lid.
B. Accepted Materials: Only compostable materials are accepted in the composting program. The items listed as compostable materials for collection, as defined above, may be modified as needed.
C. Excluded Materials: All other materials are excluded from the compost program. Specific examples include meat eating animal wastes, meats, dairy products, oils/grease, breads, grains, pasta, fish, dirt and rocks and other recyclable and trash materials. Other wastes shall not be mixed with the compostable materials. No plastic bags shall be used to contain compostable materials. Materials labeled "compostable" or "bio-based," including, but not limited to, plastic-type bags, cutlery, and cups, are not accepted. Contaminated compostable materials will not be collected and will be emptied as trash and the customer may be charged for extra trash collection. The list of excluded materials may be modified as needed.
D. Branches And Christmas Trees: Branches and tree trimmings up to eight inches (8") in diameter may be set out for collection next to the compost cart. Branches and trimmings must be four feet (4') or less in length, less than sixty (60) pounds, and bundled with string. Christmas trees placed for composting shall be clear of all ornaments, lights, tinsel and tree stands and placed for collection in or next to the composting cart. Trees should be cut to four feet (4') or less. Fill the composting cart first and place the other section(s) of the tree next to the composting cart.
E. Leaf Collection: Leaves are collected as compostable materials. The composting cart should be filled first. Extra leaves must be placed next to the cart in paper leaf bags. Paper leaf bags will be collected all year long. The Public Works Department may set limits as needed on the number of leaf bags collected each week per household.
F. Contaminated Compostable Materials: Containers used for compostable materials shall not contain trash or materials which are not allowed in the compost collection program. The City or franchise hauler may terminate services to any customer who violates this provision. Contaminated composting containers will be emptied as trash and the customer may be charged for extra trash collection services.
G. Extra Materials: Extra compostable materials must be placed in paper leaf bags. Materials will not be accepted in plastic bags.
(Ord. 21-17, 5-23-2017; amd. Ord. 10-21, 4-13-2021; Ord. 50-22, 11-1-2022)
A. Carry Out And Premium Carry Out Service: The customer must execute an agreement specifying the terms and conditions of service before this service can be instituted. The solid waste containers must be placed in a visible and accessible location for collection. The franchise hauler will not enter enclosed structures. Customers pay an additional charge for carry out and premium carry out services. Maximum service distance, measured from the nearest public road, is one hundred feet (100') for carry out service and one hundred and fifty feet (150') for premium carry out service.
B. Disability Carry Out Service: For those residents who have qualified disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, carry out service is available at the regular service fee. Disability service is provided upon completion of a written certification from a licensed physician that the resident's impairment qualifies as a disability and prevents them from utilizing curbside service and that no other person residing in the household is capable of moving the solid waste carts to the collection site.
C. Service For Multi-Family Residential Properties: Multiple-family residential properties with up to three (3) residential dwelling units shall use residential service. Multi-family residential properties of four (4) or more residential dwelling units shall use commercial service, unless approved for residential service by the Public Works Department.
D. Appliance Collection: Appliances shall be collected and hauled by the City's franchise hauler. Customers are responsible for contacting the franchise hauler to schedule the pick-up. The customer shall convey the appliances to the regular collection location. Appliances shall be clean of all waste, including all food products, in order for the franchise hauler to collect the appliance. An extra fee may be charged for freezers or refrigerators which are not empty of materials prior to collection and hauling. Freezer and refrigerator doors must be removed or secured prior to collection and hauling. Appliances shall be marked for disposal to allow easy identification for collection and hauling. Prohibited wastes listed in subsection 10-4-4-1B of this chapter shall not be collected.
E. Bulky Waste Collection: Bulky wastes shall be collected and hauled by the City's franchise hauler. Customers are responsible for contacting the franchise hauler to schedule the pick-up. The customer shall convey the waste to the regular collection location. The Public Works Department may set limits on the number of items that may be collected from a household.
F. Seasonal Or Special Collections: The City may establish special dates for the collection of trash in personal cans twenty (20) to thirty-two (32) gallons without extra fees or overflow stickers.
G. Temporary Dumpster Service: Temporary collection and hauling service at a residential property is available for a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days per year to accommodate construction and demolition projects and other short-term waste generation projects. This service does not replace regular solid waste service for the property. Trash that is routinely generated at a residential property is not permitted in temporary commercial containers.
H. Curbside Glass Collection: Customers may subscribe to a curbside glass collection service and have their glass collected and hauled by the City's franchise hauler. Customers are responsible for subscribing to the voluntary service. Glass collection will use specially marked wheeled carts provided by the franchise hauler and will be collected at least one (1) time every four (4) weeks.
(Ord. 21-17, 5-23-2017; amd. Ord. 10-21, 4-13-2021; Ord. 50-22, 11-1-2022)
When solid waste service is requested by a person who is not the owner of the property at which the service will be provided, that person may be subject to a deposit requirement, and may, upon the finding of a poor credit or payment history, be refused service, unless and until an additional person agrees to accept responsibility for the account as a guarantor. The guarantor must be a person with a documented good credit history with the City or other public utility, and a current City sewer or solid waste service customer. The guarantor may be released from this obligation for the service account upon a showing that the customer has made consecutive on time payments for twelve (12) months. (Ord. 10-21, 4-13-2021)
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