(A) Premises served by dumpsters. With respect to premises served by dumpsters:
(1) The location of dumpsters shall be determined by the Public Works Director after consultation with the owner of the premises concerned. In making this determination, the Public Works Director shall consider the needs of the occupants of the premises, the welfare of the occupants and neighbors, and the town’s need to facilitate collection and minimize the cost of service.
(2) Solid waste shall be collected from the dumpsters by the town where the dumpsters are located by the Public Works Director.
(3) The Public Works Director may require that screening be provided around dumpsters if he or she determines that the screening is necessary to prevent solid wastes from being transported onto neighboring properties or if the location of the dumpsters is such that, in the absence of screening, the dumpsters would present an offensive appearance or cause offensive odors to be transmitted to neighboring properties.
(4) All solid wastes shall be stored in dumpsters pending collection by the town. No solid wastes not placed in dumpsters will be collected by the town, except in accordance with § 94.043.
(5) All dumpsters shall be cleaned periodically to minimize offensive odors and the tops or openings to all dumpsters shall be kept securely fastened at all times pending collection.
(Prior Code, § 20.5-33)
(B) Premises not served by dumpsters. With respect to premises not served by dumpsters:
(1) Garbage may be stored pending collection by the town only in the receptacles described in § 94.041(H). Refuse may be stored (between scheduled collections only) in any appropriate and convenient fashion.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, solid wastes may not be stored between scheduled pickups within 45 feet of the centerline of any public street unless the solid wastes are stored within a completely enclosed substantial structure such as a house, garage or shed.
(3) Solid wastes shall be placed adjacent to the street for collection on the scheduled collection day or after dark on the preceding day. After collection, all solid waste receptacles and all uncollected solid wastes shall be removed to a storage location that complies with division (B)(2) above by 6:00 a.m. on the day following the collection day. Solid wastes should only be placed on the curb of the house that generated the solid waste.
(4) If the Public Works Director determines that because of the physical infirmity of the occupant of any premises, the occupant cannot without severe hardship transport the solid wastes from the storage location required by division (B)(2) above to the collection point required by division (B)(3) above, he or she may do one of the following:
(a) Authorize the occupant to store solid wastes at or near the pickup location between scheduled pickups;
(b) Provide solid wastes receptacles mounted on wheels or otherwise constructed so that the occupant can transport the solid wastes from the point of storage to the point of pickup; and/or
(c) Provide rear yard pickup service.
(5) Containers other than those described in § 94.041(H) will be treated as solid wastes and collected by the town.
(6) (a) Grass cutting, hedge clippings, tree trimmings and similar materials less than four inches in diameter and 60 inches in length will be collected by the town as part of the regular collection service if properly bundled to facilitate collection. Yard waste should only be placed on the curb of the house that generated the yard waste. Yard waste shall be placed adjacent to the street, not in the street and not blown into street using mechanical blowers, to prevent waste from entering storm sewer system and making its way into Edenton Bay.
(b) Yard waste collection is a residential service. Landscapers, tree surgeons, contractors or other technicians hired by residents or property owners to trim or remove trees on private property are responsible for removing and properly disposing of tree trimmings and/or limbs, branches, trunks and stumps.
(7) Leaves will be collected by the town between November 15 and April 1 on days specified for the collection if placed adjacent to the street so that they may easily be handled by the collector. No tree limbs, shrubs or other material may be mixed with the leaves. At other times during the year, leaves will be picked up as part of the regular collection if prepared in accordance with division (B)(6) of this section.
(8) Excessive amounts of yard waste items weighing more than 75 pounds and heavy or bulky items such as tree trunks, tree trimmings or hedge cuttings more than 60 inches in length or four inches in diameter, furniture and similar items will be assessed fees and collected only in accordance with § 94.043.
(Prior Code, § 20.5-34)
(Ord. passed 3-14-1984; Ord. passed 7-12-2016; Ord. passed 11-14-2017) Penalty, see § 94.999