A. Only city-owned containers or city-approved containers provided by the city shall be used for the placement of solid waste for collection. City-owned or city-approved containers shall be assigned to a particular residential premises and shall remain at that residential premises in the event the owner or occupant moves. If a city-owned or city-approved container is lost or stolen from a residential premises, the owner or occupant of the residential premises shall report such event to the public works department's. In the event of loss or theft, a replacement city-owned or city-approved container or containers shall be provided by the city to the owner or occupant at the owner's or occupant's cost. Any owner or occupant desiring more than one city-owned or city-approved container shall purchase a city-approved or city-owned container, with each additional city-approved or city-owned container being purchased directly from the city in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the board, pursuant to Section 8.24.020B.
B. The number of city-owned or city-approved containers to be collected per residential premises per week shall not exceed the number of city-owned or city-approved containers or city-owned or city-approved containers billed to the residence.
C. Within thirty days after passage of this chapter, each owner of a residential premises shall be entitled to one free exchange of the city-owned ninety-six gallon container, which has been previously provided to the owner, for that of a city-owned sixty-four gallon container or forty-eight gallon container. All exchanges will take place at the City of Columbus sanitation department and the exchange will be reflected on the monthly billing statement for the month following the exchange.
D. For owners of residential premises that have not been provided a city-owned ninety-six gallon container as of the passage of this chapter, each owner will have thirty days to select a ninety-six gallon container, a sixty-four gallon container, or a forty-eight gallon container for use at the residential premises. All selections will take place at the City of Columbus sanitation department and the selection will be reflected on the monthly billing. In the event, the owner fails to timely select his or her city-owned container for use at the residential premises, the owner shall be provided a ninety-six gallon container.
E. Beginning January 1, 2011, and upon availability, every owner of a residential premises shall be entitled to exchange his or her city-owned container for a different sized container. For each exchange, there will be a thirty dollar fee. All exchanges will take place at the City of Columbus sanitation department and the exchange will be reflected on the monthly billing statement for the month following the exchange.
F. In the event that a specific container is not available upon request by the owners of residential premises, the owners shall be placed on a waiting list to be maintained by the city. As the requested containers become available, the city shall distribute the containers in an order and manner as established through the rules adopted and promulgated by the board, pursuant to Section 8.24.020B. (Ord. 09-30, 2009)