(A) Residential.
(1) (a) Refuse, trash, and garbage of any kind shall not be stored on the public right of way and shall be placed in a garbage or trash can or cans as defined herein. Except as set forth below for multifamily dwellings, residential trash, garbage or refuse shall be limited to three 32-gallon trash cans per residence per collection cycle. (For example, if household garbage is collected twice per week, a residence will be limited to three trash cans per collection day, twice per week.) For anything exceeding this amount, the city will pick up additional bags of refuse, trash, and garbage at the rate listed in the city’s rate structure and labeled as “Excessive Garbage Fee.” Each residential unit is required to maintain a separate sanitation collection account and to pay the residential rate.
(b) Refuse, trash, and garbage not placed in a trash can(s) will not be collected by the City Sanitation Department and if such material is left outside of a trash can, will be a violation of this section. However, the City Sanitation Department will collect cardboard boxes left adjacent to the required trash cans during the regular collection periods so long as such boxes are empty except for minimal packing materials. Such boxes shall not contain additional trash, refuse, garbage or debris of any nature. Trash can(s) should not be placed at the curb until the day of scheduled service.
(2) Refuse containers and trash cans shall be designed, constructed and used in such a manner as to preclude offensive odors from disturbing adjacent property owners or occupants. All trash cans or containers for residential collection of garbage, refuse or trash shall be screened from public view and located on the side or rear of the occupant's residence. "Screened from public view" shall be met if trash cans are located in a partially fenced or incased receptacle for such containers.
(3) Trash cans at multiple dwelling or business units shall be marked to indicate the unit or apartment to which they belong or are assigned.
(4) Plastic garbage bags are not satisfactory outside storage containers for garbage, refuse, or trash. All garbage, refuse, and trash shall be placed in a trash can as defined herein and screened from public view.
(5) Certain multifamily residences shall be required to use dumpster(s) instead of individual trash cans. Multifamily developments containing 6 or more units per building or in the entire development if built or developed as a unified development, in the discretion of the city, shall be required to use one dumpster per 18 units. The residential users will pay the standard residential collection rate per unit but use the dumpster(s) to deposit their trash, garbage, or refuse.
(6) Large multifamily developments may utilize trash compactors for their garbage disposal needs. Should this be the case, the type and model of compactor must have prior approval from the city and the City Sanitation Department will provide the compactor, either itself or through a third-party contractor, and all associated functions (disposal, maintenance, billing, and the like). The compactor users will pay the standard residential collection rate per unit or the actual compactor costs, whichever is higher, but use the compactor(s) to deposit their trash, garbage, or refuse.
(B) Commercial.
(1) All commercial facilities shall pay the monthly commercial collection fee(s) as set forth in the rate schedule, unless specifically excluded. Unless expressly approved, refuse, garbage, trash, or debris shall not be stored on the public right of way and shall be placed in a garbage or trash can(s). No such materials shall be placed for collection by the City Sanitation Department by commercial customers where the materials to be collected were created from off-premises locations or work sites. This shall specifically include construction, landscaping,
clearing, grading, demolition projects and related activities. Construction or renovation projects may obtain a temporary dumpster from a non-city entity for properly permitted construction and renovation projects. The city shall maintain the right to locate or re-locate such temporary dumpster(s).
(2) All provisions set forth above, in divisions (A)(1) through (5) shall apply except as modified herein.
(3) Unless using the dumpster system, commercial businesses shall be limited to four 32-gallon garbage cans per business per collection cycle. (For example, if commercial garbage is collected twice per week, then a commercial customer will be limited to four garbage cans per collection day twice per week,) Each commercial enterprise is required to maintain a separate sanitation collection account and to pay the commercial rate.
(4) Certain businesses shall be required to use dumpsters for the collection of its garbage, trash, refuse, and debris. The following businesses are required to use a dumpster(s) for the collection of garbage, trash, refuse, and debris:
(a) Businesses that operate hotel/motel services with eight or more rooms;
(b) Businesses that operate restaurant and/or food and/or beverage preparation services and contain ten or more tables or space for 40 or more patrons;
(c) Convenience and grocery stores which exceed 1,200 square feet of gross usable space.
(C) Dumpsters shall be located in an area convenient for City Sanitation Department collection and the city may require moving or re-location of the dumpster(s) by the customer. No roofing materials may be placed into a city dumpster.
(Ord. 609, passed 10-8-2013; Ord. 623, passed 10-13-2015; Ord. 633, passed 3-8-2016; Ord. 643, passed 9-13-2016 12-13-2016; Ord. 686, passed 11-14-2017; Ord. 835, passed 4-9-2024)