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Brush, soil and trash resulting from land clearing, yard leveling, or similar operations shall be removed by the party responsible for such operations, and at their own expense.
(Ord. 2021-07-O, passed 6-15-2021)
No debris or other materials, including rocks; bricks; waste building materials; scraps; no trash resulting from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations or resulting from general cleanup of property; and no bulky waste will be removed by the city. Such materials shall be promptly deposited in a roll-off container by the customer and properly disposed of, unless the Solid Waste Director or designee determines that the use of a roll-off container is not necessary. Bulky waste shall be promptly collected and disposed of by customer at an approved landfill or recycling facility.
(Ord. 2021-07-O, passed 6-15-2021)
Discarded automobile bodies or parts thereof, all bulky wastes, and all industrial wastes resulting from manufacturing operations, canning plants, packing plants, fruit and/or vegetable sheds, cotton gins, slaughterhouses for animals or poultry, or fish houses must be properly disposed of by the customer. Disposal of the items referred to in this section shall be conducted under, and in compliance with, all applicable state and federal regulations relating to disposal of such items, and all applicable city ordinances, including those regulating the use of city or state rights-of-way, and motor vehicle regulations.
(Ord. 2021-07-O, passed 6-15-2021)
CONTAINERS
(A) It shall be the duty of every residential customer to use and maintain in good order and repair any bin or container provided by the city or its contractor for the deposit of wastes for collection by the city or its contractor or for other proper disposal as provided in this chapter.
(B) In business, commercial, industrial or multi-family premises, dumpsters are required and provided by the city or its contractor and, unless otherwise authorized by the Solid Waste Director or designee, it shall be unlawful to use any other container for garbage or trash or recyclable disposal. Where a customer deems it necessary to use a roll-off container in the management of garbage, trash or recyclables, said service shall be provided exclusively by the city or its contractor. It shall be the duty of all persons using dumpsters to place waste therein compactly. All boxes and cartons must be broken down. The space in such dumpsters must be efficiently used. All doors must be closed and properly latched after any waste is placed therein. Such dumpsters shall be used exclusively for garbage or trash. All garbage, including wet slop, shall be placed in plastic bags designed specifically for garbage disposal, a minimum five mil. in thickness. The plastic bags shall be of sufficient strength to resist tearing under normal handling and shall be tied or fastened when placed for collection.
(C) No person utilizing any bin as specified in division (A) or dumpster as specified in division (B), shall place any waste in any of such containers, unless it may be placed therein without spillage or overflow from such containers, nor shall any waste be placed along the side of, or otherwise on the top of, any such container when such container is properly closed. In any commercial establishment or multi-family units being served by a dumpster, the customer shall also be responsible for complying with the provisions of this division.
(D) No person shall transport waste to another location except for purposes of:
(1) Approved recycling;
(2) Sale; or
(3) Other permitted disposal.
(E) Only a duly authorized agent or employee of the city may remove or relocate a dumpster or roll-off container from its city-approved location.
(Ord. 2021-07-O, passed 6-15-2021)
(A) The customer shall place the containers for service at such point on the property as the Solid Waste Director or designee shall assign and designate as the most convenient and accessible for collecting and removing. Residential customers may not store their containers in the front yard where such service is provided, but may do so in the back yard or side yard area that is not also part of the front yard. At no time shall the containers be so placed that an access to a mailbox will be blocked or obstructed and all containers must be a minimum of three feet away from all objects and each other for service. Access is deemed to be obstructed whenever a container is placed within ten feet of a mailbox or within three feet of all other objects. Garbage and trash will not be collected from containers that are obstructing a mailbox. For residential pickup of garbage or trash bins, the bins shall be placed on the side of the property immediately adjacent to the street to facilitate access to such bins. No container may be placed in a street right-of-way.
(B) All bins must be placed at the location prescribed in this section not later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of scheduled collection and removed to the side yard or back yard prior to 7:00 p.m. on such day.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any customer to place any brush for collection at other than the designated places provided for in this section. It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person to place any brush in an approved container provided for in this chapter;
(2) For any customer to place brush for collection in any street right-of-way before the Monday of the week of the published announcement of brush collections by the city; or
(3) For any person to place any brush so as to obstruct access to a mailbox, or covering water meter boxes, telephone pedestals, gas meters, cable guy wires, or any other public utility fixture.
(D) Tree limbs placed for collection shall not exceed five feet in length nor three inches in diameter, and shall be neatly stacked and placed at the location as set out in this section.
(E) Grass cuttings and leaves shall be placed in compostable (paper) bags placed at the location as set out in division (A) herein above, in a way that facilitates pickup of same.
(Ord. 2021-07-O, passed 6-15-2021)
CHARGES AND BILLING
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