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(a) Except as otherwise herein provided, the City will not collect the following waste materials:
(1) Large quantities, in excess of sixty-five pounds or twenty gallons, of building or construction waste;
(2) Extraordinary commercial wastes; or
(3) Industrial wastes.
(b) Except as otherwise herein provided, the City will neither collect nor dispose of the following waste materials:
(1) Poisons;
(2) Explosives;
(3) Manure;
(4) Articles infected with contagious disease;
(5) Waste material originating outside the corporate limits of the City;
(6) Waste material prepared, separated or stored in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;
(7) Waste material containing five percent or more of ash, dust, dirt, sand or other dust forming materials which contribute to air pollution upon processing in the City incinerator plant or other disposal facility utilized; or
(8) Any waste material found by the Service Director to be injurious to the health or safety of the citizens or the City employees upon collection or processing at the City incinerator plant or other disposal facility utilized.
(Ord. 45-1976. Passed 2-17-76.)
While the general practice shall be a single collection of garbage and noncombustible wastes, the Service Director is given authority herein to publish rules, pursuant to Section 941.23, to order the separation of combustible and noncombustible wastes by enterprises generating garbage or by others when there is a substantial relationship to the public safety, health and welfare.
(a) Ninety-six gallon waste containers and sixty-four gallon recycle containers have been provided by the City of Euclid through their contracted waste management vendor. Additional containers may be utilized by a resident if their supplied container is at capacity. Additional waste containers may be of metal or plastic and shall not exceed thirty-two gallons capacity nor sixty-five pounds filled. They must be equipped with two lifetime handles on the side and shall have a tightly fitting lid. Tightly secured, airtight, leakproof approved thirty-gallon solid waste plastic bags constructed of plastic not less than two mills in thickness, not exceeding sixty-five pounds filled, may also be used. Other approved solid waste design paper or plastic bags may be used only with the specific permission of the Service Director. All containers shall be maintained in a sound and sanitary condition.
(Ord. 123-1991. Passed 3-18-91; Ord. 11-2020. Passed 2-3-20.)
(b) The following types of waste containers are nonacceptable:
(1) Cardboard boxes or drums;
(2) Unapproved paper, canvas or burlap bags;
(3) Any container with a capacity of over thirty-two gallons or weighing more than sixty-five pounds when full or not equipped with two lifting handles on the side;
(4) Any container which has rough or sharp edges or other defects which render it dangerous to handle.
(c) The Service Director, or his or her designees, are given specific authority to remove nonacceptable waste containers with the rubbish. By their acceptance of the garbage and rubbish services herein described, the owners of waste containers relieve the City of responsibility for damage or breakage of any waste container. The Service Director shall exercise this authority after affixing to the noncomplying container a notice that it will be removed in the next collection of waste material following the attaching of the written or printed notice, which notice shall be affixed at least one week prior to the removal of the noncomplying waste container by the Service Director's designee.
(Ord. 117-2010. Passed 9-7-10.)
(a) Placement of Containers. Collection shall be one day per week only at the curbside of dedicated public streets on the days designated by the Director of Service. Containers must be placed for collection at the curbside in the tree lawn area adjacent to the premises to be served on the day of collection designated for each such premises. Containers shall not be stacked one on top of the other and shall not be placed upon any public curb, street, sidewalk, driveway or private yard or walk area, but shall be arranged in clusters extending not more than five feet parallel to the curb in the tree lawn area and with access aisles extending on both sides of each cluster in the tree lawn area at least five feet parallel to the curb of the dedicated public streets. On the day of garbage collection, animals which annoy, harass or threaten the collector must be confined.
(Ord. 123-1991. Passed 3-18-91; Ord. 11-2020. Passed 2-3-20.)
(b) Waste containers and waste or refuse not placed in containers shall not be placed for collection in front of any building, by the owner, agent, lessee or occupant of that building, prior to 6:00 p.m. on the evening immediately preceding the day for refuse collection.
(c) Empty waste containers are not permitted to remain in the front of any building by the owner, agent, lessee or occupant of that building for a period in excess of 12 hours from the time of collection by the City.
(Ord. 186-1969. Passed 9-2-69.)
(d) Waste containers may not be stored along or in front of any building line which is parallel with any street line on which the building fronts, except after 6:00 p.m. on the evening immediately preceding the day for refuse collection and for 12 hours immediately following refuse collection by the City or its agent. During the months of November through March, waste containers may be placed for collection after 4:00 p.m. in the evening immediately preceding the day for refuse collection.
(e) Storage of Containers. Waste containers and waste or refuse not placed in containers shall be stored in the rear of the residence and in a location and manner where they cannot be seen from the street, where practical, except when the containers are placed at the curbside for pick-up as set forth in divisions (a) through (d) of this section.
(f) No owner, operator, occupant of any property or any other responsible party shall violate subsections (a) through (e) of this section. If there is a violation, the violation shall be enforced as follows:
(1) The Housing Manager, Certified Building Official, Director of Public Service, Director of Law, or their designee, Chief of Police or sworn peace officer are authorized to issue notices and citations to the owner, operator, occupant, of any property maintained in violation of this sections, or to any other responsible party.
(2) The official shall post a notice of violation in a conspicuous location on the property. The notice shall state the time when the notice was issued and shall indicate the nature of the violation. Should another violation occur within 18 months of the original violation, the property owner shall be charged seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(3) Payment shall be made to the City of Euclid Housing Department within 30 days of the date of the bill. Any bill that is not paid within 30 days shall be placed on the property taxes of the property owner as a tax lien for collection by the Director of Finance.
(g) Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the authority of the Director of Law to undertake any action or to seek any other remedies or sanctions available.
(Ord. 269-1992. Passed 12-7-92; Ord. 185-2006. Passed 11-6-06; Ord. 160-2008. Passed 7-14-08; Ord. 11-2020. Passed 2-3-20.)
(a) The individual tenants of any dwelling, building or structure shall be responsible for providing and maintaining suitable approved containers for the disposal of waste materials when the dwelling, building or structure contains from one to five families inclusive.
(b) The owner of any dwelling, building or structure which contains six or more dwelling units shall provide at least one garbage container of a capacity of not less than one cubic yard and manufactured of a metal not lighter than sixteen gauge. If one container is not sufficient then the owner shall provide as many additional containers as may be required to serve the dwelling units.
The containers shall be equipped with a truck dumping attachment and with wheels or casters and shall be of a type approved by the Service Director. All containers shall be placed in an area and in such manner as to be accessible for collection.
(c) Nothing in this section shall apply to any dwelling or structure equipped with incinerator or disposal facilities which meet the requirements of the City.
(a) Loose materials such as small tree branches, large boxes or cartons, hedge clippings and other materials which are too large to be placed in an approved container must be tied in bundles not more than four feet in length and two feet in diameter, which bundles must weight not more than sixty-five pounds.
(b) Bundles of loose materials must be placed on the tree lawn by individual residents on the day of collection.
(Ord. 157-1967. Passed 6-19-67.)
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