A licensed mixed municipal solid waste collector shall comply with the following collection regulations. Failure to observe these provisions may be a basis for suspension or revocation of a license.
A. Collecting Mixed Municipal Solid Waste Required: It shall be the duty of each licensed mixed municipal solid waste collector to haul away once each week to such places as designated in their license application all mixed municipal solid waste from premises located within the area in which they are authorized to collect mixed municipal solid waste.
B. Collection Truck: Each licensed mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material collector shall provide a covered tank or wagon, so constructed that the contents will not leak or spill therefrom, in which all mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material collected by them shall be conveyed to the place designated in their application. The wagon or conveyance used shall be kept clean and as free from offensive odors as possible, and shall not be allowed to stand in any street, alley, or public place longer than is reasonably necessary to collect mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material.
C. Collection Hours: No collections of mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material shall be made except between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M., Monday through Friday. Operations during these hours may also be conducted on Saturdays only to accommodate recognized national holidays or a "special pick up" as herein defined. Individual (Class A) residential collection shall be on a specific day of the week as identified on the day specific hauling map. Commercial/multi-family apartment collection is exempt from the day specific hauling map.
D. Refusal To Collect: The collector may refuse to make collections from any premises when the fees are not paid within one month from the date such mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material is collected.
E. Collecting Recyclable Material Required: It shall be the duty of each licensed mixed municipal solid waste collector to haul away, on the same day as mixed municipal solid waste service as identified on the day specific hauling map, to such places as designated in their license application the targeted recyclable materials from residences with individual curbside mixed municipal solid waste containers within the area in which they are authorized to collect mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material.
F. Each mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material collector shall offer the same collection services for both single-family and multiple-family (apartment) dwellings.
G. Necessary City Approval: It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of collecting recyclable material to landfill or incinerate collected recyclable material without approval from the City.
H. Yard Waste: Each licensed mixed Municipal solid waste or recyclable material collector shall refuse to knowingly accept for collection any mixed Municipal solid waste which contains yard waste except for the purposes of directly delivering such waste to a facility for composting or co-composting, as applicable. The yard waste collection shall occur on the specific day of the week as identified on the day specific hauling map. Solid waste collectors shall only accept, for collection, yard waste:
1. That has been placed in paper bags or other containers that meet all the specifications in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Specific for Compostable Bags (D6400);
2. That is in a container that is not collected with the yard waste; or
3. That is not in a container.
I. Notice To The City: The licensee shall operate in a manner consistent with its application materials and shall provide notice to the City within ten (10) days of any changes in information, forms, or certificates filed as a part of the license application process, except for the thirty (30) day notice required by subsection 3-8-4E of this chapter.
J. Minimum Service: Residential mixed Municipal solid waste and recyclable material collector rates shall include a minimum of three (3) levels of regular service, priced on the basis of volume with a rate structure designed to encourage reduction, reusage, and recycling. The rate structure shall increase with the volume of the waste collected. Residential mixed Municipal solid waste and recyclable material collectors are prohibited from imposing a greater charge on residents who recycle than on residents who do not recycle.
K. Day Specific Hauling Map: The locations and boundaries of the day specific hauling areas established under this chapter are hereby set forth on the map entitled City of Lakeville day specific hauling map. The official day specific hauling map shall be kept on file with the City Clerk, and hereinafter referred to as the day specific hauling map. The day specific hauling map and all the notations, references and other information shown thereon shall have the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein and thereby made a part of this code by reference. In general, the service areas of the City will be Wednesdays/ Thursdays on the east half of the City and Tuesdays/Wednesdays on the west half of the City. The general dividing line of the two (2) service areas will be Highview/Holyoke Avenue south to 202nd Street, 202nd Street east to Dodd Boulevard and south on Dodd Boulevard to the southern boundary of the City. The portion of the City north of 162 Street, shall be included in the Wednesday/Thursday service area.
L. Collecting on Non-Collection Day Unlawful; Exceptions. It is unlawful for licensed mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material collectors to collect any mixed municipal solid waste, yard waste or recyclables within any individual (Class A) residential hauling district on any day other than as permitted for the daily residential hauling district, except to collect a missed pickup, special pickup or when an observed national holiday falls within that week. It is unlawful for licensed mixed municipal solid waste or recyclable material collectors to operate collection trucks on residential streets other than an arterial or collector street within any district on any day other than as permitted for the daily residential hauling district, except to collect a missed pickup, special pickup or when an observed national holiday falls within that week. Customers shall be reasonably notified of the specific day for the collection of their refuse, recyclables and yard waste during these events.
M. Prohibited Wastes. Solid waste collectors shall not accept any mixed municipal solid waste that contains yard waste, Christmas trees, dry cell batteries (as prohibited by Minnesota Statute §115A.9155), wastes containing mercury (as prohibited by Minnesota Statute §115A.932), motor vehicle fluids and filters (as prohibited in Minnesota Statute §115A.916), cathode ray tubes.
N. Separated Material Prohibited. Solid waste collectors shall not mix source-separated materials with mixed municipal solid waste or handle source separated materials in any way that reduces the reusability or marketability of the source-separated material. All source-separated materials must be delivered to a facility licensed or permitted to accept the material. Co-collection of durable compostable bags with mixed municipal solid waste is allowed as long as the durable compostable bags are separated for composting or anaerobic digestion.
(Ord. 686, sec. 1, 6-18-2001; amd. Ord. 1009, 3-18-2019; Ord. 1038, 12-7-2020; Ord. 1048, 8-2-2021)