All collection and removal of garbage or recyclables within the city shall be performed in accordance with the following regulations:
(A) Frequency of collections. MSW, recycling, SSOM if provided, and yard waste during yard waste season shall be collected and removed from each collection point with sufficient frequency to minimize purification, objectionable odors, infestation by vectors of disease or as determined by the city.
(B) Limits on quantity. There shall be no limits as to quantity but haulers need not collect or remove any MSW, recycling, SSOM, or yard waste unless the same is in appropriate containers.
(C) Collection and removal fees/rates. No hauler shall charge a fee for the collection and removal of MSW, SSOM, or yard waste from any single-family residential dwelling house, as provided by divisions (A) and (B) of this section, except as provided by the hauler in its application for license and established by ordinance by the City Council. A variable rate billing schedule must be used for all MSW. In the case of multiple-family residential buildings the fee for each unit within the building shall not exceed the amount permitted for service to any single-family residential dwelling house; however, in the case of commercial or other nonresidential buildings, the hauler may charge a fee to be established by agreement between him or her and the individual customer, provided the fee is reasonably related to the rate established hereunder for the collection and removal of MSW and recyclables from residential buildings to the extent the collection and removal service required is comparable. In accordance with M.S. § 115A.93 Subd.3(c) haulers shall not impose a greater charge on residents who recycle than on residents who do not recycle. The hauler in March and September shall notify each customer of the yard waste services, costs, and procedures for yard waste pickup provided by the hauler.
(D) Effect of failure to pay fees. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, no hauler need collect or remove the garbage from any collection point if the customer for whom the garbage and rubbish is being collected and removed at that collection point is in default of any payment or payments required to be paid for the service under the contract or agreement existing between the hauler and the customer. All such accounts must be reported to the city within two business days of non-collection.
(E) Separation of yard wastes, other waste. Yard waste separated by the customer shall not be comingled with garbage, recycling, bulky waste, SSOM, or construction/demolition waste by the hauler. The City Council of the city may also by resolution pass from time to time rules and regulations affecting the separation of other solid waste for collection by licensed haulers within the city.
(F) Unlawful disposal of garbage, rubbish and recyclables. No MSW, recycling, bulky waste, SSOM, yard waste and construction/demolition waste shall be collected, conveyed or disposed of except by haulers licensed by the city.
(Ord. 2017-2, passed 7-17-2017)