(a) The owners or occupants of single-family residences, duplex residences, garage apartments and mobile homes or trailers occupied as dwelling units, shall be required to use city household collection services. Occupants of such premises may remove and transport their own solid waste, but shall receive no credit on their accounts for doing so.
(b) The use of city household collection services shall be optional for:
(1) Multifamily dwelling buildings and complexes containing three or more dwelling units;
(2) Any mobile home park whose drinking water supply is provided by well water or is provided by the city through a common meter; and
(3) Private communities pursuant to subsection (f) below.
(c) Individual customers may choose between curb service and carry-out service for household garbage and rubbish collection and recycling collection. The director shall have the authority to designate the location for collection, with consideration for such factors as: convenience for the collector; convenience for customers; hazardous conditions such as cables, utility poles, equipment clearance, animals; and collection costs.
(d) The director shall charge a fee for elective carry-out service in an amount determined by the city council.
(e) A person requesting disabled carry-out service shall annually submit an application to the director for approval. Such application shall be in a form prescribed by the director. The application shall be certified by a licensed physician stating that the applicant is disabled and unable to take his or her garbage and recyclables to the curb for collection. If applicant’s disability is blind, the certification may also be made by a doctor of optometry.
(f) Private communities may request city household collection services from the director.
(1) A private community seeking city household collection services must submit proof that the infrastructure is or shall be designed, constructed and maintained at a level that allows service performed by the city in a manner substantially the same as the current service provide to single-family residential service units.
(2) The director shall consider the following factors to determine whether the private community is eligible for city household collection services:
a. Type of access and accessibility of collection trucks to the private community from city streets;
b. Whether the streets and/or alleys within the private community are constructed to city standards;
c. Availability of access by collection trucks to each service unit in the private community; and
d. Safety of the operation of the collection trucks while in the private community.
(3) Provided that the director is satisfied that the factors in subsection (f)(1) and (f)(2) above have been met, the director may enter into a written agreement with the requesting private community to receive city household collection services pursuant to certain terms and conditions.
(Ord. 15463, § 7, passed 2-25-2003; Ord. 17655, § 2, passed 7-17-2007)