(A) Collection regulations.
(1) Weekly pickup of garbage shall be provided by the city to each unit within the city and (county with Board of Works approval) as follows:
(a) Options:
1. One 64-gallon can (max);
2. Two 33-gallon cans;
3. Two 33-gallon bags.
(b) All cans shall have a tight cover with tied bags inside and all bags outside a can shall be securely tied. Amounts of garbage exceeding the above-stated limits may be disposed of in a 33-gallon maximum plastic bag with an orange sticker purchased from the city. Each can or bag shall not exceed a maximum weight of 50 pounds.
(2) (a) Recyclables shall be picked up on the first and third weeks of each month following the first Tuesday of the week. Recyclables shall be placed in securely tied clear plastic bags not exceeding 33 gallons in size and must not exceed a maximum weight of 50 pounds. Recyclables shall be bagged separable per the following:
1. All #1 and #2 plastics, glass (with caps removed and rinsed), aluminum and bi-metal cans;
2. Clean dry rags and shoes;
3. Newspaper, books, magazines;
4. Cardboard must be bundled together separate.
(b) Properly packaged recyclables shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in division (A)(1) above and shall not be considered as garbage for the purpose of meeting such limitations.
(3) Composting materials shall be picked up once a week in May, June, and July and the second and fourth weeks in January, February, March, April, August, September, October, November, and December. Compost material must be placed in a 33-gallon can (maximum size) affixed with a City of Madison current composting sticker or an approved compost bag. Cans or bags must not exceed the weight limit of 50 pounds.
(4) Leaves may be disposed of in the same manner as composting materials. In the fall, leaves may be placed curbside where they will be picked up pursuant to a schedule established by the Street Department.
(5) Appliances, logs, carpeting, construction materials, and trash shall not be picked up by the Sanitation Department or the Street Department. Logs, carpeting, construction materials, and trash may be delivered to the Madison Transfer Station where they will be subject to a tipping fee.
(6) Brush that does not fit in a City of Madison compost bag must be placed curbside and residents must call the Street Department to request pick up.
(7) Furniture shall be picked up once a week for residents that are currently paying for City of Madison garbage pickup and each piece of furniture must have a City of Madison sticker located on it. Furniture must be placed curbside by 7:00 a.m. the day of pickup. Residents must call the Street Department in advance to request pick up.
(8) All items to be picked up must be placed in or immediately adjacent to a street or alley by 7:00 a.m. on the pickup day.
(9) Garbage shall not be placed for collection at curbside or in any area proximate to curbside earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day before said garbage is to be collected. Garbage must be at curbside the day of pickup by 7:00 a.m. This provision shall not be interpreted to prohibit the placement of garbage for collection at any time in an alley.
(B) Fees.
(1) Each unit, occupied or unoccupied, shall be charged a monthly fee of $9.85 for weekly collection, which shall not be adjustable. Such charge shall be due and payable 15 days after billing therefore and subject to a delinquent charge of 10% if not paid when due.
(2) For an additional $9.85 monthly fee, each unit can purchase an additional weekly collection volume as described in division (A)(1) above.
(3) City of Madison composting bags shall cost $0.50 a bag, and stickers for composting cans shall cost $20 each per year.
(4) City of Madison sticker for extra garbage bag collection shall cost $2 a sticker.
(5) City of Madison sticker for furniture curbside pick-up shall cost $2 a sticker.
(6) In the event a resident will be leaving his or her residence unoccupied by any person for a continuous period of not less than 180 days and, as a result, shall not require pickup, such resident may notify the City Utility Office. Any resident not requiring pickup for less than 180 days shall have the approval of the Board of Public Works. After approval resident shall be entitled to an abatement of the fees normally charged under this section. The resident must, within five days of the reoccupancy of his or her residence, after a period of suspension of charges under this subsection, notify the City Utility Office of the date of reoccupancy and charges and pickup shall resume under the normal fee and pickup schedule.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 4-2-13) Penalty, see § 50.99