The general requirements for providing residential and commercial collections are as follows.
(A) Where commercial collections are made from private alleys and access ways approaches shall be maintained in such a manner as not to be a hazard to solid waste personnel and equipment, and provide a safe and convenient entrance to and through the premises for the purpose of collecting garbage.
(B) The approach to privately-owned containers, or containers furnished by the city, must be kept clear. An unaccessible container will not be dumped at the scheduled time. There will be an extra charge to dump a container other than at the scheduled time.
(C) Private alleys and access ways shall be structurally designed and constructed at the customer’s expense to accommodate a loaded garbage vehicle to enter for service without damage to entry way. The city will not be held responsible for any damage to customer’s entry way resulting from normal collection service by a loaded garbage vehicle.
(D) Over-filled containers and excess trash on top of containers shall constitute a special haul.
(E) All persons or businesses utilizing privately-owned containers, or containers furnished by the city, are responsible for the sanitary conditions of each container or receptacle and the proximity thereof and must keep lids and doors closed when not in use. All persons and businesses will be responsible for city-owned containers which are burned or damaged due to other than normal wear and tear and will be charged for necessary repairs or replacement.
(F) Items that are likely to cause damage to standard city containers or the collection vehicles will not be regularly picked up. Some examples are, but are not limited to, timbers or tree trunks larger than four inches in diameter or longer than five feet, engine blocks, head, transmissions axles, spring assemblies or drive shafts, all of which shall constitute a special haul.
(G) Where container enclosures are required by the Planning Commission for aesthetic and other considerations, the enclosure design shall conform to minimum standard dimensions on file in the office of the Public Works Director.
(H) Garbage collection service to a development with private streets may be considered in accordance with the provisions of Board of Public Utilities Commission Res. 292.
(I) The customer shall be responsible for the contents of the container conforming to acceptable federal, state and county Class 2 landfill or disposal site. Recyclable materials and organic materials shall be separated from other solid waste for collection and placed in appropriate containers.
(1995 Code, § 7.16.060) (Ord. 18-05, passed 9-18-2018)