(A) Non-city-served. All non-city-served bulk containers and detachable units shall at all times be kept in a place easily accessible to private contractors and shall at all times be kept clean, neat, painted and in a good state of repair. However, no bulk container or detachable unit shall be stored in front of a business, residence, in front of the building line closest to the street or on a public right-of-way. Commercial establishments leasing the containers or units shall be responsible for notifying the company from whom they are leasing the containers or units that they are in need of repair. Owners or lessees of bulk containers or portable packing units shall be responsible for notifying their service contractor of any damaged conditions. The containers and units shall at all times be kept clean, neat, painted and in a good state of repair.
(B) Residential apartment buildings.
(1) Requirements and specifications. Subject to the further provisions of this section, owners of residential apartment buildings, mobile home park or a group of residential apartment buildings in the same complex, wherein there are more than seven living units either in a single building or the complex treated as a unit, are hereby required to install and maintain for each residential apartment building or mobile home park which contain more than seven living units for each residential apartment or mobile home park group or complex, which group or complex contains in the aggregate more than seven living units, bulk refuse containers according to the following specifications:
(a) A minimum six cubic yards’ capacity bulk refuse container for each residential apartment building or mobile home park which contains more than seven and less than 17 units, and for each residential apartment group or mobile home park or complex which group or complex contains in the aggregate more than seven and less than 17 living units;
(b) A minimum eight cubic yards’ capacity bulk refuse container for each residential apartment building which contains more than 16 and less than 25 living units, and for each residential apartment group or complex which group or complex contains m the aggregate more than 16 and less than 25 living units;
(c) Where a residential apartment building or a residential apartment group or complex contains in excess of 24 living units, additional bulk refuse containers are hereby required to be installed and maintained as a minimum in the same ratio as herein set forth in divisions (B)(1)(a) and (b) above; and
(d) Where a government subsidy housing group or complex exists, the Public Works Director or his or her representative shall have the authority to regulate the use of bulk containers or roll- out containers.
(2) Applicability to new construction. All of the provisions of division (B)(1) above shall apply to all new construction, alteration or conversion of residential apartment buildings, and any residential apartment group, any mobile home park or complex for which any building permit shall be or has been issued after the adoption of this section were the residential apartment building or residential apartment group or mobile home park or complex of buildings will contain more than seven living units; and no building permit shall be issued after the adoption of this section for construction, alteration or conversion of a building or group or complex of buildings falling within the application of this section unless and until a plan approved in writing by the Director of Public Works or his or her representative showing adequate provision for installation of containerization of refuse as required by this section, shall be furnished by the owner or developer; and no residential apartment building or group or complex of residential apartment buildings to which this section applies shall be constructed, altered or converted after the adoption of this section without providing for the time and maintenance of bulk refute containers as required by this section.
(3) Location. The location of required bulk refuse containers shall be so as to permit convenient and safe access by the servicing truck and equipment using all-weather streets or alleys of adequate strength to minimize as far as reasonable permitted excessive walking distances for tenants and occupants; and to be as aesthetically pleasing as the circumstances will reasonably allow, in order to conveniently permit servicing of the bulk refuse containers. The location shall be determined by the Director of Public Works or his or her representative. However, no bulk container or detachable unit shall be stored in front of a business, residence, in front of a building line closest to the street or on a public right-of-way. Commercial or industrial establishments leasing the containers or units shall be responsible for notifying the company from whom they are leasing the containers or units that they are in need of repair. Owners or lessees of bulk conferment or portable packing units shall be responsible for notifying their service contractor of any damaged conditions. The containers and units shall be at all times kept in a place safely accessible to collection personnel and shall at all times be kept clean, neat, painted and in a good state of repair.
(Prior Code, § 8-33) (Ord. 00-26, passed 6-19-2000) Penalty, see § 97.99