(A) Every retail, wholesale and commercial establishment generating more than three 30-gallon trash receptacles full of waste materials twice weekly on the regularly scheduled collection days shall be required to utilize the bulk container system. The type and size of the containers shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Public Works or his or her duly authorized representative.
(B) Every retail, wholesale and commercial establishment not placing refuse at the curb-side for collection on the regularly scheduled twice weekly collection days shall likewise use the bulk container system.
(C) Stationary bulk refuse containers for townhouses, apartment complexes, condominiums or group housing will be required of the owners when adequate garbage container receptacles are not provided for their tenants. Adequate garbage container receptacles shall be defined as masonry receptacles constructed high enough to prevent garbage containers from being overturned by dogs or other animals and large enough for containers having a capacity of not more than 32 gallons.
(D) The owners of residential apartment buildings or of a group of resident apartment buildings in the same complex where there are four or more living units, either in a single building or in a complex treated as a unit, are hereby required to install, for each resident apartment building which contains four or more living units, and for each resident apartment group or complex which group or complex contains, in the aggregate, four or more living units, stationary bulk containers according to the following specifications when adequate garbage container receptacles are not provided for their tenants.
(E) The minimum size stationary bulk container for any residential apartment building will be four cubic yards. The ratio to be used for units in excess of eight residents will be one-half cubic yard per unit.
(F) Prior to enforcement of the above section, the Town Manager shall give written notice to the property owner stating the problem and giving same 15 days to provide adequate garbage container receptacles for his or her tenants. At the expiration of 15 days the Town Manager may request permission from the Town Council to require the respective property owner to install stationary bulk containers.
(G) The term
BULK CONTAINER, for the purposes of this subchapter, shall mean a metal container of not less than four cubic yards nor more than eight cubic yards in capacity. The container shall be of right construction with doors opening on the sides or top and constructed so that it can be serviced by the town equipment. The term DUMPSTER is used interchangeably with the term BULK CONTAINER.
(H) Unless otherwise determined by the Public Works Director for good cause shown, the owners of all premises not required to be served by dumpsters shall provide at least one 30- to 32-gallon container made of galvanized metal, plastic, rubber or other material resistant to rust, corrosion or rapid deterioration. Each required container shall be watertight and provided with handles and a tight fitting cover.
(Prior Code, § 20.5-32) (Ord. passed 3-14-1984) Penalty, see § 94.999