(A) Residential recyclables collection. Any party may collect residential recyclables. However, once recyclables are placed at the curbside or other approved point of collection, then residential recyclables may be collected only by the collection contractor.
(B) Yard waste collection. Any party may collect residential yard waste.
(C) Special collection.
(1) Special pickup services will be provided when authorized by the City Administrator and the collection contractor, to those residences where there are handicapped or elderly people who cannot move their garbage cans, recycling bins or yard waste carts to the curb for collection. Residences which are geographically located so as to make moving the containers to the curb and unreasonable physical hardship must apply to the city for special collection service and submit documentation to justify their application.
(2) The City Administrator may request the collection contractor to pick up illegally stored or dumped solid waste from private property. The owner shall be held responsible for paying for such pickup. The City Administrator will attempt to contact the owner prior to ordering such collection service. This contact shall be documented by the City Administrator.
(D) Discontinuing service during vacancy. Whenever any person leaves his or her premises vacant for a period of more than one month and thus shall not need solid waste collection services during said period, he or she may request suspension of garbage collection and service fees therefor for said vacated premises by giving written notice of said vacancy to the collection contractor, and in the written notice, the person shall state the period of said vacancy and the street address of the premises; provided, that upon receipt of said written notice said services will be discontinued on the first calendar day of the next succeeding month for not less than 30 days.
(E) Collection. All solid waste as hereinbefore defined will be collected within the boundaries of the city as follows.
(1) Residential collection. Regular curbside solid waste, recyclables and yard waste collections from residential dwellings (single-family and duplex) and mobile home parks shall be picked up once a week, with collection to begin no earlier than 6:30 a.m. and terminate no later than 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
(2) Multiple-family units and commercial collection. Regular solid waste collections from multi-family units, apartment houses, commercial and business firms shall be picked up as required by volume, but shall not exceed one pickup per day, five days per week, Monday through Friday. In areas where the above establishments are within 300 feet of a residential zone, no collection shall be made earlier than 6:30 a.m. and not later than 9:00 p.m.
(3) Saturday collections. The regular collection period between Monday through Friday may be extended by one day to include Saturday if during that particular week the official and/or authorized dump site and/or transfer station has been closed in recognition of a holiday or during that particular week a recognized holiday, as defined in the contractor’s labor contract, falls on one of the regular collection days of Monday through Friday.
(F) Anti-scavenging. Once residential recyclable materials and residential yard waste materials have been set out on the curbside, or at such other location as authorized by the city, ownership of those recyclables and yard waste materials passes to the collection contractor. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the collection contractor to remove or collect any such recyclable materials or yard waste materials once they are set out on the curbside or other approved location. However, any person may collect recyclables delivered to such person at a location which has been approved by the City Council.
(Ord. 315, passed 5-9-1994) Penalty, see § 50.99