(A) All materials prepared for residential bulk waste and brush collection, if such service is offered by the town, shall be prepared for collection and disposed of in accordance with this chapter.
(B) It shall be a violation of this chapter to place bulk waste or brush out for collection more than one week before collection is scheduled by the Town of Colorado City.
(C) Bulk waste and brush shall be placed out for collection no later than 6:00 a.m. on the first day of the scheduled week of collection as determined by the Director.
(D) Bulk waste and brush placed out for collection shall be in neat stacks.
(E) Bulk waste and brush placed out for curbside collection shall be placed on the person’s property, parallel to the street or curb. The Director may designate alternative placement and collection points. Bulk waste and brush shall not be placed, or allowed to be placed, on the sidewalk or in the street, behind a fence or any obstruction or barrier.
(F) Bulk waste and brush shall not be placed within five feet of any fixed object, solid waste or recycling container, or in any manner which would interfere with or be hazardous to pedestrians, bicyclists, equestrians or motorists.
(G) Brush must be clipped to no more than four feet in length, and bundled with twine or other biodegradable string in bundles weighing no more than 50 pounds per bundle.
(H) The amount of bulk waste and brush placed out for collection during a bulk waste and brush collection shall not exceed a total uncompacted volume of 20 cubic yards. The responsible party shall arrange for the commercial transportation and licensed disposal for additional bulk waste over 20 cubic yards per calendar year.
(I) Century plants, thorned plants, cacti, and similar plants which are difficult to handle, or may present a danger to collection employees, shall be contained in boxes or containers after having been cut to lengths of no more than three feet. Any such container or box shall enable municipal collection workers to pick up the container or box without risk of exposure to the contents and shall weigh, when loaded, no more than 50 pounds per container.
(J) Items of bulk waste which are acceptable for normal residential collection are:
(1) Tree limbs and branches less than four feet in length and palm fronds.
(2) Metal material weighing less than 50 pounds.
(3) Pipe less than four feet in length and weighing less than 50 pounds.
(4) Household items, furniture, appliances, bicycles, and other durable goods.
(5) Bagged or boxed leaves, weeds, grass, small vegetation clippings and hedge clippings.
(6) Construction and demolition waste generated by a residential account weighing less than 25 pounds.
(7) Cardboard boxes.
(K) Items of bulk waste which are not acceptable for residential collection include:
(1) Tree limbs and branches more than four feet in length.
(2) Metal material weighing in excess of 50 pounds.
(3) Pipe more than four feet in length or weighing in excess of 50 pounds.
(4) Unbagged or unboxed leaves, weeds, grass, small vegetation clippings or hedge clippings.
(5) More than 25 pounds of construction and demolition solid waste generated by a residential account or any amount generated by a contractor, subcontractor or builder.
(6) Cement, cement blocks, brick, asphalt, stones and dirt.
(7) Lead acid batteries, any hazardous waste, infectious or medical solid waste.
(8) Automotive parts including tires or tires of any other type.
(L) No person shall place, or allow to be placed, unacceptable bulk waste items, or improperly place bulk waste items, out for collection. The person or responsible party shall remove and dispose of all bulk waste improperly placed and any unacceptable items of bulk waste at their own expense. The Director may require that brush and other yard waste be separated from other bulk waste for collection in an alternative manner.
(M) In the event a violation is not corrected, the violation will be considered a public nuisance that may be abated by Tocwn crews and charged to the residential account.
(Ord. 2018-02, passed 1-17-2018) Penalty, see § 91.99