A. Containers Provided By The City: The city will provide the necessary containers to be used in connection with the ninety (90) gallon automated collection system for city residents and others living in the city participating in said system. The city will collect, or cause to be collected, an annual rental fee for the use of each container. All applicable fees will be billed and collected quarterly. If a container is lost or destroyed, it will be the responsibility of the resident to replace the container. The purchase price of a replacement container will be prorated after the first year of service at the rate of a four dollar ($4.00) reduction per year. The containers provided for rental by the city are the property of the city. Commercial containers and containers for accounts located outside the city, shall be supplied by the city's solid waste contractor and are the property of the city's solid waste contractor.
B. Size Of Receptacles: The city will provide ninety (90) gallon containers for those participating in the ninety (90) gallon automated collection system. No person authorized by the city to collect, remove or dispose of refuse within the city shall be required to empty any receptacle not approved by the city. Account holders are responsible for any damage to ninety (90) gallon containers not caused by the city or city's contractor and are required to keep ninety (90) gallon containers clean and odor free.
C. Removal Of Contents Of Receptacles: No person shall remove any garbage, rubbish, dirt or dead animals from receptacles after it has been deposited therein, except the city, its authorized agents or contractors, or their employees.
D. Garbage To Be Placed In Receptacles; Exceptions: All garbage, rubbish, dirt and dead animals should be placed in a receptacle; however, residents may bundle tree trimmings, scrap lumber and other rubbish which can be bundled, if securely tied in bundles not to exceed six feet (6') in length, nor weigh more than seventy five (75) pounds. Those items shall be picked up by the contractor with whom the city has contracted to haul the same, not less than each month nor more than every two (2) weeks. Any such pick ups shall be deemed special pick ups with charges to be determined by the contractor on a will call basis.
E. Trash Enclosures: Trash enclosures shall be provided for all developments in nonresidential and multi-family zoning districts in accordance with the following:
1. Trash enclosures shall be six feet (6') high (plus or minus 8 inches), constructed of masonry, cement or concrete block and shall have screened gates. The floor of the trash enclosure shall be a concrete pad which shall extend thirty feet (30') beyond the opening of the trash enclosure.
2. A six foot (6') high cyclone fence with a six foot (6') high solid landscape hedge and/or berm may be substituted in lieu of a wall where appropriate, with approval by the city council.
3. Clear visibility for all interior drive aisles shall be maintained.
4. Trash enclosures shall be located so as to minimize disturbance to single-family residential development. Trash enclosures shall be at least fifty feet (50') away from any single-family residential zoning district, unless the adjacent property is undeveloped and the city council determines that the setback will not fulfill its intended purpose at the present time. (Drawings detailing requirements follow at the end of this section.) Projects requiring trash enclosures must be designed to city standards and all locations must be approved by the sanitation department before approval of construction plans.
5. These provisions apply only to solid waste collection accounts not required to participate in the ninety (90) gallon automated collection system. (Ord. 218, 5-25-1999, eff. 6-17-1999)
(Ord. 167, 5-20-1996; amd. Ord. 181, 4-8-1997)