(A) The Street Department of the city, upon the request of the owner or occupant of any residence in the city, where personnel and equipment are available and following the payment of the fees established in division (B) below, may remove for disposal as residential refuse at a regular landfill indoor and/or outdoor residential fixtures, appliances, furnishings, junk or other items which do not require special handling or disposal pursuant to federal, state or any other governmental agency laws, regulations or rules dealing with environmental protection, it being the intent of the city that handling and/or disposal of the items shall remain the sole duty and obligation of the owner of same.
(B) The fees and charges for the removal and disposal of acceptable residential refuse by the Street Department pursuant to division (A) above shall be as follows:
(1) Mattresses or box springs, per item: $5.
(2) Couches, per couch: $5.
(3) Chairs, per chair: $5.
(4) Other large items, including, but not limited to appliances, other furniture, dressers, chests, per item: $5.
(5) Automobiles and motorcycle tires, per tire: $1.50.
(6) Truck and recreational vehicle tires, per tire: $2.
(C) Removal of debris from remodeling and/or repair of any building or structure or tree limb or yard waste removal (if same cannot be chipped in the city’s chipper), which does not require special handling or disposal pursuant to federal, state or other governmental agency laws, regulations or rules dealing with environmental protection, including, but not limited to shingles, plaster, lathes, scrap lumber, cement scrap, bricks and siding shall be charged at the rate of $40 per truck load or any portion thereof.
(D) All charges as set forth in this chapter shall be paid prior to the removal of any of the items; the fees set forth herein shall be paid to the City Comptroller. The City Comptroller, upon receipt thereof, shall, on the form, to be determined by the City Comptroller, notify the Superintendent of Streets for the payment of and request for removal of the item or items.
(E) The City Council shall, annually, provide one week per year whereby all trash hauling fees shall be waived, the week to coincide with the annual cleanup campaign in the Quad-City area as close as possible to the week provided by the Chamber of Commerce as “Fix-up, Clean-up Week.”
(Ord. 1532, passed 7-18-2000)